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IceShanty Main => General Ice Fishing Chit Chat => Topic started by: Gunflint on Feb 25, 2020, 07:13 AM
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Lowrance Live Sight is the Lowrance competitor to Garmin Panoptix Livescope. There was a legal battle over patents between the two companies and the settlement was a cross-license agreement that allows both companies to produce the new generation of sonars.
I was wondering if anybody owns and has fished with the Live Sight product. There seems to be very little in the way of direct comparisons by real people.
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ive seen a few vids on it comparing it to the livescope from garmin.
I honestly prefer the garmin over it.
A brush pile can be confused for bait on livesight while on livescope, you can clearly see its a brush pile.
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The reviews I have read ,are not favorable . Check youtube for some info.
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It also seems like the Lowrance package is more expensive than the Garmin package.
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It also seems like the Lowrance package is more expensive than the Garmin package.
That and as mentioned, the details better with livescope. But looks more detailed than panoptix with ps22 transducer.
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All Lowrance does is copy other folks. They don’t come up with anything on their own.
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All Lowrance does is copy other folks. They don’t come up with anything on their own.
Apparently, they do a poor job of copying (less effective than Livescope) and sell what they make at a higher price.
I was expecting something unique, or maybe better, for more money. It seems like this is not the case.
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Now there’s this, livescope with something like the side scan image that the humminbird 360 does. The bigger panoptix transducers already have something similar to show a whole area, not just what your point directly at.
https://www.wired2fish.com/news/garmin-releases-perspective-mode-for-panoptix-livescope/
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Now there’s this, livescope with something like the side scan image that the humminbird 360 does. The bigger panoptix transducers already have something similar to show a whole area, not just what your point directly at.
https://www.wired2fish.com/news/garmin-releases-perspective-mode-for-panoptix-livescope/
I also have a Humminbird Solix on my boat that does sideview but I think it is overrated and not as useful. Good idea though for another good feature.
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I agree The birds eye view of the side imaging and 360 is kinda pointless besides covering large area looking for obvious structure. I think if they had the livescope version of the ps30/31 “realvu 3D” display, that would be more useful for fishing, and very fun just to watch.
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I agree The birds eye view of the side imaging and 360 is kinda pointless besides covering large area looking for obvious structure. I think if they had the livescope version of the ps30/31 “realvu 3D” display, that would be more useful for fishing, and very fun just to watch.
I thought that Lowrance was working on a 3d version of Live Sight, but apparently nothing now.