I agree with Bob. The measure of brightness in NITS. A good inexpensive LCD screen will be in the range of 150-200 NITS. A good laptop (NOTE -A GOOD LAPTOP!!) will be similar. A real daylight screen like described here will be 1000 to 2000 NITS. And as noted, very expensive and very power consumptive. In the PNW we find LCD and Laptop adequate in all but the most difficult instances. Shield arrangements, that ability to move the laptop to the other side of the helm, high contrast setting on the nav program, special large cursors, take off you sunglasses all these help. For a pilothouse arrangement, consider the thin screen CRT displays. These are about 4" thick but provide the full brightness of a normal computer crt monitor. Joe & Debbie Engel Marine Computer Services & JRE Consulting, Inc. MV Freda Fly - 40' Tollycraft Tri-cabin Portland, OR -----Original Message----- From: Thataway@aol.com [mailto:Thataway@aol.com] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 9:12 PM To: trawler-world-list@samurai.com Subject: TWL: : Daylight Flat Screen Monitor Although I am sure that the moniters sold by Captain Jacks are top of the line (at around $3700)--you can buy a very fine LCD moniter for $500-- a little plywood, maybe some teak trim and a bit of paint can make a wonderful sun shield and I suspect with cables be in there at less than $600. I would think that the separate screen would be much easier to mount to cut the glare and light than a lap top. On the other hand I have been using my 15" screen lap top for three years on the flying bridge and occasionally I have to fashion a sun shield with flat matt black painted card board, but most of the time the screen is very readiable. Bob Austin