I'm not sure of your settings, Justin, but my HDS does not show quite like the SI either. I know the LSS-2 is supposed to provide much better resolution on a wider scale but I do not think they have the shadow feature regardless. I am thinking it would be easy to do but Hummingbird probably has a patent on it.

Showing stuff scanned vertically on a 2D screen out to the left and right seems like a huge challenge to me and I approach the results on the screen in that light. That's why I think Lorwance went with the "Structure scan" name and pitch as it is much easier to provide the floor on the screen and the HDS does that very very well.

Here's how I approach what I see on the screen: I know if I am scanning 70 ft deep water on both sides there isn't anything in Cumberland that can stand up from that bottom so the screen should be dark unless there are bait\fish to make a patch of gray\white on the screen. Once I see a a patch of grey or white, that tells me it must be bait, fish or both. It's also helpful if I consistently see patches on one side. That tells me I need to shift toward the patches instead of staying in unproductive water. Sometimes sliding 20 ft left or right can make a great day happen in seconds versus hours of hunting in small slices. Once over the patches, I can scan down and see what it really is. It doesn't paint as pretty of a picture to the sides as the SI, but the information is the same.