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fchk:
Hi,

I'm thinking of buying a new Oscilloscope. I've got a Tektronix TDS220 now, but would like to upgrade on these reasons:
- 4 Channels
- more memory
- better screen

My options are:
- buying something better from Tektronix, LeCroy, Agilent,... used (I'd like to spend 5k, but I simply can't)
- go for some China equipment new

When I buy an TDS3014 or an TDS764, well, I can assume that there are certainly no serious design or software bugs in it and the only risks are worn-out crts or leaked capacitors. But I'm very unsure what to expect from Rigol or Uni-T or Owon etc etc.

Greetings from Germany
and sorry for the 4:0

Frank

Time:
Dave has an extensive review of the Rigol DS1052E.  You might know what to expect after checking that out.

squeezee:
The annoying thing about these chinese manufacturers is that while their 2-channel, entry level scopes offer very long memory depths; None of their more expensive ones do! (although compared to the tiny memory in the TDS220 anything will be an upgrade)

Exactly how much are you willing to spend? and i assume you're looking at something with the same 100MHz bandwidth?

saturation:
Chinese oscilloscopes are a hot item on this forum.  Dave's Alexa ranking has been growing steadily, and Rigol and the 1052E are top search terms that lead folks here.

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/eevblog.com#

On reading Dave's original queries about the Rigol in 2009 elsewhere on the 'net [ where discussant dissect other Chinese scopes like Atten, Owon etc.,]  one scope that was left out but seems to perform very well, and has a company with a stellar reputation, is Instek.  Given a 4 channel scope has not yet been reviewed here, AFAIK, I'd like to hear what anyone has to say about Instek scopes and particularly its 4 channel models.

http://www.gwinstek.com.tw/en/product/productdetail.aspx?pid=3&mid=7&id=42

Face value, the Instek 1062 is a direct competitor to the eevblog popular Rigol 1052E, but most talk is about getting a low cost 100Mhz scope by hacking it, than examining all its functions as a general purpose scope.

http://www.tequipment.net/InstekGDS-1062A.html

Hacking aside and all things equal thereafter, the Instek offer better value with an upfront cost difference of $16.

fchk:

--- Quote from: squeezee on June 21, 2010, 06:46:37 pm ---The annoying thing about these chinese manufacturers is that while their 2-channel, entry level scopes offer very long memory depths; None of their more expensive ones do! (although compared to the tiny memory in the TDS220 anything will be an upgrade)

Exactly how much are you willing to spend? and i assume you're looking at something with the same 100MHz bandwidth?

--- End quote ---

I'm prepared to spend 2k Euros.

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