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I like the idea of DCC-ready better than having the decoder already built in in most cases -- that way I get to choose what DCC features I want and which vendor's decoder I prefer. My best example of why I think this way is the Atlas FM H-16-44 locos with the dual-mode decoders. The decoders are very basic Lenz OEMs that don't even support CV5 & CV6 for speed control. The only way to change the speed characteristics is to program in a custom speed table -- easy with DecoderPro, but a pain doing manual programming. They're otherwise great engines, but I'd much rather have had just a DCC socket or easy drop-in board (like for the P2K geeps) so I could install my own decoder. <br />
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