Products > Test Equipment
Keysight officially lost the plot - don't buy if you're a hobbyist
<< < (113/118) > >>
2N3055:

--- Quote from: Black Phoenix on December 12, 2022, 05:40:46 pm ---
Are they?

https: //youtu.be/wsJONukJlLI

First minutes, Keysight advertisement and probably a equipment giveaway...

--- End quote ---

Yes, watch the video. There is no equipment giveaway..
Great Scott also promotes Altium Designer that is known to have millions of happy hobby customers. Not.
He is simply promoting as part of his previous deals with Keysight. This is not Keysight doing it.

That Keysight channel is more of a "indoctrination" of students than having anything to do with hobby users...
As I said, compare to what effort was 3-5 years ago and today and you see will writing on the wall.
nctnico:

--- Quote from: 2N3055 on December 12, 2022, 06:18:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: Black Phoenix on December 12, 2022, 05:40:46 pm ---
Are they?

https: //youtu.be/wsJONukJlLI

First minutes, Keysight advertisement and probably a equipment giveaway...

--- End quote ---

Yes, watch the video. There is no equipment giveaway..
Great Scott also promotes Altium Designer that is known to have millions of happy hobby customers. Not.

--- End quote ---
There are quite a few hobby designers using Altium. Either through cracked versions, non-profit sponsorships or using educational licenses. Altium is pushing their product quite hard at universities.
jjoonathan:

--- Quote from: pdenisowski on November 09, 2022, 11:14:56 am ---
--- Quote from: alm on November 08, 2022, 07:20:26 pm ---If this is anything to go by, it almost seems industry standard to resell competitor trade-ins ;)

--- End quote ---

Thanks!  It seems the industry standard has changed since I started in the industry ...  :-DD

--- End quote ---
I bought my RTO1024 from Teledyne Lecroy lol  ;D
Sherlock Holmes:

--- Quote from: TwistedTransistor on December 10, 2021, 11:53:08 am ---I bought a Keysight DSOX1204G oscilloscope for home use. I recently contacted Keysight support but they have point-blank refused to talk to me because I am not a company. This is their reply:

--- Quote ---Dear ...,

Keysight products are designed, manufactured, and tested for professional and industrial use. They are not designed or tested for personal, domestic, or household use. While we thank you for your interest in our products and/or services, we are unable to provide you with technical support without a VAT ID or equivalent  proof of business license.
--- End quote ---

That's it. That's all I got. This is the most absurd thing I have ever heard. Of course, they're perfectly happy to take your money and sell you one, but then apparently you're on your own.

Well, guess which company I won't be going to when I need a new bit of test gear at work. I am pretty furious right now. Fuck Keysight.

So I'm putting this here as a warning to you. Just get the Siglent, Rigol or whatever. Avoid Keysight.

--- End quote ---

That's crazy man, not a cheap scope either. I have a Siglent SDS1204X-E, also a four chan analog scope and service (when I need it) isn't subject to such draconian BS.

I'm sure the Keysight is a superior machine but haven't looked to see exactly why there's such a price diff.

2N3055:

--- Quote from: Sherlock Holmes on December 12, 2022, 08:33:36 pm ---..................
I'm sure the Keysight is a superior machine but haven't looked to see exactly why there's such a price diff.

--- End quote ---
It is nice scope in it's own right but it is not superior machine.

It's biggest strength is it has fast UI and is really responsive to user input. People that have CRT scope nostalgia like it for that. It has hardware decoding (means it is fast) but because of that you cannot enable decoding later or experiment with settings on already captured data.

There are few things Siglent can do that Keysight can't.

So it is up to person to decide...
Navigation
Message Index
Next page
Previous page
There was an error while thanking
Thanking...

Go to full version
Powered by SMFPacks Advanced Attachments Uploader Mod