T&T: Daylight Monitors

[John Blackburn]

Has anyone tried to use a small non-hdtv LCD monitor pluged into a 
laptop running a charting programs (Costal Explorer) on a Fly Bridge?  
With the loss of Solorism in the US and only getting options in the $4k 
to $7k for monitors when you talk to marine electronics shops, I'm 
thinking a cheap TV monitor hanging off the laptop might be a way to 
skin this cat.  I expect some sort of hood would have to be constructed 
to shield the screen.  One problem I see would be the AC power requirements.

John Blackburn
44 DeFever "Yak Rack"
Deale, MD