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yesterday gizmo became the rare vessel equipped with four different solid-state doppler radars. with the simrad halo24 announced in october, and the raymarine quantum 2 last february, all four major brands now offer this valuable technology. and while the timing isn’t ideal, i’m excited about adding the two new radomes to the garmin fantom 24 and furuno drs4d-nxt doppler models already being in late september amazon announced a slew of new hardware in time for the holiday season. included was the fire tv recast, a clever network-based tv tuner and dvr (digital video recorder). the recast announcement immediately piqued my interest for use on a boat. could this be an easy and cost-effective way to record over-the-air tv on, or for, the boat? i bought one to find out and so far i’m cautiously. more boat system mfd apps: maretron, octoplex, lumishore, victron, integrel, and here comes navico id. while the functionality of multifunction marine displays has obviously been moving rapidly beyond navigation to include most any boat system that has (or can have) a digital interface, the pace is actually quickening. in fact, i’m pretty sure that next year we’ll finally see boats nearly as easy and pleasurable to use as a modern automobile, or least showing off significantly greater system integration. this entry covers a hodgepodge of integration developments i’m aware of, but be forewarned that i often have more. garmin news: 8600 series extends, bluechart g3 includes navionics, inreach integrates with mfds & more. garmin is bringing lots of good news to the fort lauderdale international boat show (flibs) tomorrow. the powerful operating system behind their premium gpsmap 8600 series 17-, 22-, and 24-inch mfds is coming to more affordable 10-, 12-, and 16-inch displays; new bluechart g3 cartography with navionics data integration and auto guidance will be preloaded in the new plotters; the inreach mini satellite messenger will get integration with many garmin mfds; and…