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It doesn't have to be Shearwater and probably won't be. Someone should fill the gap and provide an inexpensive computer running Buhlmann ZH-L16C with GF, whether that's preset or custom. I would imagine it would be successful as a beginner computer or as a backup. I think the timing is right.How about we skip right to the end: Shearwater, when's you gonna market an inexpensive computer?
SCUBAPRO UPDATED ALADIN ONE MATRIX - DIVE MagazineI hear Aladin One Matrix is out now with ZHL16 ADT and a price tag of a Zoop, so no they don't cost more anymore. (Technically, it only takes one counter-example to disprove "all Buhlmann computers cost more" statement.)
How about we skip right to the end: Shearwater, when's you gonna market an inexpensive computer?
The problem is that you can't even say for sure what "RGBM" means in the context of most of the recreational computers which claim to use it. It's unlikely that they have the computational power to run RGBM, but there's really no way of knowing. The only claim of an actual full implementation of RGBM that I'm aware of was an aftermarket upgrade for the now defunct Liquivision Xeo.
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I also wonder if the choice of algorithm is a marketing tool - why do Buhlmann computers cost more? do they need additional processing power or is it more of a factor of the above?
I’m curious what people would think about a computer with both fully iterative RGBM and Buhlmann with GF, that had the ability to switch between and compare algorithms?