[BC] What is "better?" HOW do we get there?

[Barry Mishkind]

At 11:23 AM 1/21/2006, Kent Winrich, K9EZ wrote
>Indeed Steve,  But you can consider patching to be upgrading.  If 
>they find a way to make the CODEC better then that would be a good 
>thing.  I completely agree that it needs to be invisible to the consumer.
>As I said before I have not dug into the receive CODEC and how (or 
>even IF) it can be upgraded.  If someone has more information I 
>would love to hear about it.

         We had quite a bit of discussion a few months back,
         and Mike Bergman correctly pointed out that manufacturers
         don't want to build upgradeable radios, they want to
         sell new radios.

         There is also, what he termed a "liability issue" if the
         downloads (over the air or - at what cost?- at the dealer)
         fail, cause problems, or even a perceived problem.

         It would seem that, at least for the near future,
         upgrading the codecs is not a viable option.




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