Well, seeing so many threads on the subject I've thought why not!
I'm going to have to return Rigol 1054Z that I've had on loan for last couple of years, no love lost here.
One thing I can say about the experience is that I just hate shared channel controls. I really do, most will say that you can get used to it, I somehow can't.
Already have a good analog scope (2465A ) and a decent high bandwidth DSO (54845A ), but firing up 1.5ghz hovercraft behemoth every time i want to see something simple on the screen ?
Tek being analog has it's issues also, that's where the trusty Rigol came to the rescue.
Now since I have to return the 1054z I'm looking for a replacement.
Requirements are in order of importance:
Separate controls for each channel (it's a must)
Responsive interface (nothing like sluggish 1054z)
Being hackable (since I will need serial decoding etc.)
4 channels would be nice but not absolutely necessary as long as serial decoding can use EXT trigger as a 3rd channel.
Decent display and nice fonts as my eyesight is not as it used to be.
Honestly I'm leaning towards the Keysight scope, as it will be more fun to hack (it requires quite a bit of hardware changes ) and when fully hacked will have arguably the best specs of the 3 (2Gsa, 250MHz).
But I'm open to any suggestions, especially from people that have 2 of them or more and can compare the experience.
Aha, the budget, they all within $500 ~$550 canadian rupies right now, Keysight being the cheapest at $503.
Thanks guys.