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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by davekelly</i> <br /><br />Kchron and Tom, <br /> <br />Agreed, DCC in any form sure is cool!! <br /> <br />While one definately needs to factor in the cost of scrapping a system for a "new and better" one like Tom did with his Bachmann to NCE switch, one should also think of the possibility of having to scrap a system because the throttles aren't comfortable or the programming isn't the way one likes it. This is one of the reasons I went with my MRC PE. If I decide I don't like the way it is set up and decide to follow Tom to NCE, I'm out about $100.00. Probably a bit less as I could sell the thing on ebay or something. The Zephyer was in the running until the very final round, but I wanted walk around and to add that to the Zephyer would have busted my self imposed price cap. If I decided to go to say Lenz or EasyDCC, then I would have been out about $200. If Digitrax had a walkaround system for about $125-$150 then I probably would have gone the Digitrax route. Of course for people that don't need the walkaround, then the Zephyer is a great system. <br /> <br />Of course, the cool thing about the NMRA standards is that the decoders are "reusable." I'm sure that for most people, the decoders (especially sound ones) are the most expensive part of making the DCC switch. Thankfully we don't have to figure in decoder brands when deciding on a DCC system. Could you imagine how difficult the decision would be then??????? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Absolutely! Command Control (not digital) has been around for years. I believe it was not technology, but standardization that kept it from becoming big. Too many guys SOL when their manufacturer quit making. Too much investment depending on one company staying with it. DCC is a great advance over Analog CC, but without standards, it would probably also be a hodge podge that would remain a 'niche' thing. <br /> <br />And speaking as someone who scrapped about $800 worth of equipment to switch to NCE from another system, simply because I could no longer stand the badly designed (for my taste and preference at least) throttle, I feel that pain! I used to be a big advocate of skipping the "entry level" system and going right to the "real thing"... Nowadays, I think it wiser to buy that entry level system, simply taking into account it's "upgradeability" (or not) as a factor in the purchase decision.
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