Meade Buys Coronado? Good Grief!

I'm so glad I just received my beautifully machined PST.

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/altavista/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20041021005302&newsLang=en

Bummer. I knew I shouldn't have held out on the PST.

Doug
Midway, FL

I was wondering what Meade was awarded in its lawsuit against Celestron. It might very well be that Celestron helped pay for this acquisition. How ironic!

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OK, I was bored...

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I too have a beautifully machined PST, which I love. We all have read quite a bit of speculation along the lines of "how can Coronado make such a great high-tech product for $500.00?" Well, maybe they can't. I would not be surprised to see a big price increase (merely to include a profit for Meade.) Who really knows though? - Jim -

I'll probably get my head chewed off, but I don't see the reason for all the negative reaction. Meade is a successful optics/telescope company which has introduced countless numbers of people to the hobby through their affordable products. Why does that make them bad? Is everyone saying that they'd rather see Coronado products disappear forever rather than this? That would have been the alternative.

Cheers,
Jason

Guys, how about we wait and see...?
This MIGHT be a good thing after all... let's TRY not to be pesimistic about the whole "enchilada" here...

I personally have my Meade LX-200GPS for over 2 years now, and it's running as good it gets... (knocking on wood, crossing my fingers, have my lucky coin in my right pocket, a 4 leaf clover in my left pocket, etc, etc...)


Clear skies! and cheaper "but still as good" coronado products!


Ivan
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