Coming from the world of analog scopes which was a number of years ago, when digital scopes first came on the market in force, I remember warnings about some of the misleading specs. Not that any professional manufacture (importer) would try to mislead anyone in the T&M field mind you.
Sampling rate I believe was one that can be misleading depending on how it was spec'd.
I'm looking for a halfway decent scope, NOT entry level, but not 'lab grade' either. The question is, how much does one have to spend to get a 'decent' model for mostly 'hobby' use that has a at least an average level of accuracy, dependability and stability. I would prefer to stay under $1k US unless that isn't realistic. I see these ones for under $500, but I didn't want to go that low.
Battery operation not necessary,
Color LCD is,
Two channel should be fine (I don't see a need for more)
Typical, common control layout, no 'odd' designs
I don't need 'lab' precision, but again I don't want the low cost models.
Used or demo ok, but I do
not want any boat anchors.
Anyone suggest good reading material (online pdf documents for example) to bring me up to speed as I like to digest all of this before the purchase?