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Re: Yet Another S@H Catalog Observation
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 9 Jul 2001 02:07:26 GMT
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I've seen the decoders for $45 by themselves...even with
> mass production (quantity buying)
The cheapest on the Digitrax site are $25 USD a pop. I would imagine that they
cost $12 or less a piece. Most of what is contained on a decoder can be
embedded on a single chip (a la Zero One for those of you who have ever studied
command control), which would bring the price down even further _with very
large scale mass production_
...I'm sure the new motors w/ dcc won't be
> cheap. 25 is fair making a train motor 50 (not including the light)
> So the ultimate indesputable point is that dcc will only please the real
> die-hard fans....that's my theory right now*
I'd tend to think around $45 for the decoder equipped motor.
James Powell
(waiting for my Digitrax system to arrive :)
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| (...) you got a point there Lawrence... the My own train didn't have any motor...however DCC probably will only please the real Train Hobbiest....most of the "new" train enthusiasts that have (or will have) started collecting trains probably won't (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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