Geochron Digital vs. Mechanical
In default mode, the Geochron Digital 4k UHD is designed to appear exactly the same as the mechanical Geochron; But the digital programming also includes many options that a mechanical Geochron does not have.
Digital and Mechanical Comparison Chart
| Embedded Display Features | Digital | Mechanical |
|---|---|---|
| High Speed Demonstration | Yes | No |
| Multiple mapsets on demand | Yes | No |
| Human Lights at Night | Yes, dimmable | No |
| Customized Location Pins | Yes, 8 | No, 0 |
| Scalable Screen Size | Yes, 16:9 in 1080 to 4k. | No, fixed size. |
| Sunrise-Sunset Terminator Line | Yes | Yes |
| Analemma | Yes | Yes |
| Selectable Time Zones | Yes | No |
| International Dateline | Yes | Yes |
| Digital Time Display (date:hr:min:sec) | Yes | No |
| Digital Accuracy | Yes | No |
| Minute Dial | No | Yes |
| Support Features (with internet) | Digital | Mechanical |
| Lifetime map updates | Yes | No, it’s fixed. |
| Automatic Time, Date, and map position | Yes | No |
| Portable | Yes | Not really. |
| International Space Station Location | Yes | No |