Anyone know if the: "Philips PM3262" scope is any good???

[Joshuamcd22]

Hey, I've been looking for a scope for a while, and this one just came up on a local classified site (http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/Oscilloscope-Philips-PM3262-100-MHz-dual-trace-dual-time-base-probes_21704375)

At $225 is right at the max of my budget....

Is is worth it, or should I wait?

[Rigby]

well, if it meets spec, the service and operators manuals are available, and its not so far out of cal that it's useless, I'd say it isn't bad.

surely there's a Tek 7600-series mainframe that is within budget?  bigger, yes, heavier, yes, but known-good quality and value.

[Joshuamcd22]

unfortunately, nothing local...  Shipping is what kills most deals.

[peter.mitchell]

unfortunately, nothing local...  Shipping is what kills most deals.

I have no idea what the used market is like in Canada, but if its anything like in Australia, i'd get it. It's a nice scope, its shown working, looks clean, comes with probes, cant see any burn in on the CRT.

[edavid]

It's an OK scope - works well, good build quality.  However, that one is way overpriced (at least by US standards), and those are crappy probes with it.  If you buy it, make sure the switches and pots are working OK - for that price you shouldn't have to clean them yourself.

[jancumps]

Philips scopes have always been decent.

I have one of their first digital/analog ones, PM3305

[pickle9000]

I hate to say it but that probably an acceptable price in Canada. It's not that you can't find a better deal but if it's at a local store the price is OK. A low end DSO from China would probably end up more twice that by the time you get it in the door.

[Kjelt]

A bit on the expensive side for such an aged scope. If you do buy it do replace the yellow Y cap in the power supply asap, those always pop after some time. For the rest those are pretty well build scopes.

[instanoodles]

I found an old Philips 2 channel scope on kijiji a few months back, everything was in working order. It came with the operator’s manual, service manual and a history of its calibration for $100. I thought it was a wicked deal for a scope, it doesn’t have a crazy high bandwidth but probably more then I will ever need, it came out of the local university's lab when they upgraded everything to digital scopes. Hold out long enough and you may just find a good deal