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Best Scope Under US$1000

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tautech:

--- Quote from: thm_w on September 16, 2022, 09:51:12 pm ---These days 4 channels is the minimum I would recommend for someone getting started, the cost difference is just so small.

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Yet a good portion of our sales are to those stepping up from a CRO and even after years of hobbyist use they can't/don't see a need for 4 channels for what they do. Most often they select the SDS1202X-E for raw and cheap BW as it's more valuable to them than an additional 2 channels.

However I quite agree for those entering the industry/hobby a 4ch DSO offers better choices to grow into as skills develop but no way would we push a mandatory requirement for 4 channels onto anyone although the range of choices available in just the last 10 years is phenomenal.

adam4521:
I think there would be viewing interest/hunger for that 'economy' category, the Fnirsi, Owon, Hantek. There remains sustained activity on the forums on these, the vendors must sell a lot of them, they all have engineering and design 'issues', but which is the best compromise? Besides, the Owon HDS portable and the isolated USB one (VDS1022I) are quite interesting/distinctive devices. An informed side-by-side review of them all with commentary on what you can get done with them and where they fall short (as a category) would generate a lot of interest. I don't think a blow by blow exhausive feature review is actually needed in this category, just pointed insights to sort them out. The emergence of this category seems to have caused an interesting 'inversion' of prices on Ebay where some older generation DSOs are selling cheaper than much older analogue -- should economy buyers consider any used DSOs instead?

Then the $500 benchtop category with the usual suspects: Siglent, Rigol, Micsig, GW Instek. People will be looking more closely at performance/quality/feature differentiators (but you have existing material on many of them).

Maybe push the $1000 category up to $1500 if the product 'capture' isn't right. People will want to see the new Rigol and the Siglent SDS2000X Plus in the pool, won't they?

blubillcanada:
I think the Rigol MSO5000 series is a great deal. US$909 gets you started.

thm_w:

--- Quote from: blubillcanada on September 16, 2022, 11:25:20 pm ---I think the Rigol MSO5000 series is a great deal. US$909 gets you started.

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$800 USD, $1000 CAD

petrinch:
I think “Best Scopes” —plural— would be a more manageable (and more interesting) guide. Pick a few of EEVblog’s primary interest groups (curious beginner, dedicated hobbyist, professional —whatever) and define a couple of likely price points around each. That would give you some flexibility to consider the relative value  of various features/options. Then maybe pick a “best” in each category that fits your definition of a quality product. With this approach, I think you could cast the net for eligible interesting products to compare both under and over $1000.

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