But SDS2000X HD has very advanced capabilities, not even MXO4 has.. it even has zone triggers..
Touché
The MXO zone trigger will be out next year. The reason it's taking a while is that it is an ASIC based trigger, which makes it an order of magnitude (or more) faster than the traditional way of implementing zone triggers.
Does the Siglent have that?
Sorry Paul.. Like little Sheldon's Meemaw like to say.. "I kinda had to" (with thick Texan twang :-))
Doing things right takes time. I just wish manufacturers would not release so soon. R&S is not the only one that is a bit aggressive in that regard.
It all gets sorted out eventually (it is a R&S after all) but I, personally, don't like it.
Maybe it makes sense to MBAs in charge (they might even have some numbers that prove it) but as scope user, I don't like it. They should know better.
On Siglent it is hardware based AFAIK.
Zone trigger works in conjunction with standard trigger as an additional AND/NAND function, so it's speed is always coupled with base trigger blind time anyways...
My point here was that SDS2000X HD has many mid/high range features (as counted by A brands).
Just take a look at fully custom math channels.
I don't even think that many understand how powerful it is.
You can type formula that can nest many mathematical expressions for one math channel.
What you would do on R&S RTB2000/RTA3000/RTM4000 by serially piping 5 math channels for 5 different operations, you can simply type as an expression in 2000X HD and use up only one math channel. You want math function that operates simultaneously on all 4 ch? No problem, just type it in...
Many details like this...
Very powerful little beast..
Just the fact that we can even mention MXO4 when comparing function parity is telltale sign how good little Siglent is. MXO4 costs 5-10X more..