Im still relitivly "new" to DCC in general, so if you would want some help Id be happy to jump in and give that still fresh perspective of being new to DCC type review...I also have been working with DCC and model trains on and off so I know various things about it in some respects
QUOTE (Richard Johnson @ 12 Jan 2008, 07:19)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>***Good move Doug - I do so many E-replies per day on several lists and I do get sloppy - so both sorry and thank you!
I really do need to re-look at the thread title more carefully before I respond sometimes.
On the subject of samples.... joking aside I do have a couple of "soon to be released items" I'll send to you in the next week or two (I'm preparing the "beta" instructions for them now, so you'd better send me an address). I'd value an honest and direct MRRF review very much.
Re member reviews:
I really do like the "member reviews" from users very much as they are always looking from a real, fresh and very pragmatic way compared to magazines and professional reviewers.
They will often highlight things differently, which will either show that what the Mfr/Mags consider important is not the same as the "hands on modeller" sees, or that a product that seems to be just right has things that could be better explained in manuals or perhaps revised.
Sometimes a "Newer to DCC reviewer" just sees things others miss or take for granted!
Clever Mfrs would really take this sort of street level review such as MRF encourages at face value, instead of relying on magazines and PR people to do it...and instead of protesting as they often do, simply acknowledge, take note, find out why planning and perception are different and make changes....
THEN we'd all get the sort of product we'd all like lots more often!
Regards
Richard
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