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Originally Posted by jase
Actually what you have is a modified SCT. The Ritchey Cretien design does not use corrector plates or lenses. Meade and other resellers of their products got into some trouble over this - http://www.star-instruments.com/lawsuit.html
Sorry, if you believed the marketing blurb that you bought an RC. |
Actually, meade and the resellers didn't get into trouble
yet. The judge has already thrown out most of the plaintiffs claims:
source.
As was previously reported in the Company's Annual and Quarter Reports filed with the SEC, the Company stated that a lawsuit was filed in September 2006 (which was later amended on October 31, 2006) by Star Instruments and RC Optical Systems, two competitors of Meade, that alleged that the Company and several dealers falsely advertised that Meade's award winning RCX400 and LX200R telescopes employ Ritchey-Chretien technology. In their lawsuit, Star Instruments and RC Optical Systems accused Meade and its dealers of, among other causes of action, engaging in racketeering, conspiracy and RICO violations, as well as deceptive business practices, dilution of an established trademark and product disparagement. All of these claims were dismissed and the judge rejected plaintiffs' request to file an amended complaint. In addition, the judge rejected RC Optical's claim for treble damages, thereby eliminating most of the money damages sought by RC Optical and its co-plaintiffs.
Having said all that, I too own a Meade LX200R and I would
not consider it an 'Advanced Ritchey-Chretien' either.