Simrad NSO 4-22 22" Glass Bridge MFD | NEON OS

The Simrad NSO 4-22 gives you a large glass bridge command center in a 22-inch size that fits more helms than the biggest display while still giving you plenty of screen to work with. It's a multifunction display built to run the whole boat, controlling engines, radar, sonar, lighting, audio, and video from one clean touchscreen. If you're building a modern glass bridge and want a big, fast command center without going all the way to 24 inches, this is the display to center it on.

At its heart is the new NEON operating system running on a Qualcomm 8-core processor. That combination is what keeps a large display responsive instead of sluggish. Charts redraw quickly, screens change without lag, and running several functions at once, chart, radar, and sonar side by side, stays smooth. On a display this size you're often looking at a lot of information at once, so the processing power behind it matters as much as the screen itself.

The screen is a Full HD touchscreen at 1920 by 1080 resolution, with a wide 80 degree viewing angle so the picture stays clear whether you're standing right at the helm or off to the side. A full touchscreen interface keeps the operation intuitive, the way you'd expect from a modern glass bridge. It comes with a magnetic sun cover to protect the glass when the boat's not in use, a nice touch on a display that lives out in the elements.

Connectivity is where a command center like this earns its keep. It has Gigabit Ethernet for fast networking across your electronics, built-in WiFi, and both video in and video out, so you can bring camera feeds onto the screen and send the display out to other monitors. That makes it the hub of a larger system rather than a standalone screen. It's designed to talk to your engines, radar, sonar, lighting, and AV, pulling the whole boat together onto one interface you control from the helm.

Navigation comes ready to go. The NSO 4-22 includes the next-generation C-MAP Discover X chart, so you have detailed cartography from the moment it's installed. Between the charts, the large display, and the fast processor, planning and following a route is quick and clear, which is exactly what you want on a bigger boat covering real distance.

It's built for the marine environment. The display carries an IPX6 and IPX7 waterproof rating, so it handles spray, washdowns, and the occasional dunking that comes with life on the water. It runs on a 12 or 24 volt DC supply with reverse polarity and over-voltage protection built in, which is the kind of electrical robustness you want protecting an expensive helm display. Maximum power consumption is 52 watts. Physically it measures about 20.6 inches wide, 12.6 inches high, and 3.1 inches deep, so plan your helm space and mounting accordingly.

A word on what a glass bridge display like this actually changes about running a boat. Instead of a helm cluttered with separate gauges, switches, and single-purpose screens, you get one large, clean interface where the boat's systems come together. You glance at one place to see your chart, your radar, your sonar, your engine data, and your systems, and you touch that same screen to control lighting, audio, and video. On a bigger vessel with a lot going on, that consolidation genuinely reduces the mental load of running everything, and it makes the helm a nicer place to spend a long day. At 22 inches you've still got plenty of room to split the screen into several live panels and read each one comfortably.

Who's this for? Captains building a premium glass bridge who want a large command center running the whole vessel, but whose helm suits a 22-inch display better than the biggest size. If you want to control engines, radar, sonar, lighting, and entertainment from one big, fast, Full HD touchscreen, the NSO 4-22 is a lot of display to center your helm on. If you've got the room for more screen, the NSO 4-24 steps you up, and the NSO 4-16 gives you the same platform in a smaller size.