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What is your piano instructor telling you? A lot of them advise you to get a keyboard that closely mimics piano action. 88 keys ... progressive hammer action (not just weighted). Yamaha makes the closest keyboard to piano feel in my opinion. I play a P90 on stage;I don't use the internal sounds or speakers though ... I bought it specifically for how it felt.
Velocity sensitivity is what most people are talking about when they mention pressure sensitive keys. This is absolutely essential for piano realism. But there is also a feature called "aftertouch" ... this adjust the sound based on how hard you press the key AFTER you've already pressed it. You probably don't need aftertouch for piano lessons, but you may want it later on.
The analog vs. digital debate is kind of moot if you're just looking for a cheap keyboard to learn piano on. Go digital for an inexpensive piano sound. If you want to get into programming and ambient sound you might go analog. I use both on stage ...
Some instructors don't want you to play keyboards at all, but tell you that you must have an acoustic piano. My daughter just started lessons and they wouldn't even enroll her unless we had a piano (we do).
So please talk with the instructor.
But if I'm too late ... what did get?
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