[Icom] IC756PROll vs ORION

Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:52:18 -0500

I spoke with the top man at Ten Tec today and while he said the radio and
all the buttons as you see them will be the same. There would be up to three
possible screens that could end up in the Orion, color, amber, or Multi
color like the Pro II. He said they would know later this year. He said
quality control was a big issue and they were working hard to clean things
up. The biggest new I heard was from the boys at Kenwood who have not had
too much to show lately. He said that was getting ready to change and that
they were going to come out with an HF/6 meter only mobile to compete with
the FT100D and 706 Icom plus they were going  to be introducing several
other new goodies in the near future. It is about time Kenwood. 73, Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geo Clute W7LFD" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 8:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Icom] IC756PROll vs ORION


> I still use my Beta machine and it is far superior in audio and video
recording.  There was never a  Beta/VHS war.  Sony refused to license the
Beta format and wanted to keep it proprietary because of their professional
machines that continue to selling in that market place.
>
> The ORION screen looks BW.  Does it not present color?
>
> Geo W7LFD
>
> Behalf Of Ken
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 5:31 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Icom] IC756PROll vs ORION
>
>
> The ORION looks nice, resembles the PRO and it may even be better, but
> remember the marketplace rules. For example does anyone use a BETA VCR?
> They had a better picture than VHS, the entire drive system was basically
> one rubber tire, but VHS won the video war, only time will tell. BTW, I
> have a PROll and my 1984 BETA machine, it's in mint condition, and I use
> it. Ken
>
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