After watching the news about the new AGM Evolver LRF 1280 coming in at just $7K, i was going to jump on it. And then I saw the refresh rate. A measly 25Hz. If it would increase refresh to 50Hz when zooming to 640 resolution, I could still be interested. But 25Hz is just way too slow IMO to hit anything on the run.

Nonetheless, it’s nice to see the higher resolution thermals coming down in price.

More sensor elements means slower scan or higher horsepower processor.

I'll bet 25 Hz is just fine. It wasn't that long along that 30Hz worked fine with 640 cores. Then the 384 cores came out and 50Hz was used to keep them from being choppy. I'll bet it has something with power consumption as well. Sometimes I have to remind myself my work thermals use 400Hz and 50Hz is okay for my hubting thermals.