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| tautech:
--- Quote from: Sueco on September 27, 2023, 09:11:18 pm ---That's certainly troubling. Maybe there's something going on in the backstage regarding Lic V2 that I'm unware of? In all truth I've never found it legitimate to limit the hardware that is already there, it might be commercially justified but is something I've never done and will never do. Not my intention to start a debate here, just stating my opinion. In the end if the manufacturing costs are the same, sell it with its full capabilities and you'll end up selling a lot more units. Of course they have their calculations on how many licenses they can sell and it will add up to more than the market share increase they might get by just giving all functionalities for free. --- End quote --- V2 licensing only made hacking harder as scripts to do it are as yet not available online. Model pricing is set to compete with competition and still today SDS5104X is best bang for buck out there as little has changed since Dave did his 1 GHz DSO shootout other than SDS5000X models now have additional features added in later FW. One always needs to look deep into datasheets as to find full capabilities and which functionality is free and not optional. |
| Martin72:
--- Quote ---I know every scope from Rigol or Siglent has been eventualy broken, my concern is more about the timeframe than the likelyhood. --- End quote --- Hm ? What does this have to do with the V2 license ? Or do you mean in general the loss of warranty because of the hacking ? I know a case here in the forum, where Siglent had nevertheless made a repair/replacement under warranty, although the scope was hacked - Because the defect was not caused by the hacking. Whether they will always see it that way, of course, one does not know. Anyone who hacks a scope always has a risk - but the hack does not cause the scope to become defective. And as far as the defect in general is concerned: In my experience, something happens either in the first few weeks or after the warranty has expired... However, this applies to everything and every brand. |
| Sueco:
I have no warranty concerns, I don't even expect an early failure, most of the scopes when have failed was a PSU issue that was eventually easy to sort out by myself. The thing is that as far as I know Lic V2 hasn't been broken. It will be broken no doubt, but will that be next week, or will we have to wait months? |
| tautech:
--- Quote from: Sueco on September 27, 2023, 09:43:51 pm ---I have no warranty concerns, I don't even expect an early failure, most of the scopes when have failed was a PSU issue that was eventually easy to sort out by myself. The thing is that as far as I know Lic V2 hasn't been broken. It will be broken no doubt, but will that be next week, or will we have to wait months? --- End quote --- Here you are incorrect. Read a previous reply and from tv84 also. |
| Martin72:
I´ll make it clearer.. ;) Lic V2 has already been hacked, so no worries. However, you won't find any further information about this, for various (good) reasons. If you own a device, however, you can be helped. |
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