Buying a go clock >.<

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the DGT 2010. I think it's a great clock. It has Go settings including Japanese & Canadian Byoyomi. Personally, I also like the sleek asthetic but of course that's just my opinion. Also, the price is less than Chronos & Meijinsen.
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And what about a nice Ing clock xD
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LovroKlc wrote:And what about a nice Ing clock xD

I'm not sure you can even buy Ing clocks anymore. Does anyone have a link for a store that does?
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Redbeard wrote:
LovroKlc wrote:And what about a nice Ing clock xD

I'm not sure you can even buy Ing clocks anymore. Does anyone have a link for a store that does?


I'm not sure you ever could - I think the only way to get them was to be a large organization promoting Go who pledged to use Ing rules for some high-profile tournaments, and they would ship you clocks and stones.

If I could have, I would have bought an Ing v1 clock several years ago (since voice countdown is a high-priority in features for me.) But then I wouldn't have bought a Meijinsen, which is (in my opinion) far superior to the Ing clocks.

It's a rare cloud without a silver lining, I suppose. :)
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You never buy Ing clocks. I am back from a tournament that used them, we wanted to use 1 minute byoyomi per player but winded up using 59 seconds cus 1 minute is too much for the clock :)
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Hi ,

i play with a Chronos blitz 2 with sensor touch. These clocks with sensor button are really
fun to play with - if you need all sorts of time settings ill recommend the "big" Chronos 2

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I recently got the Meijinsen clock made by Citizen, from Kuroki. I absolutely concur with the others, this is a great clock ! I used to own a Chronos way back during my Chess days, and this clock just blows it out of the water IMO ! :tmbup:


Attaching a picture and a scanned PDF copy of the quick start guide in English that Mr. Kuroki kindly included.

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This is a very old thread - but I thought I'd ask here since the Meijin-sen clock has been mentioned several times in this thread.

It seems as though the prices have come down - amazon.co.jp has the DIT-40 for under 10,000 yen now ($80!). I'm writing to ask if anyone knows of any additional distributors for the Meijin-sen clock (beyond Kuroki-san, who is still charging 11900JPY).

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DrQuantum wrote:It seems as though the prices have come down - amazon.co.jp has the DIT-40 for under 10,000 yen now ($80!). I'm writing to ask if anyone knows of any additional distributors for the Meijin-sen clock (beyond Kuroki-san, who is still charging 11900JPY).


Amazon is the cheapest I found. I got mine at the Nihon Kiin but it looks like they don't have it available on their rakuten store.
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oren wrote:
DrQuantum wrote:It seems as though the prices have come down - amazon.co.jp has the DIT-40 for under 10,000 yen now ($80!). I'm writing to ask if anyone knows of any additional distributors for the Meijin-sen clock (beyond Kuroki-san, who is still charging 11900JPY).


Amazon is the cheapest I found. I got mine at the Nihon Kiin but it looks like they don't have it available on their rakuten store.


It seems there's a cheaper one on a rakuten store... but I'm a bit leery of doing the multiple shipper thing that one has to do (as far as I understand it) with rakuten...

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/megu ... nd_item_en
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DrQuantum wrote:It seems there's a cheaper one on a rakuten store... but I'm a bit leery of doing the multiple shipper thing that one has to do (as far as I understand it) with rakuten...

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/megu ... nd_item_en


That is the same price as the one I see on amazon.co.jp. I'm just not sure any will do international shipping.
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Just got the Meijin-sen today. It's a beaut. I would have gone with the Chronos as a nice heavy duty clock, but I really do like what I see in the Meijin-sen. So, here's the unboxing. I'm going to put up a review video too, and a visual instruction manual. The typed one at Sensei's Library is very helpful, but I think a video showing the features might also be nice.

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Post by EdLee »

Hi DrQuantum,

Thanks for the video.

Nice, distinctive spines of your Everyman's Library books. :)
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DGT makes several digital game clocks. I see the "DGT North American" on the internet for about $40.00. It appears to support byo-yomi and, perhaps (I'm not really clear on this 2nd) Canadian overtime. Does anyone have experience to share on these timers? The longer experience the better.

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DGT North American doesn't look like a suitable replacement for the DGT 2010. It doesn't support byo-yomi.

From their FAQ, a direct comparison:

http://www.digitalgametechnology.com/in ... h-american
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