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| TK:
Everyday use will be slow, every knob turn, every button pressed... that accounts for lots of wasted time in my opinion. |
| luma:
I think threads like this tend to attract the posters who have problems, so let me crawl out of the woodwork and say I've had zero problems with this scope in the past year of use. The firmware update schedule isn't a problem for me, I don't want to be on a monthly update cycle for my test gear. The screen size is just right - it leaves room for individual channel controls and if I want a bigger screen it has HDMI out (which I have connected but never need to use) and a functional web UI (which I find super handy for documenting things I'm seeing on the screen). UI response time is fine, and I feel like I got an incredible value for the money spent on this instrument. Despite the complaints here, I suspect there is a sizable community of users who are going on about their day with this tool without experiencing the sorts of issues reported by a handful of users above. That's not to detract from their own experience, rather to balance it out with a different viewpoint. If I were going to make the decision again, I'd buy the 5000 again. |
| TK:
I had the MSO5000 2 times, both times ended up selling it. For me it was just not worth $999, when I can have a similar user experience for $350 with the DS1054Z. If you don't need all the extra features, you are just fine with the lower cost model. It all depends if you had experience with other scopes or not. I tried the Keysight 1000X, 2000X, 3000T, micsig, siglent SDS1104X-E and GW Instek 1054... any of these scopes offer better UI experience than the Rigol. |
| Gandalf_Sr:
--- Quote from: TK on February 18, 2020, 02:27:45 pm ---I had the MSO5000 2 times, both times ended up selling it. For me it was just not worth $999, when I can have a similar user experience for $350 with the DS1054Z. If you don't need all the extra features, you are just fine with the lower cost model. It all depends if you had experience with other scopes or not. I tried the Keysight 1000X, 2000X, 3000T, micsig, siglent SDS1104X-E and GW Instek 1054... any of these scopes offer better UI experience than the Rigol. --- End quote --- This is kind of silly, you're allowed to say you don't like the UI of the MSO5000 but saying a Keysight 3000T is "better" is ludicrous. The MSOX3034T (350MHz, 5GspS, with no free features) costs $10,759 and you could buy the bundle to add most serial decodes and the AWG for another $3,600 Assuming you didn't want to hack, right now you can buy the Rigol MSO5204 with a free upgrade to 350 MHz (350MHz, 8GspS) and free serial decode bundle for $2,699 Or you can pay $999 and hack it |
| nctnico:
The 3000T is the most expensive one from the bunch. The MicSig and GW Instek scopes cost about half or even less compared to the MSO5000. The way I read TK's post: you can leave about $500 in your pocket and still get a scope which is more pleasant to use. |
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