Dear Arthur and Legairre,
Five years ago, we probably would have been more forthcoming about various product details before launch, but unfortunately not anymore
Some people even feel that we "prematurely" announced the HO series, giving competitors time to re-evaluate their strategy. In reality, we showed the HO prototypes at 2005 CES in January for two primary reasons: 1) we felt it was beneficial for the consumers to at least have some insight on our future products, with CES being the only major show of the year that we were planning to attend, and 2) patent applications had already been filed. Perhaps we could have really surprised competitors by keeping this all a secret until the very last minute before product launch. However, in my opinion, such a strategy would have been detrimental to the very kind consumers that we owe everything to, simply because they would have had no information to work with in order to make even a somewhat informed decision moving forward.
I feel that we are in pretty good shape. At CES, we did not expect to have HO ready before summer at the earliest, and we are definitely aiming for a release by end of November. Keep in mind that the HO prototypes were built by hand using off-the-shelf parts in January of this year. This turnaround time is not bad. To keep things in perspective, products like VTF-1 were in prototype stage for years, and never made it into production; VTF-2/VTF-3/TN1220HO refreshes have been only mild over many years.
For now, maybe we can release some pictures of the turbocharger for you all to see. If Dr. Hsu gives his blessing, then we will do this very soon on our forum.
Sincerely,
