Re: Getting Old (hi hi)
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The cost difference with a color screen could be much greater than $5.00. When Icom is designing a radio they can't just select whatever the latest LCD is available on the market for cheap. They have to deal with an industrial manufacturer that plans to keep producing the screen for many years. That typically comes with a much higher price. Icom products typically have a long life cycle which means extensive planning to ensure the components needed will (hopefully) be available for many years. The current component shortages have only made that tougher. That all said, there is a reason the value on the used market for the 7000 is very high. It's just a fantastic radio and that color screen grabs everyone's attention.? I think not making the 7100 color was a huge miss by Icom. Steve VE7FM On Thu., Dec. 16, 2021, 11:46 J.D. Barron, <jeter.d.barron@...> wrote: Today I don't think that there would be $ 5.00 difference in the color display and the monochrome and that would be offset by the sales, easily. |
Steve Draper