FishTv™ Plus Underwater Viewing Systems

[TruthWalleyes]

They're going for under $100, I really want to get a camera but do i need to spend $200+ to get a good one? or will the $100 unit work fine? does anyone have the FishTv?

[Bigslugger]

They say they work well.

No experience. The reason I didn't buy it is that it didn't come with a battery.

[comicdog]

Have had two. You must take care not to knock them around. Both of mine quit after good jolts.

[Tom7227]

If you spend the time to scroll through this issue has been knocked around about 15 times in the past week alone. I've been looking to buy and have the bucks but the trend seems to be that they don't hold up and many are duds right out of the box - at least that's what I've concluded after watching this forum for about 2 weeks trying to decide what to get.

There is a sponsor on here that sells the stuff and he wrote a while back that he was encountering so many problems that he quit selling the low end stuff cause he didn't want the bad customer relations.

[sparcebag]

Maybe I got lucky? I got a cheapie from Menards 2 yrs ago.Its never faltered yet.Its B&W but I dont need much,The longer I have it the less I use it.

[Scott K]

I have a friend that bought one, he brought it home and found one knob pushed all the way into the tv, brought it back got a different one, it works great, even has a better picture then my higher dollar big name brand one!

[Smails]

A fishing guide told me to stay away from the cheaper camera's (specifically Fish TV). I have an aqua vu scout that works great. Good luck with whatever camera you buy.

[jeep guy]

My dad has one its worked great. Prety cool watching the fish swim around.

[Dead-C-Force]

I spent some time in a research capacity years ago with underwater cameras. I will tell you dont waste your money on a color camera for Minnesota, if anyone even has one anymore- color cams are lower resolution than black and white, considerably poorer picture.

Also, the lights are a needless "toy". Mostly they just bounce off any floating plankton or algae, and make the scene harder to see. The concept of the "lights" was "borrowed" from a salt water camera the size of a coffee can that looks like the first Aqua Vu. I will tell you the salt water version came FIRST, on the west coast. The lights and a color version have a place in salt water viewing, but are not really needed in our lakes up here.

Try to spend more than 99$ on your cam.

But you dont need to drop 400 bucks either. Lots of used ones out there, just check em out first.

Actually, the best Aqua Vu's were the Z series of camera, the one before the "fish", (I like the rubber armoured cam).

[TruthWalleyes]

I appreciate all your comments on this subject. Seems like there's been some discussion in the past. I'll do a little research in past forums and make my decision.