QUOTE Unfortunately the Hornby digital system has been made to a price and it shows. This is the problem with public companies though - the customer comes second to the shareholder.
Hornby need to wake up and fix this before it is too late. Yes, lots of people are buying the digital sets and select controllers, but how many will pack it away, never to see the light of day again and forget any railway modelling aspirations they may have had because they became disillusioned after using the select?
My big concern is that instead of widening the hobby and making digital more accessible, it will act as a turn-off for the 'train-setters' who end up with a troublesome and unreliable system.
The price factor is what has affected the Hornby Digital adventure. You cannot do DCC on the cheap. This is what happens if you do and you were warned about this a long time ago. While the Hornby interpretation of DCC allows a cheap taster of what DCC is like it could just as easily leave a bad taste in your mouth when its problems are known. What I don't understand is why the Hornby DCC has been relentlessly defended by a couple of people who should know better?
QUOTE call me cynical, but I believe enthusiasts' needs are but the icing on Hornby's cake....
Thats not cynicism, it's the reality. Hornby know who their customers are and modellers like the people on this forum are not their bread and butter. We are a sideline not the majority.
