Meade UHT Coatings Worth it?

Are the meade special coatings worth the extra 150 bucks?

Thanks again,
Andrew

only if you want to bring it up to par with a celestron 'starbright'

Sky & Telescope on the Meade 8" LX200:
March 2003 issue

"...it is photographers and CCD imagers who will benefit most from the coatings. For visual observers a 20% increase in throughput means that the telescope will reach stars only 0.2 magnitude fainter."

"...the dark adapted eye is most sensitive to green light, where the UHTC coating is less effective..."

Go here for Dr. Clay Sherrod's take on the UHTC coatings-
http://www.arksky.org/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi?s=3d21beb95478ffff;act=ST;f=3;t=79