These scanners seem much more plentiful now than just a few years ago
and my impression is that prices have come down, so owning one is
starting to look like more of an affordable investment.

But which one?

I want one that would have the best support for any Honda specific
codes, preferably with C.A.N / Mode 9 capability, and that would support
connection to a laptop through either serial or USB ports, with software
to display user selected outputs in real time.

The OBD2 code lists I've seen seem to have a variety of measurements
that would be useful for identifying efficient operation for fuel
consumption (fuel trim, throttle position, manifold pressure, etc.) and
I'd like to be able to have these on the screen of the display (laptop,
palm or scanner) in real time.

Thanks for any product experiences you'd like to share.
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