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G_Day
I admire your rant here, and intially though it was aimed at "sellers" like me (my mount is for sale).
I can see where you are aiming, but the realist in me says that unless every last buyer gets behind this, then it isn't going to happen. Most simply equate money spent with value or quality, or both.
I have worked my way through mounts, from the humble SP, through the Losmandy twins, an AP, and a couple of EM200's. They all worked, they all cost more as I got further down the line and they all are inferior to the mighty Paramount. Point is, I believe that buying and trying is really the only way you will know. If it works, then you won't part with it, unless your benchmark also changes. If it doesn't cope, then off it goes.
It is also a bit like the planetary imaging that has evolved here. Think back to the first few posts on Jupiter imaging for example. Everyone was absolutely flabberghasted with them. Now? Yawn, there is so much better. And so the humble ToUcam has been eclipsed (for some anyway) by the ability of the mono firewire cameras.
I know I am off track with your reply, but the bottom line to me is what works for me, in budget and functionality doesn't alwys flow through to anyone else. The standards you desire will help perhaps, but at the end of the day (pun here folks) it comes down to what you or I want and can afford, not what is written.
Gary
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