The problem with the topic of this thread, in the UNIDEN TAVERN, in the UNIDEN forums is that, based on my purely unscientific analysis of postings herein since the X36 line was released, is that most who populate are rabid Uniden Fanboys and girls. As a result, anyone posting negatively about these products will attract a horde of Uniden supporters. Just the nature of the beast, er, Uniden forum.
In all fairness, the same occurs on the GRE forum, etc.
I've been critical of Uniden and the X36 for reasons of quality control, early release, silly design in many facets of the radios, and blatant false advertising on features that are still not available. Features that jacked the 536 price to $599.00, on what should have been a starting list of $499.00 or less.
I own both X36 scanners. I do not own any of the current old GRE digital stuff or any of the new Whistler products. I DO continue to own older GRE scanners such as the Pro 2004, 2006, 2042 and Pro 43. All are still in full use today and work flawlessly,
I am neither a Uniden or GRE or Whistler or anything else fanboy. I am a fan of near perfect scanning receivers, and in their day, the above GRE models were near perfection, IMHO.
I also use my 536 and 436 every day, in between CONSTANTLY having to re-charge the 436 batteries, and constantly having to let them run to re-charge the silly, useless, clock function. They are both very good to excellent scanners and a marvel of engineering.
The sin lies in how they could have been so much better, and it's that reality coupled with missing features that drives my continued angst and frustration toward Uniden.
And as the clock ticks, ticks, ticks..........we still await the Siren App, Analyze features, etc.........
