Orion was ( [TenTec] Hercules III / Mark Erbaugh)

[Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC]

But, on the other hand, a color display wouldn't
hurt receiver reception either, would it? I'm not
sure why folks are tying the characteristics of
the display to the ability of the receiver. To me
they're two different things.

And anyone who can afford $3300 - $3600 for a
radio could probably afford another $200 or $300,
if a color display did increase the price. After all,
a $300 price increase is less than 10%.

Quoting from a previous post below:

>But the market that TenTec plays to are the serious amateurs that
> care to have the very best equipment that their money can buy

After all, you're not talking about necessities like
food and shelter, you're talking about a luxury item,
especially in this price range, and folks who buy
luxury items probably don't worry about the cost.

So why not give'em what they want?

--
wb4huc


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX" <RMcGraw at Blomand.Net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Orion was ( [TenTec] Hercules III / Mark Erbaugh)


> I see it this way.  Does one want a high performance radio or a high
> performance display?
>
> I see the Orion as a high performance radio with a very adequate mono
> display.  The others, I see them as a high performance display with
mediocre
> radio attached.  In the end, I've never had a display assist in pulling a
> weak signal out of the noise or adjacent QRM but the mediocre radios do
> produce key clicks, thus adjacent QRM to others, to which the high
> performance radio does not.
>
> Does one want glitz and glamour or performance?  I'll opt for performance
> every time.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Duffer" <dufferjames at hotmail.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:03 AM
> Subject: Orion was ( [TenTec] Hercules III / Mark Erbaugh)
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: KD7EFQ at aol.com
> > I'd also like to see a
> > >color display on the Orion to bite into the IC-756 ProII sales, as that
> is
> > >the biggest complant I have heard from many people is why did TT use a
> > >monochrome display, when Icom did it for $1000 less cost of the radio.
> I'd
> > >still buy
> > >the Orion before the Pro II as it is a much better performer. However,
> > >features
> > >are a very important factor to lots of people out there.
> >
> > A "feature," I don't know if I would be so generous.  I would suspect
> adding
> > a color display would increase the cost to of the Orion.  I am not sure
> that
> > the fact the Pro II selling at a $1K less with the color display means
> that
> > the color display did not increase the cost of the Pro II.  Maybe, if it
> had
> > of used a monochrome display it would of been reduced further in price.
> >
> > A color display does not provide  enhancement to many operators,
> especially
> > those that are blind, or color blind.  Possibly an option that would
> offset
> > the additional costs would be the way to go.
> >
> > 73, Jim, de wd4air
> >
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