[BaseCamp] Question of screen brightness

[DENNIS O'DELL]

Not knowing what you or your daughter are interested in I can offer this:

In Southern Germany
Nürnberg is a medium sized city in the state of Bavaria. The main attraction for visitors is the Alt Stadt (old city center), both for shopping and history. Nürnberg is a very old city and was a very important trading center in the Middle Ages. The Nürnberg Castle is well over one thousand years old. The Nürnberg Trials, of course, were held here and the court room in the Justice Center is open for tours, as well as what is now called the Documentation Zentrum (Documentation Center). This was the area where you probably have seen old films of the Nazi Rallies. There are several interesting museums in the Alt Stadt. Plenty of good restaurants- both traditional Bavarian food and everything else under the sun.

Munich is the capitol of Bavaria and a much larger city, and more of a tourist destination. The BMW Museum is very good for both the cars and motorcycles, as well the Deutsches Museum, which is a technology museum. Lots of shopping and good restaurants.

In Northern Germany
Berlin is the capitol of Germany and the cool place for young people from all over the world to go to and try to make a living in either technology or the arts. Plenty of history here. Museums galore, lots of night life, lots of shopping. If you go to Berlin, go to the KaDeWe Department store. It’s a spectacle to behold. Go to the sixth floor (I think it’s the sixth) gourmet food court. A river cruise is also a nice way to see the center of Berlin. There is plenty to do in Berlin.

Hamburg is a lovely city, but I don’t know my way around there very well. I need to visit more. Google will help.

Hope this is helpful.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen/With best regards,

Dennis C. O'Dell
denniscodell at icloud.com
Mobile: +49 (175) 855 6663
Home: +49 911 277 45370
Skype: diggertfu
Hochstrasse 19
Nürnberg 90429
Germany
 
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> On Jun 19, 2018, at 12:14 PM, Tim’s Comcast <tk.bowman at comcast.net> wrote:
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>        I,too, use and have used  a Garmin Montana for 6 plus years with both CNNA and CN Europe maps.  Currently I’m riding in Germany (Rothenburg today’s) and it finds me really cool little farm roads.  The screen is definitely viewable in bright sun.
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> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 9:59 AM +0200, "Maura" <moteramaura at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Garmin Montana with city nav sd card is an awesome LD riding GPS.
>  I have the zumo and dezl 770
>  beats both of them. Screen is not huge but certainly workable. Excellent viewability (if that is a word) . I mean screen brightness on auto works in all light conditions. 
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> Big screen with dumb useless data is no help IMHO. 
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> I have the 600, current version is 610. 
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> On 6/19/2018 12:38:10 AM, DENNIS O'DELL  wrote:
> Ken Schleman,
> I assume you mean a Garmin Montana and not the State...
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> So, what model and why?
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> It looks like the Montana is more geared towards hiking with the Topo maps and smaller size.
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen/With best regards,
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> Dennis C. O'Dell
> denniscodell at icloud.com
> Mobile: +49 (175) 855 6663
> Home: +49 911 277 45370
> Skype: diggertfu
> Hochstrasse 19
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> "Laughter and Tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to Laugh since there is less to do afterwards."
> - Kurt Vonnegut
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>> On Jun 18, 2018, at 2:39 PM, Ken Schleman wrote:
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>> Ken Schleman
>> Black Hills SD
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>>> On Jun 18, 2018, at 6:25 AM, Rick Armour wrote:
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>>> I run a 595 side by side with a 660 and with both at 100%, the 660 is
>>> noticeably brighter during the day. I do like the detail on the 595 at
>>> night and when not in direct sunlight.
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>>> But the brightness of the 595 is a huge fail for Garmin. I'm very
>>> disappointed with that particular aspect of the unit.
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>>> Rick Armour
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>>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 6:03 AM, DENNIS O'DELL
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>>>> I have a question regarding screen brightness. I have a Zumo 665, BMW
>>>> Navigator IV and V. Of the three, the old 665 has the brightest display,
>>>> but it’s certainly not great on a normal sunny day. The two BMW branded
>>>> units are miserable to read. The screen brightness is set at 100% on all
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>>>> I’m considering a Garmin 595 LM. Can anyone provide feed back regarding
>>>> the display brightness compared to the units I mentioned above?
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>>>> Thanks
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>>>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen/With best regards,
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>>>> Dennis C. O'Dell
>>>> denniscodell at icloud.com
>>>> Mobile: +49 (175) 855 6663
>>>> Home: +49 911 277 45370
>>>> Skype: diggertfu
>>>> Hochstrasse 19
>>>> Nürnberg 90429
>>>> Germany
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>>>> "Laughter and Tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I
>>>> myself prefer to Laugh since there is less to do afterwards."
>>>> - Kurt Vonnegut
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