I opted for the top of the line Uniden (Regency died a slow death long ago).

A Lot of People are saying that The Scanning Hobby is Dying a Slow Death, Mainly Due To Many Cities Encrypting their Public Safety Transmissions.

Wish I knew more about using scanners but it works as it should as far as I know.

I was able to program it right out of the box via the build in SD card databases, as well as get the windows software installed and configured with ease