Reply to "Going Back to the Older Stuff"

Dominic Mazoch posted:
Fireball RR posted:
The other concern I have is how rapidly the technology is changing. Its great to see and I'm happy there are a lot of young people in the hobby but I'm concerned when we are going down the path of using our phones exclusively for running trains. That is when the hobby becomes frustrating because if the apps don't work, trains cease to be fun. T.
I think Lionel, MTH, or somebody else need to make a transformer or "PowerMaster" which can be Bluetooth or Wi-Fi controlled.

My issue with bluetooth/ WiFi running is you have to stare at your phone or iPad instead of watching the trains.

I can control all of the main features of locomotives by feel of the different controls on the legacy remote and watch my trains react as I do so.

There's no way one can do precise operations like switching out cars staring at a screen. Now we're drifting. Back to folks running older stuff.

3/30/2010:54 AM

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