"I think that either of these units will serve you well and, in my opinion, any purchasing decision should be made on the basis of features, not the brand of chipset."
I think he could also add that chip manufacturers don't have a lot of control over things like antenna placement, and case design when someone puts one of their chips in a device. I bet that could make a lot of difference. On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Karl Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Andy Robinson (blackadder) < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Jeffrey Martin wrote: >> >Sent: 24 April 2008 10:50 PM >> >To: David Earl >> >Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org >> >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] GPS recommendations >> > >> > >> >I bought a Garmin HCx Vista. Does the "high sensitivity" mean >> >that it's better than other receivers or that they are just now >> >catching up to other receivers? >> >> It should mean that its better than the sirf star II chipsets which you >> find >> in many older devices but its not as far as I am aware the sirf star III >> chipset that everyone raves about. I've not seen any comparison between >> the >> sirf star III and the chipset used by Garmin in their "H" devices. >> >> Cheers >> >> Andy >> > > The Garmin eTrex H series use a MediaTek chipset. I've seen a few > comparisons with the Sirf Star III, such as this one: > http://gpstracklog.typepad.com/gps_tracklog/2007/08/mediatek-gps-ch.html > > Generally the conclusions from the reviews I've read are that the MediaTek > performs equal to if not better in some cases than the Sirf Star III > chipset. > > Karl > -- http://bowlad.com
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