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| nctnico:
--- Quote from: petrinch on September 17, 2022, 04:31:38 pm ---I prefer comparing scopes in different use categories along the lines of your “honorable mention” ideas — form factor, bandwidth, analog performance, decode performance, etc — the kinds of “what-do-you-need-this-for” issues that experienced hands in this forum always encourage people to think carefully about before making any purchase. --- End quote --- True, but you'd need to set some kind of budget boundary or group by price range. |
| mikeselectricstuff:
Should definitely include whichever (knobbed) version Micsig tablet comes within the budget, to highlight the different form factors available. |
| BillyO:
I think this is a valid scenario. Especially leaving out the "bang for the buck". That way you pick a number of scopes under $1000 that have a fair chance of competing with each other. That will generally mean the prices of all of them will come in pretty close to the $1000 mark. Then using Dave's usual scale of "rubbish", "good enough for Australia", "does the business" and "Bobby dazzler" judge them on the most frequently used/requested features and hopefully in the end we have a "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!" :-+ :-+ :-+ |
| petrinch:
--- Quote from: BillyO on September 17, 2022, 05:52:09 pm ---I think this is a valid scenario. Especially leaving out the "bang for the buck". That way you pick a number of scopes under $1000 that have a fair chance of competing with each other. That will generally mean the prices of all of them will come in pretty close to the $1000 mark. Then using Dave's usual scale of "rubbish", "good enough for Australia", "does the business" and "Bobby dazzler" judge them on the most frequently used/requested features and hopefully in the end we have a "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!" :-+ :-+ :-+ --- End quote --- That scenario makes no sense at all to me. A quick look at the online offerings of TEquipment, Saelig (or pick your own favorite vendor) will show that there are at least 50 scopes to consider in just the $499 to $999 range -- none of which qualify as being either "rubbish" or "Bobby dazzlers", and nearly all of which could easily be considered "good enough" for any country and capable of doing the job -- depending of course on what that job is exactly. Naming a single "winner" from that group (2-4 channels, 5-200Mhz bandwidth, with and without MSO capability, benchtop and usb) would be pointless. I'd much prefer to see Dave do something like "Best General-Purpose Scope under $1000 for Hobbyists". Or "Best Scope under $1000 for Audio Electronics Troubleshooting". Or "Best Scope Under $1000 to Learn Embedded Engineering Skills". Much more manageable as a one-off -- like the 1Ghz scope shoot-out. Much more interesting possibilities as a series. |
| mikeselectricstuff:
I think it makes little sense to declare what is "best", as there is no such thing, only more or less appropriate for a given situation. It would probably be more interesting to show the widest variety of what's available within that budget. e.g. highest bandwidth 2-channel, most channels (analogue+digital), most protocol decoding, portable , PC-based, biggest screen etc. |
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