Well if Uniden is not going to put out any more updates for the 996. I'm not going to pay 500 for a scanner. I will sell my 996 if no more updates and by a GRE. Isn't it kinda lame to send secret codes out in avatars and get everyone in a uproar and then take several months before they actually produce something. Sounds like games to me and here is GRE no games and producing updates! just my 2 cents over and out!
So wait...
First the gripe was "Hey GRE's putting out all these updates, and Uniden's just sitting silently, what's going on Uniden?"
So Uniden starts letting people know "Hey, we're working on something new, you'll know more in another month, stay tuned"
and the reaction here is "Hey GRE's putting out updates and Uniden's just playing around starting rumors, etc."
Come on people... have a little patience, huh? These things take time. If Uniden didn't say anything (as you suggest) then people would still be saying "Wow Uniden's just sitting around doing nothing while GRE is eating their lunch," lolcat, etc.
I'm currently in the market for a new digital, so I'm going to wait and see what Uniden comes up with. If I'm not impressed, then GRE will get the money I've been saving up. But I'd rather wait a couple months and see rather than spend $500 now only to go "aww man, the new Uniden was a much better scanner" and wish I had waited.
Let's also not forget that my old BC796, even older BC250D and freaking ANCIENT BC895 are still going strong while my GRE made PRO-96
literally fell apart after about 2 years of use. That says alot also. The GRE sounds like a great scanner, as long as it stays in the shack and never gets beat up. But Unidens are built like tanks and that's the type of scanner I need, not some fragile little flimsy thing that can't handle getting kicked around a little.
Let's be patient folks. Good things come to those who wait.
-AZ
