petal666 wrote:The screen resolution on these things is atrocious. How much had even tech advanced in the list 8 years?
This.
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pdlpsher1 wrote:I just checked Garmin's website and it says the 820 has a capacitive touch screen. If true the screen should be hard with a glass top rather than the soft plastic screen on the 510. Someone with the 820 please confirm if this is true. Thanks.
WheresWaldo wrote:I might have a solution for the smaller screen size anyway, ordered a pair of Tifosi bifocal reader glasses to ride in. That will clear up the text as well as magnify it a bit.
WheresWaldo wrote:@Tinea If you want to take this on screen size alone then yes the 1000 fits the bill, but you cannot just buy a screen, you have to purchase an entire Edge.
On the bike, yes I have ridden with both, the 1000 is noticeably larger, as the 5x0 size is noticeably smaller. I would be happy with the 820 even at it's new smaller size if they had fit it with the 2.6" diagonal screen size of the older 8x0 series. Current screen technology allows for this. Power savings could be had with newer screen technologies, so saying the use of small batteries limits screen size is just an excuse for not making the screen larger. Middle ground or not for the old 8x0 form factor, I am sure the 5x0 series is probably Garmins bread and butter in Cycling. The 1000 ate into 8x0 sales not 5x0 sales, so for them it is simply a money play, force out the mid-sized tier and maybe a majority will move up in size and profit.
To put it as succinctly as possible, I am not happy with the physical size of the 1000 regardless of the screen size. So not a real solution for me.