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| tautech:
--- Quote from: Martin72 on April 05, 2019, 09:59:53 pm ---I would prefer the SDG1032X instead, it is miles awy better than the SAG1021 --- End quote --- Yes of course. When everyone wants the best available for less $ there also is the choice to 'improve' the BW and enable options too. If we lower the initial cost for KC0PPH to SDS1104X-E and SDG1032X ($499 + $359) and liberate them both to have a 200 MHz 4ch DSO and a 60 MHz 2ch AWG and still some change left from $1k. :) |
| Martin72:
--- Quote ---and maybe the price can go down a little --- End quote --- I don´t think it will happen. It will be like the DS1054Z. Actually, you could buy it with all upgrades included. They (rigol) must do this, because the Siglent SDS X-E series comes with decoding and 100/200Mhz all in. Today, the MSO5000 stand alone, there is nothing comparable in sight for this price. Like the DS1054Z in 2015. In this year, the DS1054Z was a milestone for it´s price. In my opinion, the MSO5000 is it today too. For it´s price, we should never forget it. About 1000 bucks… A few months ago, we had to let repairing an old waverunner from lecroy, display was exchanged. Costs about 1400€, only for the display. You get what you paid for. Asian manufactors make it possible that every hobbyist can buy a scope. Not more, not less. It´s a wet dream buying a scope for a price about 1000€/$ and thinking, this one can compete against "professional" ones. |
| nctnico:
Sorry but given the numerous bugs and missing features it sounds more like you bought an expensive trofee to put in a cabinet to display rather than purchasing a tool to get work done. The words ' severely deluded' come into my mind after reading your post. And I'll repeat myself: a good tool is more productive in a commercial environment and a good tool makes a hobby more fun. There is nothing in the MSO5000 you can't buy from a different brand (new or used). For example: spend $500 on an older 500MHz Lecroy and $350 on a low-end scope (the GW Instek GDS1054B is the DS1054Z killer at this moment. The former is hackable to 200MHz with protocol decoding using a simple key generator in an HTML file). |
| Mortymore:
--- Quote from: Martin72 on April 05, 2019, 11:26:45 pm --- --- Quote ---and maybe the price can go down a little --- End quote --- I don´t think it will happen. It will be like the DS1054Z. --- End quote --- If it will be like DS1054Z... then the price will drop, somewhere in time, judging just by two results from a quick google search https://www.fruugo.pt/rigol-ds1054z-digital-50-mhz-4-canais-1-gsas-24-mpts-8-bit-de-armazenamento-digital-dso/p-8443548-18180269 (524,54 € drop to 456,12 €) https://www.batronix.com/shop/oscilloscopes/Rigol-DS1054Z.html (€ 403.41 incl. 19% VAT) But I agree that once again Rigol has set a new price point, moving this time from the 500 to 1000 mark. I'll give them credit for being braking prices starters (despite the bugs and all) EDIT: some historical price change over time: https://de.camelcamelcamel.com/Rigol-DS1054Z-Oszilloskop/product/B01LNY8CL0?context=search A search can be done for other countries. |
| rsjsouza:
--- Quote from: nctnico on April 05, 2019, 11:29:18 pm ---Sorry but given the numerous bugs and missing features it sounds more like you bought an expensive trofee to put in a cabinet to display rather than purchasing a tool to get work done. The words ' severely deluded' come into my mind after reading your post. --- End quote --- I have the same impression that Rigol's history is more or less repeating itself. However, let's hope they are much more nimble in fixing bugs on the MSO5000 family. How's the history going for the 7000 family? I heard many bugs were there as well, thus it would be a good way to test the path ahead for the MSO5000. |
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