Jeppview vs. paper Jepp Plates

JeppView/FliteDeck is the best kept secret in GA. Jeppesen market
heavily to airlines, corporate, jet operators & part 135, but did not
do enough to market this package to GA. I have only subscribed to
their southwest service for 2 months and I am loving it! So far I use
it the way you intended - replace my paper charts subscription.
However, the potentials of FliteDeck, both at home & in aircraft, are
unbelievable.

JeppView v. paper Jepp charts.
Pro:
Easy update, your computer does the work v. What a pain
Update through mail & website, available anywhere v. Mail only
No more heavy flight bag v. Weight depending on subscribed areas, could
be significant
Can be installed on 4 PCs (home, office, airport & portable pc) v. One
1 set of charts
Limited flight plan function v. None
FliteDeck v. None
Con:
Must print to use, but JeppView makes printing easy to manage v.
Already printed
Limited flight plan function unless you also get FlightStar v. None

What makes JeppView/FliteDeck a good buy is FliteDeck, even if you only
use it at home in simulated mode to familiar yourself with the planned
flight. I tried to use it in my plane on my portable, but it seems
difficult because the size of my portable PC. I have order a sun light
readable touch screen monitor designed for car PC, and it should arrive
this week. My plan is to use my portable PC connected to the $200
touch screen and my old Precedus GPS. I will mount the monitor within
my view, and the portable PC could be kept anywhere within the reach of
all cables. To increase reliability, I reformatted my hard drive, and
installed only programs that I need for aircraft use. Since I already
have the PC & GPS, my hardware investment is only $200 for the monitor.


Preliminary testing shows my portable PC not having enough computing
power for track up mode, but it is ok on north up mode. If this setup
works well, I might upgrade my portable PC to a car PC which could have
all computing power & memory my budget could afford.

I have very limited experience with AnywhereMap, thus, I am not qualify
to compare JeppView/FliteDeck with AnywhereMap. TureFlight seems to be
a very good program too, but it also uses government charts. I am so
used to Jepp charts and the few times I used government charts, I just
did not like them.

Overall, JeppView/FliteDeck subscription is the less costly and "legal"
solution for my charts, update, & moving map requirement in a format
that I am familiar with. Plus, if and when I get FliteDeck to work, I
will have the same moving map as those jet pilots.

Information on affordable sunlight readable touch screen monitors
www.mp3car.com (general info & forums)
www.xenarc.com (well known brand)
search on ebay for Tview T-700TS (cheap, I mean affordable brand)