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Why should PME or AP invest in Direct drives? Unless the competition comes in at a lower priced option with Direct drive motors then the PME and AP1200 still perform far above the Seering limitations. Sure they are proabably researching the technology but why add cost to there system whcih presently works.
The real area where Direct Drive is more usefull is in driving very large scopes and DOB's. Where removing the need for large worm gears can offset the expense of direct drive system. Ofcourse in the future even the cost of this will come down and I am sure at that time AP and PME might put something into production.
And then ofcourse we must consider the impact of improvements in other areas of imaging that could reduce the effect of the mount in the over all picture. As others have said if imaging systems are improved and required imaging time is reduced then even a EQ6 can become more dominant.
Consider the Atrack of Betamax technology or even the minidisc or Firewire. While all are great and arguabably better than the competition of the time when they were released they still did not dominate.
The best is not always the dominant. Especially if it is more expensive than the proven alternatives.
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