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I just took the DCC plunge at the end of last year. I settled on the MRC Prodigy Advance for the simple reason that I liked the hand held throttle that came with the system (as well as the rest of the features offered). While I liked some of the other competetively priced systems, they did not come with as nice a throttle while staying within the price range I was looking in. With Digitrax (Zephyr), a hand held throttle was an additional component to purchase. With NCE, the system had the features and the throttle, but cost nearly twice as much. Bachmann EZ Command had neither the features nor the hand held throttle, but can be found for less than $60 from some of the on-line shops. While all the systems offer features for some folks, they may not offer you the features you want most. The best bet is to list the features that are must-haves, followed by nice-to-haves. Compare the systems that offer must have features, then make your decision based on price and nice to have features as you see fit. In my case, the hand held throttle was the big "must-have" feature and the primary reason I chose the Prodigy Advance. <br /> <br />I also have a BLI switcher and a couple of Lionel Challengers that all use QSI sound decoders, and they are a little more challenging to program than some of the others. Basically, though, they can all be programmed by entering specific CV values into them as shown in the manual. It is more complicated to do this way, but does allow most DCC systems to program these locos. There are a couple systems (Bachmann EZ Command & MRC original Prodigy possibly?) that don't allow you to program all the CVs directly, from what I understand. This would be something to investigate prior to purchase. There have been numerous posts on this forum regarding this subject.
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