QUOTE The two digital units from Hornby are more technically advanced and offer far more features than any other comparatively priced product
Comparatively being the key word. Although at 70 quid the Select is left in the dark by the similarly priced Roco MultiMaus. So this statement isn't really true. The Elite is good in that it bridges the gap between the fully functioned Command control systems and the basic starter systems. There is nothing else in this middle ground, ....yet. The forthcoming information on the Bachmann Dynamis will be interesting. Will it be another overstated under dog or will it be as advanced as they say?
QUOTE Simon Kohler, Hornby: “This really is the next evolution in model railways and makes this wonderful hobby even more realistic
I think was would have been more accurate than "is". DCC, as a new thing, happened quite a while ago now.
QUOTE Simon Kohler continues: “The hobby market looks to Hornby to provide the benchmark and I know that yet again we will not disappoint the many thousands of train model enthusiasts.
The benchmark for what? Hornby must be the last major model rail manufacturer in the world to introduce DCC. Even if this statement is only intended for UK domestic consumption it's still bollocks. Bachmann and ZTC have had DCC systems for considerably longer than Hornby (unless you are counting Zero 1).
The release is aimed at Hornbys train set market. It is set at such a basic level that it really says nothing new to people already familiar with DCC.
Comparatively being the key word. Although at 70 quid the Select is left in the dark by the similarly priced Roco MultiMaus. So this statement isn't really true. The Elite is good in that it bridges the gap between the fully functioned Command control systems and the basic starter systems. There is nothing else in this middle ground, ....yet. The forthcoming information on the Bachmann Dynamis will be interesting. Will it be another overstated under dog or will it be as advanced as they say?

QUOTE Simon Kohler, Hornby: “This really is the next evolution in model railways and makes this wonderful hobby even more realistic
I think was would have been more accurate than "is". DCC, as a new thing, happened quite a while ago now.
QUOTE Simon Kohler continues: “The hobby market looks to Hornby to provide the benchmark and I know that yet again we will not disappoint the many thousands of train model enthusiasts.
The benchmark for what? Hornby must be the last major model rail manufacturer in the world to introduce DCC. Even if this statement is only intended for UK domestic consumption it's still bollocks. Bachmann and ZTC have had DCC systems for considerably longer than Hornby (unless you are counting Zero 1).
The release is aimed at Hornbys train set market. It is set at such a basic level that it really says nothing new to people already familiar with DCC.