RIGOL MHO98 and MHO900 Oscilloscope Series

[2N3055]

my brand new silver knob wanker edition

So, they fitted chrome bling knobs but then shipped with cheapest of the cheap BNC covers, rather than some nice(r) metal ones??

PS. Your little Sony monitor is adorable.

So does Micsig and Siglent.

You missed the point.

This is supposed to be bling bling version. Hence fancy bling knobs. But cheap covers.
I personally think if they wanted bling, it should have came with gold BNC, gold BNC covers and gold knobs.. Baaaamm!!

[Sorama]

Well. Whatever precious metal they put on it, it will never compensate for the disappointment afterwards.

Why o why do people keep falling in the same trap?

[Martin72]

This is supposed to be bling bling version. Hence fancy bling knobs.

A voucher for suitable work clothes should also be included...

[2N3055]

Well. Whatever precious metal they put on it, it will never compensate for the disappointment afterwards.

Why o why do people keep falling in the same trap?

Because many people are not like you and me and actually like cheap bling.
I could never understand the fashion years ago when it was modern for women to wear Fred Flintstone fur sleeveless jacket over a mini skirt in the middle of the summer. But many did so...

[Fungus]

my brand new silver knob wanker edition.

Shiny reflective screen, too!

[eurofox]

The official list .....

[NE666]

The official list .....

When they say 'Hot', are they referring to the pricing, or to the thermal management?

Rigol fan modders just felt a great disturbance in the force..

[0xdeadbeef]

So much about the "Under $1k"...

[scopeman]

It's the ugliest piece of T&M I have ever seen!
I'll wait for the art deco version

Sam
W3OHM

[eurofox]

It's the ugliest piece of T&M I have ever seen!
I'll wait for the art deco version

Sam
W3OHM

Yes indeed, it fit perfectly in the new oval office. 

[scopeman]

I'd bet it won't be long before the base version gets hacked to a 1GHz verison with all the bells and whistles!

Sam
W3OHM

[kmoonwalker]

I'll do some actual tests tomorrow at work before selling my DHO914S or returning the MHO98.

So how it went with testing over longer period?

Is it worth keeping or did you sent it back?

[faveri97]

I'd say it's a mixed experience. However, I found it really helpful to me to have a second portable oscilloscope (with better siggen), so I kept it.

They fixed some of the major bugs and missing features in DHO900. Less UI clutter with full screen mode. FFT is less buggy. The record function has lower dead time, and you can finally save the recorded data.
But the Bode plot function is still pretty broken.

My biggest complaint is still the aliasing problem and how MHO98 "tries to deal with it". The digital filtering theory is pretty much proved for me when I attached a fast edge pulse generator to the scope and the waveform looks very similiar to the step response of a 1.2GHz brick wall low pass FIR filter, with the symmetric ringing pattern.

To sum it up, I think MHO98 is a usable 1GHz single channel oscilloscope if you are very sure that the bandwidth of the measured signal is properly limited to 1GHz or do not care about the time domain waveform fidelity very much, and a usable 250MHz dual channel oscilloscope as long as you remembered to have the 250MHz BW limit enabled, and a qual channel sampling theorem demonstrator.

[Fungus]

They fixed some of the major bugs and missing features in DHO900. Less UI clutter with full screen mode. FFT is less buggy. The record function has lower dead time, and you can finally save the recorded data.

It has full screen mode as standard?

[faveri97]

They fixed some of the major bugs and missing features in DHO900. Less UI clutter with full screen mode. FFT is less buggy. The record function has lower dead time, and you can finally save the recorded data.

It has full screen mode as standard?

Yes. The full screen mode can be entered by tapping the expand view icon at the top left corner of the waveform display window. However, the result sidebar would hide the vertical ticks (DHO900 doesn't have this problem) and some of the bottom bar. A little inconvenience.

[CC12068]

just make some haasoscopepro probe and problem solved

[Fungus]

They fixed some of the major bugs and missing features in DHO900. Less UI clutter with full screen mode. FFT is less buggy. The record function has lower dead time, and you can finally save the recorded data.

I wonder if these new features will be released for DHO800/DHO900.

[eurofox]

They fixed some of the major bugs and missing features in DHO900. Less UI clutter with full screen mode. FFT is less buggy. The record function has lower dead time, and you can finally save the recorded data.

I wonder if these new features will be released for DHO800/DHO900.

I think I will buy one and sell my 924S 

[Martin72]

So much about the "Under $1k"...

As I wrote at the time, prices can go up here—or down:

https://www.batronix.com/versand/oszilloskope/Rigol-MHO934.html

Batronix prices with/without 19% VAT:

MHO934 819€/975€
MHO954 919€/1094€
MHO984 1009€/1201€

MHO98 (-50% discount): 1099€/1308€

All are listed on stock

[Fungus]

If the 350Mhz model can be unlocked to 800Mhz or 1GHz with 500Mpts memory then that's not a bad price.

The bummer is the 350Mhz model only has the 350Mhz probes, not the 500Mhz probes. You need to pay 120 Euros more for the DHO954 to get them. 

The blinged out version comes with the logic probes and 500MPts memory included. Not bad for the specs but you have to wonder about the screen size, etc., when you're paying that much.

[2N3055]

If the 350Mhz model can be unlocked to 800Mhz or 1GHz with 500Mpts memory then that's not a bad price.

The bummer is the 350Mhz model only has the 350Mhz probes, not the 500Mhz probes. You need to pay 120 Euros more for the DHO954 to get them. 

The blinged out version comes with the logic probes and 500MPts memory included. Not bad for the specs but you have to wonder about the screen size, etc., when you're paying that much.

Actually, a 350MHz version is a DHO900 that at least samples right and maybe worthy replacement for MSO5000 if you want to stay with Rigol....

[Fungus]

Actually, a 350MHz version is a DHO900 that at least samples right and maybe worthy replacement for MSO5000 if you want to stay with Rigol....

The usual bandwidth:sample rate caveats apply, but if you're AWARE of them them then it's still worth having.

PS: The manual says it has a 250MHz bandwidth limiter.

[Martin72]

I think the days are numbered for the DHO900; the MHO900 is what the DHO900 actually wanted to be.
And then you no longer have to “pay attention” to sample rate/bandwidth.
The DHO900 was simply a mess and should be consigned to history.

[Turing]

Apologies for this question, but would I regret if I buy MHO98 over other models(934,954,984)? It seems like Batronix has a good price, and I don't want to miss it out. I'm just an electronic enthusiast, not doing crazy stuff. I know I don't need these, but just for fun

[eurofox]

Apologies for this question, but would I regret if I buy MHO98 over other models(934,954,984)? It seems like Batronix has a good price, and I don't want to miss it out. I'm just an electronic enthusiast, not doing crazy stuff. I know I don't need these, but just for fun

I just order the MHO98 and put my 924S online for sale, is only 2 months old but I don't care, my lab will be blinbling