Originally Posted by
WRX STiMULi
Originally Posted by
supercowpowers
Some of your Belscorts have the threat display that can show you a grand total of, I think, 2 K, 2 Ka and 4 X sources at a time - pretty ghetto and worthless, but I guess it counts for something.
How many do you need to pay attention to your speed?
How many (typically) of the bogeys are falses?
I don't want to continue your V1 Escort/Bel war but ghetto and worthless?
PUHLEASE...
As a user of Escort's "ExpertMeter" for the past 5+ years, I do believe that, compared against the V1's "Bogey Counter," that the Escorts do have a weakness in not being able to display past the preset 2x Ka, 2x K, and 4x X-band threat resolution.
Although far from perfect itself (since it offers a band/number combo, but no true discrimination between "how many of which"), the V1 at least has the capability to display "more." And while that may not necessarily be a tactical advantage (particularly in highly reflective surroundings), to an extent, it can potentially offer more user protection.
For example, I've seen more than my share of distanced speed traps, with multiple enforcement vehicles individually running RADAR, that can easily defeat the 2x Ka and 2x K-band resolution. Similarly, with the potential of signal splitting and merging, such restricted display capability also presents some worry.
Additionally, given the use of K-band door-openers and such, in many metro areas, the segmentation of the K-band threat display to only 2 alert signals also carries distinct risk, to those of us who live in an area where K-band enforcement, in combination with the above, is a typical and daily presentation (as with the above, I also count myself in this population - Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, Warrensville Heights, and Highland Hills serve as perfect demonstration of this concern, for those who live in my area and would care to confirm, for themselves).
Certainly, there are advantages to the Escort system (i.e. the "Multiple Signals Detected" voice alerts of the higher-end units, as well as the unique-signal delineation and visual alert strength ramping), but I find that defending any one setup, versus the other, is a moot point, particularly as neither is even remotely close to perfection.
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