Mike-

I agree. Most of this discussion is a little naive, imho. Meade is a public
company with pressure to maximize short-term profits. That is not good or
bad, it is simply the way it is. Meade's LX-200 competition is the high-end
Celestron SCT. Celestron has had its troubles in the past--do you know
anything about the "Ultima"? If their new 11" Nexstar 11 GPS proves to be a
workable, reliable alternative to the LX-200, watch the improvements come
real fast! This Celestron scope alone has driven the recent Meade LX-200
price reductions. And Meade has, of course, recently replaced some key
plastic DEC bearings with metal. Meade is not stupid--it is run by a guy
with a doctorate in physics. Just hope Celestron hasn't stumbled with its
new top of the line SCT and that Meade now has some real completion at this
LX-200 price break !! :) Same economics works in cars, computers, etc,
etc.

Andy

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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 4:33 AM
Subject: Re: [M]: Re: Meade Knows about Mapug!


> That's a good point you made John. Just like the comparison of the first
> runs of M16's in the 60's to the M14, a shooten shell Matel Vs. a real
> killing peace. And the bang for the bucks of my Aim system, 7K if I had
> to buy it out right, with no OTA! But as well the 416 XTE, same chip is
> used in other cam's at greater cost then the 416 XTE. Which gives me a
> better buck for the bang than the others with the same chip. 73, Mike
>
>
>

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