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Is the RiGOL DS1054Z still Dave's choice for under $500?

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MikeK:

--- Quote from: JenniferG on November 25, 2022, 04:48:12 pm ---
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--- Quote from: JenniferG on November 25, 2022, 02:50:51 pm ---No love from Amazon/Siglent today on the SDS1104X-E.  I was hopping it'd drop to $399 so I can buy it.  I'm not going to buy it until it's $399 again. It was $399 for a couple weeks earlier this month but I didn't know about the scope.

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Maybe on Cyber Monday?

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Do you know of any good tools or apps that poll say Amazon to check price every 15 minutes or so?   It's such a time waster to keep manually checking every hour.

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* Putting "amazon price alert" into the googler returned a couple useful results
* camelcamelcamel.com
* write a Python script

balnazzar:

--- Quote from: 2N3055 on November 25, 2022, 01:08:59 pm ---That is some dedication, I give you that...

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 8) >:D

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: nctnico on November 25, 2022, 10:33:32 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on November 25, 2022, 09:30:01 am ---
--- Quote from: nctnico on November 25, 2022, 02:08:02 am ---Ofcourse it is. Don't get fooled by the form factor; it is a full fledged bench oscilloscope. It has all the right features to make it a true bench oscilloscope. Rock solid firmware as well. It is not a 'typical' handheld/portable DSO-ish device that can only show some wiggly lines. You'd be wrong to leave the MicSig TO1000 (or one of the recent incarnations with knobs) out in a US $500 price bracket shootout.

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It would be a $500 price bracket bench scope shootout.
If you don't like that then you are free to make your own shootout  :P

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But why do you not qualify the TO1000 as a bench scope? By all means it is a bench scope. Just like the new (flat) Tektronix you reviewed. Or wouldn't you classify that as a bench scope either?

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With the stand and the front bottom mounted inputs like a normal bench scope, plus controls, the Tek makes the grade as a bench scope. It's clearly designed as a bench scope with some portability in mind.
The Micsig TO1000 is literally a tablet scope only. Inputs are on the top not the front, and no front panel controls. It's clearly not a bench scope  :palm:
It literally says Tablet Oscilloscope on the front of it!
The Tek can kind of sorta be uised a table oscilloscope with it's dual battery and removable stand, but the inputs are still on the front like a normal bench scope. And it still has control like normal bench scope.

JenniferG:
So weird, Siglent and "Siglent Technologies" aren't in Wikipedia.  And the Rigol entry has like 2 short paragraphs lol:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIGOL_Technologies

JeremyC:

--- Quote from: JenniferG on November 26, 2022, 03:08:08 am ---So weird, Siglent and "Siglent Technologies" aren't in Wikipedia.  And the Rigol entry has like 2 short paragraphs lol:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIGOL_Technologies

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JenniferG, wikipedia and similar are great places, but they aren’t an oracle :)
You should check opinions about products in topic specific forums like this. Sure, you will read a lot of BS, argues between evangelist, etc. Take your time and “chew” it. For sure if you see again the SDS1104X-E below $400 it’s no brainier. In last 2 years I had this scope for 1 week at the time, and in my opinion it’s awesome scope in this price range, even at $499. One thing what bothered me was annoying, irregular noise coming from the cooling fan.

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