FWIW for a quickie 'one off' test or measurement, I can get things rockin in a flash, on just about any analogue oscilloscope, without stuffing about with DSO menus
and especially my pet meh of shared controls on 4 channel DSOs
and
"Dude, where's my external trigger socket n controls gone..?!" and
"is this really supposed to be X-Y ?!!" That said, if I need to capture something elusive, the DSO comes into it's own
And then there's the gone but not quite forgotten analogue storage oscilloscopes with variable persistence,
and some lower bandwidth jobs with split screens etc (anyone remember those awesome beasts?)
that fit somewhere between the two above.
Hey, if you can afford the extra dollars and bench space (or use them upright on the floor), why not have both an analogue and DSO oscilloscope and cover most bases ?
As far as repairs go, if the DSO goes belly up past the
corporat pushed designer planned 'hurry up and use it, then buy another' date
, you may as well flog or donate it for parts
or get in a free pump with the dusty sledgeThe analogue cros have a better chance of being
Frankenfixed, assuming you have a service manual
and reluctant parts donor