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Originally Posted by andrew2008
I did some reading last night on cloudy nights that compared the TV Barlow and TV Powermate. General agreement was that the barlow is just as good if not better to some peoples eyes than the powermate. Not to say your experience is wrong as this is just visual. Just like to get a few more opinions comparing both from a purely observers standpoint and not an imagers.
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Hi there, since Cloudy Nights is down I figured I'd comment here. I've used a few TV barlows, I think I sold one to a fellow in Australia actually. Currently I'm using a Meade 2x TeleXtender (PowerMate knock off made in China). One difference between barlows and image amplifiers, IIRC, is that barlows increase eye relief, image amplifiers do not change the properties of a given eyepiece. So, if you buy eyepieces with a lot of eye relief (as I tend to) , an amplifier might be a better choice. Also, they can then be put to double duty for imaging.