[TenTec] Re: Orion Concern

[Duane A Calvin]

But neither of you mention the likely resulting increase in purchase
price.  I'd bet if you swapped a color LCD in, the price would jump,
everyone would begin complaining about that, and we don't even know what
the other design choices were that led to the current choice.

        73,  Duane

  
On Mon, 20 May 2002 21:07:43 -0400 "Ed Tanton" <n4xy at earthlink.net>
writes:
> Great point Gary!
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> As to color in the display, that would be pretty and 
> probably a selling point for those on the edge of 
> purchase. Were I in charge of the  design I might well 
> seriously consider putting in such a  display and provide 
> a user swichable monochrome display of the user's 
> choice of colors. With a color display, that would be an 
> easy option & this way there could be no complaint.
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