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The shearwater's do that, but they are closer to $800. So not me.
It depends how much you want to spend.
Shearwater uses great displays, on the other end of the spectrum you can find the Suunto Zoop which is well readable for 1/4 of the price.
OLED displays are great but they decay as they become old
i agree the proplus 3 is a great computer it has tissue loading bar graph ascent rate bar graph LARGE screen digits if your wanting it has lots of alarms on it 3 gas options etc - its downside is that if you violate any Deco even by a small margin it locks you out for 24 hoursThere are certain retailers who still carry the Oceanic Pro Plus 2.1 model. It has been replaced by the newer Pro Plus 3, but it's still a fine computer. I have hundreds of dives on mine and I've never had an issue. Even the replacement battery kit is reasonably priced. It's air integrated, so you'd have to be OK with that. The text is gigantic and the graphs (nitrogen + O2 sat + ascent rate + atr) are always on screen and very easy to read. You should be able to get one "new" (unused, at least) in the area of $400. Considering it cost 2x that when it came out, I think it's a bargain among the available very large text computers.
i came across this and it is air integrated -- im not sure how good it is, but its the Suunto Vyper Air Wrist Computer with transmitter
but for the price of 500.00 -- doesnt seem to bad to me -- i like the fact that it has the compass with it -- one less thing to put on