Totally agree. This was Philips' solution at the same time:
On scopes, I'm finding that the Tek 2225's trigger is a fuck load better than the Rigol one. Bear in mind it's a 50MHz unit it'll trigger up to 180MHz. Rigol one won't trigger at all on this particular waveform as it's got a high harmonic content unless I do a single capture. How did Rigol screw that up?
Same way they screwed up the linear regulators using in the acquisition section, same way they screwed up the attenuators... same way they screwed up the memory architecture so it generates artifacts. I'm sure that as the 1xxxZ family of instruments lives longer and longer, so will grow the list of "bugs".

The difference of course being they're NOT EVEN IN THE SAME LEAGUE as Tek, even though Tek once contracted with them for production of Edu-grade instruments. That actually is the difference right there: Rigol is like the clarinet you buy for your kids' grade-school music classes; Tek is what a professional uses.
And the 24xx/7xxx series are their Stradivarius. And
like a real Strad, they are a product of the age in which they were crafted; which means they are cantankerous, easily annoyed by varying climates, and require an accomplished operator to get the most out of them.

mnem
*Also a product of the age in which I was crafted*