Thanks all for the answers,
good to know they are still hackable.
Acee, I see that Rigol UK does offer free sw upgrades but only for schools, I use it for my hobby (breaking things!), so don't think I am eligible. My lowest price for a DS1054Z is today 378EUR shipped and for the MSO1074Z is 838EUR shipped.
I am on a budget, and really need the decodes so either DS1054Z hacked and stick to four digital analog (and stick to four digital too, sigh) or the MSO1074Z only if it is hackable at least for the serial decodes, so it will expand to 16 (or even 16+4 as LA?, don't know).
Fungus, I appreciate the bw boost of course, heheh.
BTW, does it make sense to buy MSO1104Z and hack, I mean is it really the same machine as the 70MHz one, and/or it is not and it could be pulled up to 200MHz(too good to be true)?
Do I have to hack before the trial expires or could I do anytime?
Thanks guys, as you imagine I am writing a letter to Santa...
Xardomain