Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 08:17:50 04/14/02
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On April 13, 2002 at 15:12:55, Chris Kantack wrote: the review is lying about price. The official DGT clock isn't doing more than 90$. If i order it at online store sure it is hell expensive. They ask prices which are insane for a clock which can be produced for i guess $5 in total. If i order it at the chess federation just one clock then it is 72.60 euro, which in dollars is another 15% cheaper than that (still a huge price for a chessclock IMHO, but knowing the alternatives which suck ass it is a good clock). Usually we buy like 20 or so at the same time which makes it even cheaper. One chessclub i know in the neighbourhood of my club (i'm secretary of chessclub Utrecht) is using the Saitek digital clock. DISASTER! no way to easy set the levels without extensively reading the manual. Other digital clocks it is impossible to press the clock in time trouble, not to mention at blitz. DGT clock, though simple from design, is a big winner here. Easy to operate. Great support in case of problems, and definitely *any* level you can preset. It is not limited to just a few levels! I dislike its price, but when compared to the other disaster clocks i understand why. >I don't know how many of you are familiar with the chip used in Excalibur's LCD >Handheld chess computer, but it turns out that same chip is used in the updated >GameTime II chess clock. Of course, the firmware (programming) is totally >different! > >One of the design goals for the updated timer was to produce a clock with much >longer battery life than that in the original GameTime unit. With a battery >life of around 500 hours (using 4 AA batteries), I'd say they have accomplished >that goal! > >You can read my review of Excalibur's GameTime II clock by clicking on: > >http://home.earthlink.net/~kantack/lcdchess/gametime.htm > >All in all, it's a nice chess clock. Were the plunger mechanism a bit quieter, >I'd consider this a truly "killer product". > >Chris Kantack >http://home.earthlink.net/~kantack/lcdchess/home.htm
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