Re: Rules of Evidence (S&T January Editorial)


William R. Mattil wrote:
Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:48:35 GMT, "William R. Mattil"
<wrmattil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

But the bottom line is this...... There is no way in hell that a $8K
mass produced scope can compare favorably with a $20K OTA...

But that doesn't mean that the optical design can't be better (or better
in some respects, since with telescopes there are always tradeoffs). It
makes sense that a high end, almost custom made scope will be better in
most ways than a mass produced scope, but that's not what the lawsuit is
about.


Name one respect in which the Meade SCT (faux Ritchey) is actually
improved over the Classic RC Design. Please provide links other than
Meade's BS Marketing Hype.

No diffraction spikes.

Roland Christen chimed in with some other aspects in Yahoo's RCX400
group.

Like it or not, Meade did come up with neat stuff in the RCX400.

.

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