04-15-2009, 12:46 AM
This is what i read in an expert article about black n white (monochrome) versus color
Color or Monochrome? - This one is easy. COLOR! Why? Momchrome screens show you the intensity of your sonar return in 4 to 16 different shades of gray. Color screens show you the intensity of your return in 64 to 256 different colors. It makes it so much easier to interpret what the fishfinder is telling you. It will help you determine what kind of bottom you have ( hard, soft, gravel, rocks, etc ), what kind of structure you are looking at, and weeds. But best of all it will help you find fish. For example, baitfish and small fish might have a light green or blue color, but when the color changes to red, you've got fish! The brighter the red, the bigger the fish! You might be over a big school of baitfish, but are fish feeding on it? It would be virtually impossible to tell on a monchrome fishfinder, but in color if the school of bait is blue/green, move on because there are no fish feeding on the bait. If you see a school of bait that is blue/green and you see flecks of red in it, then you know fish are actively feeding on it. Same idea applies to spotting fish on or near the bottom or in weeds. Color is the single biggest advancement in fishfinders in a long time.
hope this sheds some light on the subject a little more...wanna read the whole review go here http://reviews.ebay.com/Fishfinder-Buyin...0000017128
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Color or Monochrome? - This one is easy. COLOR! Why? Momchrome screens show you the intensity of your sonar return in 4 to 16 different shades of gray. Color screens show you the intensity of your return in 64 to 256 different colors. It makes it so much easier to interpret what the fishfinder is telling you. It will help you determine what kind of bottom you have ( hard, soft, gravel, rocks, etc ), what kind of structure you are looking at, and weeds. But best of all it will help you find fish. For example, baitfish and small fish might have a light green or blue color, but when the color changes to red, you've got fish! The brighter the red, the bigger the fish! You might be over a big school of baitfish, but are fish feeding on it? It would be virtually impossible to tell on a monchrome fishfinder, but in color if the school of bait is blue/green, move on because there are no fish feeding on the bait. If you see a school of bait that is blue/green and you see flecks of red in it, then you know fish are actively feeding on it. Same idea applies to spotting fish on or near the bottom or in weeds. Color is the single biggest advancement in fishfinders in a long time.
hope this sheds some light on the subject a little more...wanna read the whole review go here http://reviews.ebay.com/Fishfinder-Buyin...0000017128
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