Large format monitors: promising technology: dancing orange bars are over; we've moved on to color and large screens. EI and Xerion look intriguing, but there may be too few in the field to judge them.(COCKPIT UPGRADES)(Product/service evaluation) From: The Aviation Consumer | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: Burnside, Joseph E. "Jeb" | COPYRIGHT 2007 Belvoir Media Group, LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

If your older airplane is like ours, its powerplant and electrical system gauges resemble what was left behind on the factory floor when GM built its last 1937 Buick. Until recently, though, if we wanted to upgrade our factory instrumentation from what Beech or Cessna decided was adequate, we were stuck figuring out how to install round or square gauges from companies like UMA and Mitchell into rectangular holes.

Those gauges are excellent products, but feature few bells ...