The supplied UNIDEN software is not worth your time.  It is almost useless.  I am not going to go into detail about it here. just trust me, or read about it on the various scanning mail lists.
	"Andy's Program" (available here) is shareware and works very well.  The current version is unable to designate frequencies as trunked.  This shortcoming requires you to manually input all trunked frequencies (a minor pain). Ben Saladino's Trunk Manager is reported to work for the BC 250D (and BC 785D) but I cannot vouch for it.  I highly recommend Butel's ARC 250 software.  You can download a demo version  to "try before you buy."  The software works better than advertised and you will be hard pressed to find better customer support.  If you want to utilize software to program your BC 250 or BC 785, stop reading and download the program now.
	When I first programmed the scanner, I designated the trunked frequencies as "NFM".  This had a significant impact in that every Talk Group (Digital or Analog) sounded very muffled and distorted.  Programming the trunked frequencies in "FM" vs. "NFM" cleared this problem.  Informal liaison with other users in the San Diego area indicates that they utilized "NFM" without any abnormalities.  Your mileage may vary.
	Performing the "Sound quality" Adjustment (see page 78 of the user manual) can make a big difference.

 

	Digital monitoring capable! (Nuff said)
	1,000 channels
	Alpha Numeric labeling per frequency and Talk Group
	Psychedelic orange backlight display (pass the mushrooms)

 

	100 Channels per bank.  Very disappointing - this will leave most users with a lot of unutilized real estate.  30, 40, or even 50 channels per bank would be much better.
	When performing a talk group search, the previously stored text labels DO NOT display when a known talk group is received.  This is a major shortcoming.  I can't understand why UNIDEN didn't include this.  The previous generation trunk tracking scanner was capable of this (BC 780 XLT)
	It's big sucker (nothing inconspicuous here!)
	The belt clip.  It's a radical departure from UNIDEN's normal plastic clip with two small screws.  This belt clip 'snaps' on the scanner in two grooves.  I am not very confident that it will hold my $600+ toy in place whilst I carry it  about.

 

While I would buy this scanner again, I think UNIDEN could have done a much better job.  I believe their haste to get the scanner on the market first caused them to release a product that wasn't everything it could be.