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Originally Posted by carreradpt
I suggest getting the biggest screen for the best price. The 4.3" screen is much better than a 3.5" screen. The Garmin 205W is pretty good, just gave it to a good friend. It was on sale everwhere it seemed. Paid $160 for it.
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I agree that bigger is much better for ease of programming etc., but how much better is for actual driving? I've used, but never owned, a car GPS. I do own a few hand held Garmins. The viewing area of widescreen Garmins are 1 inch wider, but only .11 inch taller than non-w units.
Isn't the car almost always heading to the top of screen? So while the view is much wider, the view of where you actually heading is almost the same for either standard or widescreen. Wouldn't it make more sense to set the widescreen view 90 degrees? It would look odd, but be more useful to see what is coming up ahead rather than what is off to the sides. We'd have to call it the Tallscreen view. Of course it would block visibility, especially with a windshield mount.
I'm leaning toward buying the wife the Garmin nuvi 360 with current maps.