I went with the Uniden BC-246T analog trunking scanner. Plenty of channels, light handheld form factor, DCS/CTCSS, Close Call feature... pretty much the best package I could afford (more or less 200$).

Seems like I should purchase software to program it because, according to what i've read on several forums, it can be a pain to program manually. In the manual, they say that to move from character to character (when inputing names for your frequencies), you need to hold the FUNC button and press 2 or 4 (depending on the way you wish to move the cursor). UGH!

Anyways, sounds like a winner! I really couldn't justify shelling out 500$+ for a digital scanner.