RHF wrote:
For One and All,

What's next after the Grunidg Satellit 800 Millennium ?

Now that the Eton E1 AM/FM Shortwave Receiver with XM Satellite
Radio has come to market and is "Assembled in India".
ETON E1 = http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ETON-E1-XM-Radio/

Has Eton Corp begain work on a newer 'undated' Grunidg
Satellit 800 Millennium Receiver ?

Will it bear the "Grundig" Brand Name ?

Or will it bear the "Eton" Brand Name and be called the Eton
{Elite Series} "E2" AM/FM Shortwave Receiver and feature "DRM"
Digital Radio Mondiale reception ?

Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) System Info
http://www.drm.org/system/technicalaspect.php

In the Future - What will becoming off the Tecsun GEM assembly
line in China (PRC) to replace the Grunidg Satellit 800 Millennium "Big
Box Receiver" ?


~ RHF
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Grundig AG is in a state of reoganization and coming back with a
vengeance in the other hemisphere in matters of consumer and commercial
electronics. Their product lines are thin, right now, but R & D is
working overtime, with a good number of products in production and more
in the pipeline, with heavy focus on digital entertainment, and digital
management. Given their sharp thumbs down on Sat 800, and the
acquisition of the North American distributorship by Eton, it may be
unlikely that the Grundig name will appear on non Grundig products for
awhile, especially as Grundig finds their way anew. Eton, after all, has
a vested interest in promoting the Eton brand. And Grundig would be a
competitive brand in the marketplace.

E1 would have been The Next Big Grundig, had Eton not acquired the
distributorship.

As far as the Tecsun line goes...keep in mind that Tecsun fielded a
number of products that ended up on US shores that had been wearing the
Grundig badge in North America. Ham 2000 came over here, through
whatever channels, while Sat 800 was on the shelves. And the Tecsun
badge is on thousands of radios that would be carrying the S350
designation in North America, again, through whatever channels doesn't
matter. It's here. If they didn't want it to be here, it wouldn't be
flowing in with such strong nubers. There were/are a number other
examples as well. That's a pretty strong lesson for Lex/Eton to swallow.
Especially after all the misdirection, hype, and disinformation about
the radios' lineage, and implications of unique design, these badge
engineered versions are not a marketing company's idea of a fun ride.

And in light of PRC's disregard for patent, copyright and intellectual
property rights, even among allies, that can be a very nasty pill indeed.

The real tale is told in the fact that E1 is built in India.

What's next? Yes, that IS an interesting question.

Perhaps complete radios made on computer chips? I once read an article
at either www.gizmodo.com or www.boingboing.net about whole
radars etched onto computer chips about the size of a 25 cent coin.
cuhulin