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Is Rigol DS1054Z still a good option in 2019?
ebastler:
I am calm enough, thanks. My main point is that the cinemascope display ratio is not actually desirable on a scope.
It seems pretty clear that these displays are used because they are widely available and cheap. But for displaying multiple traces on top of each other they are actually a bad choice -- especially when combined with wide bands of status displays and controls at the top and bottom of the screen, which reduce vertical screen real estate even more.
Fungus:
--- Quote from: ebastler on January 22, 2024, 09:56:19 am ---I am calm enough, thanks. My main point is that the cinemascope display ratio is not actually desirable on a scope.
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We're not talking about the display, we're talking about the number of horizontal grid squares.
Here's the post: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/is-rigol-ds1054z-still-a-good-option-in-2019/msg5290006/#msg5290006
2N3055:
--- Quote from: ebastler on January 22, 2024, 09:56:19 am ---I am calm enough, thanks. My main point is that the cinemascope display ratio is not actually desirable on a scope.
It seems pretty clear that these displays are used because they are widely available and cheap. But for displaying multiple traces on top of each other they are actually a bad choice -- especially when combined with wide bands of status displays and controls at the top and bottom of the screen, which reduce vertical screen real estate even more.
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Many a times I wished for portrait type of display... ^-^
So I can have MSO display, and measurements and decodes....
Cinematic displays are horrible on a PC too unless they are large enough size.
ebastler:
--- Quote from: Fungus on January 22, 2024, 11:55:48 am ---We're not talking about the display, we're talking about the number of horizontal grid squares.
Here's the post: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/is-rigol-ds1054z-still-a-good-option-in-2019/msg5290006/#msg5290006
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I am aware, and had replied to that with the "goes to eleven" comment. The number of grid squares on the screen is pretty irrelevant in my opinion. I do like 10, since it makes it trivially easy to tell the total time of the displayed sweep.
You brought up the "16:9" topic. The fact that Rigol's grid boxes are squashed is a direct consequence of the widescreen display, and the even wider/lower display area for the traces, of course. They just squashed 8x10 divisions into the available space; on the DHO800 they are even more compressed than on the DHO1000. Again, I don't think the proportions of the grid matter much, but the limited overall vertical space does.
Aldo22:
--- Quote from: memed on January 21, 2024, 01:07:08 am ---I mean display division horizontal x vertical grid
SDS1204x have 14x8
DS1054Z have 12x8
and DHO804 have only 10x8
Is it not too few?
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The winnner is...... HANTEK!
It has 15x8! :-DD
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