Quote Originally Posted by softcraw View Post
In the basspro marine 2011 catalog on page 14 humminbird has a 788ci HD si combo offered. They do not show a picture of it but at the bottom of the description it has what the unit does and side imaging is on it but does not have down imaging. The price is $699,maybe I am reading this wrong if someone could check it out that would be great!
The new BPS Marine and Master catalogs have some typos from the printer...the 788 HD DI does NOT have SI, just Down Imaging...as does the 597 DI. The cheapest model with Side Imaging is the 798 HD DI, which includes both SI and DI. Other Humminbird SI/DI units include the 898, 998, and 1198. Older units, i.e. the 1197 and 997, should have updates available for the DI, since they have SI included. HOWEVER, previous non-DI units (788ci, etc) are not DI upgradable (as of yet) due to a different transducer requirement.
If looking for simply a DI unit to save some money, H-bird has four new units available: 570 DI & 596 DI (no GPS), and 597 ci DI & 788 HD DI (GPS combo units). Hope this clears up some confusion...