Most competitors have serial as standard. All pretty competitive with this brand new Tek, pick any feature you prioritise and one of the above can come out on top but none are killing it on most/every measure.
You can pull all the singular corner case negative examples you like that no-one would realistically consider as an alternative, but actually looking in this bracket the Tek isn't jumping out on anything.
Name another scope that:
- Moves seamlessly from bench use to portable use, with VESA mount and rack mount option.
- Has hot swappable batteries with external charging dock for serious field use.
- Has VNC remote operation
- Shares the same interface and software features as high end models, so higher end features flow down to this model.
None of that may matter to you, and that's fine, but I'm pretty impressed with the market differentiation they have done here.
The 'old overly specific tender specifications trick? As I explicitly said in that post, yes you can find some characteristics which make it unique (in combination), but they arent attention grabbing or impressive in the broader market. Once the pricing is public then fairer comparisons can be made.
We could equally take aim at your blind fanboy/marketing take, VESA mounts are notoriously not seamless for moving between mounted and mobile: "VESA mounting points on rear of instrument" of the standard type that is held in with screws. Perhpas if there were some tidy clip on/off accessory or mount that easily swapped with the battery pack you might have a point (particularly integrating power delivery), but there is nothing to suggest that in the material available.
This puts it pretty well:
You can pull all the singular corner case negative examples you like that no-one would realistically consider as an alternative, but actually looking in this bracket the Tek isn't jumping out on anything.
So? This new one is leaping out compared to other Teks.
(which I assume somebody is buying)
Insular looking product that doesnt seem to try to compete with the opposition, yep. If it was trying to modernize the Tek product suite then the isolated channels of the TPS would have been an obvious thing to hit (perhaps too expensive to fit into the small/odd gap between their TBS2000 and the 3 series). That split with the TBS2000 is really odd, mutually exclusive serial analysis or active probe interface.