Rigol DS1054Z/DS1000Z poll: are hacked options actually useful for you?

[JPortici]

piracy.

please, let's not discuss it here, there is/was a dedicated topic and this one has already derailed in the usual feud anyway
(rigol DID offer bandwidth upgrades in the past, or at least my seller did)

[bingo600]

Removed my guide to build DSRemote on U14.4.
I dont want to contribute to this thread, as it's becomming seriously derailed w. piracy outbursts

/Bingo

[Bzzz]

(rigol DID offer bandwidth upgrades in the past, or at least my seller did)

For a DS1000Z model? Interesting.

[ebclr]

Isn't considered piracy.... Is real piracy

[JPortici]

(rigol DID offer bandwidth upgrades in the past, or at least my seller did)

For a DS1000Z model? Interesting.

why is it so? you can upgrade your model to a greater bandwidth by means of a software licence, why don't sell it?*

anyway, as the rigol lovers would say you should only consider this scope as the 400$ but hacked one because otherwise it is indeed a piece of garbage, compared to the other brands alternatives
and apparently rigol doesn't even care to sell upgrades anymore until it keeps its presence in the hobbyist market

Altought i am "one of the seven" i won't sell mine until i'll have another two scopes so i won't need this as a throwaway. At the end of the day i can get the job done but this doesn't mean i won't get rid of it at the first occasion

*i am assuming it was an AUTHORIZED licensce, not a "we generate the code and sell it to you -smug pepe attached to the mail-"

[nctnico]

Isn't considered piracy.... Is real piracy

I don't want to start a generic argument about hacking but when it comes to the Rigol DS1054Z the hackability has turned it into (probably by far) the best selling oscilloscope ever. If Rigol took offense they could have plugged the hole in newer firmware versions a long time ago but they didn't. The same goes for the Riglol tool which allows to enable options on a large number of Rigol devices. By now Rigol could have issued a takedown notice for the website hosting the Riglol tool but they didn't. This means Rigol allows to 'hack' their equipment legally. Within many legal systems you have to take action within a certain amount of time otherwise it is assumed you allow things to happen and are OK with it (just like you can't back out of a deal you made).

[ebclr]

50 Mhz is only for Calcuta Madre Teresa, all the bad guys here ( including myself ) will get the 100 Mhz ( in fact a little more ) with all options, due to the genius marketing idea Rigol people have