The PSRE-403 will be a great first board for you. It is extremely versatile and a lot of fun. It contains some realistic voices (instrument sounds) and plenty of styles to play along with. You need to go check one out at your local music store (Sam Ash, Guitar Center, Best Buy, etc.) It also goes under the YPT400 model no. If you do a search here on this site, you can find more posts of mine in which I've given more detail about this incredibly affordable board. It is THE bang for the buck board out there with a price tag under $200. And for that price, you can use it for starters and then move on to something more elaborate as your abilities grow.

Another possibility - at $300- is the Casio WK3100 which has 76 keys and even more versatility. You have to check it out. The voices are quite good but the styles are more simplistic (not as polished). However you can tweak, create, and save voices and even add new voices from their website. Either one of these boards would be fabulous beginner, even intermediate boards.

Best regards,
Tim

[This message has been edited by CoasterTim (edited 08-16-2006).]