"JAY EMRIE" bravely wrote to "GREG MAYMAN" (19 Aug 03  21:06:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "WATTS UP? KILOWATT-HOUR M"

 GM> -=> about "WATTS UP? KILOWATT-HOUR M" on 08-15-03  21:00.....
 GM> JE> Nope, it would be my opinion that digital is considerably less
 GM> JE> expensive to produce than a motor clock.

 GM>Hmmm... maybe. Digital still sells at least as expensive as
 GM>battery powered motor clocks over here.


 JE> Then digital is grossly overpriced there or motor clocks are
 JE> grossly under priced. Virtually all battery powered clocks I see here
 JE> are not motor driven but are electronic.

Depends what is meant by digital or by motor driven. For example a
purely digital clock would have a quartz oscillator and an LCD display.
A semi-digital clock would have a quartz oscillator with an impulse
motor needle movement. Around here one can buy either type "Made in
China" for the *same* retail price. It's the line powered clock
movements, large digit LED displays, and large backlit LCD's that are
now expensive.

 Mike
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