At least there is already a "placeholder" on the Chinese website.
Possibly an answer to Rigol's DHO800/900 after all... We don't know, maybe nothing will come at all.Today I discover otherwise.
We will see SDS800X HD quite soon.
Siglent's naming convention annoys me too. Why do they now need two suffixes for all the scope models (X, X plus, X HD)? Why not encode some family information in the prefix, instead of the "it's a scope" standard SDS prefix? The current naming convention leads to all kinds of false-positive hits on Google which actually refer to different product lines.
Kind of confusing...
Its not only the naming (why is the SDS6000 Pro no "HD" / SDS7000A 12bits also no "HD") its also this grey (SDS2000X-HD/SDS6000A) -black (all other HD & SDS7000A) design.
Kind of confusing...
Thank you Rob for crushing down my build of thoughts...
"We" only have the 8 bit version and that is called 6000A.
There don't seem to be any variants of the latest absolute top model, which is why it is called 7000A everywhere.
Nevertheless, there are two illogical cases.
Because the 800X HD and the (newly revised) 1000X HD have max. 2GSa/s.
That's probably why the black housing to differentiate them.
Why then the 7000A also has a black housing...Oh man, I feel confused right now too
Why then the 7000A also has a black housing...Oh man, I feel confused right now too
If I have possibility to select color scheme if Siglent sell both colors and buyer can select...
The advantage of black is that will remain black.
The white will go yellow sooner or latter.
So I don't mind if it's black. Will look as new for a much longer time.
The advantage of black is that will remain black.
The white will go yellow sooner or latter.
So I don't mind if it's black. Will look as new for a much longer time.
I have some experience with this. But the time is so short with the Siglent devices that I don't know how it will go in the long term at least.
I have a Siglent (SDG5000) here that is over 10 years old and when I compare it a lot with some new Siglent SDG and other products I can't detect any discoloration. I also look at these in a different light... no, I don't see any change. I don't have a high quality color analyzer, but my eyes are very sensitive to color, sometimes I feel it's too sensitive.
But yes, if the air is not clear, if there are some bad pollutants like for example cigarette smoke (or many other possible things), they can affect the colors very quickly and deeply... and no way to clean. I remember one project when I was trying to clean old Tektronix and HP front panels... some of them have been in a room where stupid peoples smoke...(never ever smoke in electronics lab!) no way to clean because it's absorbed into the plastic or paint layer. (It also may do bad things in some sensitive contacts etc) Also This smell also never goes away...no matter if it's a light or black color. Black(dark) color just hides dirt from the eyes, except dust what is extremely visible on black. (also other smoke ruins many other things (not only color) and not just cigarette smoke...also industrial smoke and house heating smoke and ancient smoke cars and other motor vehicles).
The advantage of black is that will remain black.
The white will go yellow sooner or latter.
So I don't mind if it's black. Will look as new for a much longer time.
I have some experience with this. But the time is so short with the Siglent devices that I don't know how it will go in the long term at least.
I have a Siglent (SDG5000) here that is over 10 years old and when I compare it a lot with some new Siglent SDG and other products I can't detect any discoloration. I also look at these in a different light... no, I don't see any change. I don't have a high quality color analyzer, but my eyes are very sensitive to color, sometimes I feel it's too sensitive.
But yes, if the air is not clear, if there are some bad pollutants like for example cigarette smoke (or many other possible things), they can affect the colors very quickly and deeply... and no way to clean. I remember one project when I was trying to clean old Tektronix and HP front panels... some of them have been in a room where stupid peoples smoke...(never ever smoke in electronics lab!) no way to clean because it's absorbed into the plastic or paint layer. (It also may do bad things in some sensitive contacts etc) Also This smell also never goes away...no matter if it's a light or black color. Black(dark) color just hides dirt from the eyes, except dust what is extremely visible on black. (also other smoke ruins many other things (not only color) and not just cigarette smoke...also industrial smoke and house heating smoke and ancient smoke cars and other motor vehicles).
You are right about smoking. I hate the smoking smell in a room or the electronic devices smelling like that.
I was thinking at plastic material reaction at UV component from sun's light. White plastic goes yellow because it was exposed to sun light.
In a closed lab, without the sun light, it is possible to avoid this.
I keep my devices clean, but if will stay longer near the window, the exposed side become yellow. Maybe the present plastic is not so reactive at UV.