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New Tektronix 3 Series MDO
LapTop006:
--- Quote from: snoopy on June 06, 2019, 12:49:16 am ---I found these videos
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Well those were handy. I'm impressed by how slow their UI response is, combined with some of the things it lacks over the 5 series I guess that puts the 4 off the table as a backup scope.
Hopefully someone smashes the screen on a 5 and flogs it off cheap at some point, the math & analysis features do look nice.
As others have said, you really have to wonder if any of the Tek folk have used a current Keysight 3-6k series, sure the Tek wins on probes & some of the neat analysis you can do on the 5 series, but actual usability looks much worse.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: NANDBlog on June 06, 2019, 02:37:12 pm ---BTW at these prices, you are usually spending someone else's money on the scope anyway.
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I don't think Tek are getting any business at all from people spending their own money. Not hobbyists, not one-man bands, not small business with a few employees.
They may not care, and that's fine of course, chase the big end of town is not a bad option, but it's why no one really seems to care about the new "Series" scopes.
tv84:
Before the price release it's was a nice ride.
Now we came down back to earth and it's business as usual...
At least, I wish the hobby market adopts the bigger screens layout.
fcb:
I had a 4 series in the lab last week - nice scope definitely. But by the time you have a decent spec. it is actually cheaper to buy the 5 series.. :palm:
Struggling to understand what the 4 brings to the table, the only reason the rep could come up with was that it was 'smaller' and lab space is at premium.
I didn't even bother turning on the 3 series.
0culus:
The pricing strategy on these is bloody outrageous, honestly. If you take just the 3 series, the base price for the lowest end model is approachable until you realize you need to spend at least another 3-4k on top of that to get the options necessary to make it worth your time. Probably a lot more. Pretty soon, it turns into a $10k instrument and if you want to spend that much, might as well save and put it toward a better model IMO. [edit] or go for a loaded scope from a Chinese OEM.
[edit again] the MDO option is even dumber...$50 worth of parts and a few thousand for a software unlock???
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