[TurboFool]

I'm NOT a Verizon user, so I can't speak to that. All I can say is that for a first-time flasher, no2chem's ROMs contain more features (more standard functions that DCD strips, and more cool new utilities you'll grow to like), and that some utilities like nueFirstBoot and others make getting your phone running the first time (and customized for your carrier) easier. And I just love the overall speed of his. That said, I've honestly never used DCDs, specifically because I need/want a large amount of what he strips out, and didn't want to have to manually reinstall all of that. Seems to defeat the purpose for me.