I was told once a while back that Syntha was actually owned by
American backers. Chinese company yes but American invested or owned.
Wikpedia is not a very reliable source of information, needs to be
taken with a grain of salt.
Dwight
-----Original Message-----
From: Stan Gorodenski <stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, Sep 5, 2009 7:00 pm
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: MEADE ETX-LS 6" ACF
dbogan3220@xxxxxxx wrote:
Meade Bashing goes back to the days of sci.astro.amatuer when people
used to complain about Meade products service and so on. Remember
their Nagler clones and the lawsuits with Celestron it just never
ends. Seems like Celestron might have the better product. Anyone do a
review on them. Oh and Meade does a lot of business with China as
well
as Mexico. Just like Celestron.
I don't think "just like Celestron". This is from Wikipedia "In early
2003 Celestron's rival, Meade Instruments
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meade_Instruments>, attempted a takeover
but a bankruptcy court allowed the sale of the company back to its
original owners. The company
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_%28law%29> had been U.S.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> owned until April 2005 when
it was acquired by SW Technology Corporation, a Delaware
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware> company and affiliate of Synta
Technology Corporation
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Synta_Technology_Corporation&a
ction=edit&redlink=1>
in China <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China>. Synta is a leading
manufacturer of astronomy equipment and related components." So,
apparently, Celestron is a Chinese owned company. Meade is not. Has
Celestron's ownership changed since this was put out in Wikipedia?
Stan
Dwight
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Sikes <KenGSikes@xxxxxxx>
To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, Sep 5, 2009 2:11 pm
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: MEADE ETX-LS 6" ACF
Last year at the AASP there were two Meade reps demonstrating the
newest
Meade telescopes,and even they admitted that Meade has lost some in
the
quality control department. I am not necessarily bashing Meade, as I
have
many Meade products the most recent a Meade 16" Lightbridge purchased
last
May. My ETX-125 PE (made in China) never has worked the way it is
supposed
to electronically, even after a trip back to Meade for repairs. The
optics
themselves are top notch. The Lightbridge is made in Taiwan and the
few
times I have been able to use it (due to weather) it has shown me
great
views.
Did you read the review Mike wrote ? ......and by the way this is
the
third
telescope he has had to return to Meade, one of the twice.
Ken Sikes
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Gorodenski" <stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 10:46 AM
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: MEADE ETX-LS 6" ACF
I'm not sure if Meade has once again dropped the ball and is 'true to
form' as you claim, but Meade has produced good products, my LX75 10"
and LX200R 16" being two of them. What's with all this anti-Meade
bashing stuff? Is it because it is easy to criticize on the
internet?
A
hidden motive? I still choose Meade over other companies that are
Chinese companies. One of them is very prominent in the current
issues
of S&T.
Stan
Ken Sikes wrote:
Below is a link to a review of the recently released Meade ETX-LS .
The
review is by Mike Weasner and it seems that Meade is true to form
and
has
dropped the ball once again.
http://www.weasner.com/etx/reviews/2009/etx-ls-6-acf.html
Ken Sikes
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