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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by boomer5344 Lastly, The MTH K4 is already 100% NMRA DCC compatable. This whole "MTH is not wanted in HO" is so childish and ridiculous. Just wait till the actual model comes out, then decide.[/quote] I'm a relative newbie to the current HO scene, but I'm pretty sure this is incorrect. Sure it won't self destruct if you try to run the MTH K4 w/ DCC. It will run just fine. But 100% compatible? Not even close as far as I can tell. MTH's K4 has many features restricted only to DCS, and not just the features that couldn't be done with DCC that would HAVE to be DCS. They purposefully chose to offer reduced functionality by "open source" DCC to promote their proprietary DCS system. That's perfectly within their right as a business to do, of course, but IMO it's a big reason to stay away from their product(s), and it's certainly not full compatibility. Upon deciding to re-enter this hobby one of my biggest frustrations was the DCS vs. TMCC war in O gauge. In fact, it's probably the major turn-off of that scale for me. Learning that HO had a standardized, open-source control system was a breath of freesh air to me. Now I learn it's being threatened by none other than MTH. Under those circumstances, I don't blame some modelers for thinking HO scale would be better off without MTH's entry at all.
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