Hello,
Well I have to admit, (at least as my wife says) I have too many scopes. I always advocate that one own at least one good analog scope in addition to a digital one, but of I was a EE student once and I would have loved to have had a scope as good as the SDS6062.
In fact no common digital scopes existed back in the late 60's and early 70's.
As a student you can't ignore the data capture ability of a good DSO for making records of your experiments and triggering on events that the analog scope just can't do.
Additionally, as a student you should be able to gain access to a high bandwidth scope should you really need one.
Comments on analog scopes:
If you really want a analog scope you can always pick up a Tek 453/454/454A or a Tek 465 for about 100.00 or even less if you want to fix one (a great education there) or maybe even for free if you find a company that is upgrading their scopes.
My personal favorite is the Tek 454A (150MHz) as they are easy to keep running (as long as the CRT is good) and they will last for decades. The 454 is the older version with the 454 being all solid state. The 453 (50MHz) and 453A (60MHz) are great scopes. Look for a serial number >=20,000 in the case of the 453 (again FET inputs verses tubes (Nuvistors) Stay away from the HP models (unless someone gives you a HP1740A, HP CRTs are not as good and long lived as Tek). The Tek 465/A/B/475A are great scopes as well but do have some IC's in them that are a little hard to find. But they go cheap. Newer Tek 2465 scopes are okay as well but they will cost more as well. I don't recommend the 2465A or B models as beginner scopes as they can have some repair issues with bad caps, etc. But if you get one cheap I can help you fix it.
You could also look for a Tek 7000 series plug in scope. You can probably pick one of those up at a hamfest including a set of plug-ins for about 100.00 to 200.00 with bandwidths from 100 to 250MHz. The 4 slot mainframes are the better ones. However these scopes are not much fun to fix and you need an extender cable set to trouble-shoot and calibrate the plug in modules. The 7603 frame goes to 100MHz, the 7704A goes to 250MHz (there is a high writing rate CRT OPT9 I think), The 7904A is either 400 or 500MHz if I remember correctly. If you are considering any of these I would suggest that you pick it up in person as the frames are prone to get damaged if the shipper does not take care with proper packing. I have worked on a few of these that were dropped by UPS or Fed-X that ended up as scrap because the CRT's were damaged internally.
One last point on the above mentioned analog scopes. You can find service manuals for all of them either free on the web or as a low cost download from manual dealers like Artek Media. That is one thing that you will not find on any of the low cost (or any currently produced digital scope).
Back to digital scopes:
I can tell you that the screen update rate and performance of the SDS6062 is very impressive. The 10Mpts acquisition memory makes for a very good digital scope. I doubt that as a student you will need much more than that.
I am sure that even more improvements will happen as time goes on and you will want to upgrade to an even faster scope with more features, etc.
I could go on and mention that if you really need the bandwidth and extended math and measurement capabilities of a high performance professional digital scope you could look at a used LeCroy scopes like the 9354AL 500MHz scope. I have seen them (rarely) for 500.00 to 800.00 on ebay. Not bad for a scope that was nearly $40,000.00. However you need to make sure that you get one that is 100% guaranteed to be operational and in otherwise perfect condition as parts are very hard to find. I still use these excellent scopes and their newer derivatives and I highly recommend LeCroy but as new they are way out of the range of most students/hobbyists. You can find out more on my Yahoo group LeCroy_Owners_Group if you are interested. You can find manuals for the scopes on the group site as well. Service manuals are available as well but keep in mind that these advanced scopes have custom IC's in them and the PCB's are very difficult to repair.
Well I believe that I have taken enough of you time. So little time, so many oscilloscopes.
Here is a Tek 454 on ebay. The current bid is 16.50
http://cgi.ebay.com/Tektronix-Type-454-Oscilloscope-150-MHz-/300574055402?pt=BI_Oscilloscopes&hash=item45fb9c1beaHere is a 453A with the rare front cover (currently no bids)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Tektronix-453A-Oscilloscope-/260813919284?pt=BI_Oscilloscopes&hash=item3cb9b89434Here is a 200MHz Tek 475 for a buy it now of 150.00. May be the best bargain of all.
http://cgi.ebay.com/TEKTRONIX-475-OSCILLOSCOPE-2577-/160615892040?pt=BI_Oscilloscopes&hash=item2565740448Got to go,
Sam