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When looking at Garmin.com, the Colorado seems to be compatible with NT only.

 

I think the Vista HCx is also listed to support only NT as well but it supports the non-NT maps.

 

BTW, where the heck to people buy the full (non-update) version of 2008 NT? I see it at REI for $130 and that's about it other than a couple of smaller places I've never heard of.

 

GO$Rs

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When looking at Garmin.com, the Colorado seems to be compatible with NT only.

 

I think the Vista HCx is also listed to support only NT as well but it supports the non-NT maps.

 

BTW, where the heck to people buy the full (non-update) version of 2008 NT? I see it at REI for $130 and that's about it other than a couple of smaller places I've never heard of.

 

GO$Rs

 

I had a great experience form these guys!

 

http://www.antonline.com/p_Garmin--0101081...n-8-_256385.htm

 

Ended up being 2008 NT even though its listed as version 8. Even if its not I was told by several people that Garmin will provide a free upgrade during registration. Hope this helps!

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BTW, where the heck to people buy the full (non-update) version of 2008 NT? I see it at REI for $130 and that's about it other than a couple of smaller places I've never heard of.

 

GO$Rs

Hi GO$Rs --

 

I got the full version at www.ehqonline.com last fall. I wasn't familiar with them at the time, so I did a forum search to see if they had any bad reviews. The only mentions that I found were all very positive, so I bought it from them for $111. Fast, free shipping; I was happy with it. But their site has been unreachable for a few days now -- I wonder if they've gone out of business? That would be unfortunate.

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....or NT1 or NT2. The Nuvi 8xx series which supports DEM will be shipping with NT2 preinstalled which implies that NT2 will have DEM info embeded in it. If you have a 400t then you wouldn't need it since the DEM from the loaded US Topo 2008 will show on other maps that are loaded. But if you have a 300 then you might want to wait for the NT2 maps to become available (if they become available separately).

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When looking at Garmin.com, the Colorado seems to be compatible with NT only.

 

I think the Vista HCx is also listed to support only NT as well but it supports the non-NT maps.

 

BTW, where the heck to people buy the full (non-update) version of 2008 NT? I see it at REI for $130 and that's about it other than a couple of smaller places I've never heard of.

 

GO$Rs

 

I bought miine at Gpsnow.com ($119.95) when I ordered my 300

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When looking at Garmin.com, the Colorado seems to be compatible with NT only.

 

I think that's not quite right... My 400t works fine with both my City Nav v8 and City Nav 2008 - neither of which is an "NT" version.

 

After talking to the Garmin support guys about this, they said that the NT version uses a different compression scheme for storing the maps and *should* be faster on units that support it, but most NT-compatible units can use the non-NT version if it's what you have (and you transfer or buy unlock codes, of course).

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....or NT1 or NT2. The Nuvi 8xx series which supports DEM will be shipping with NT2 preinstalled which implies that NT2 will have DEM info embeded in it. If you have a 400t then you wouldn't need it since the DEM from the loaded US Topo 2008 will show on other maps that are loaded. But if you have a 300 then you might want to wait for the NT2 maps to become available (if they become available separately).

 

I thought only the nuvi 5000 was going to support DEM for now.

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