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BillyO:
--- Quote from: tautech on December 23, 2022, 11:08:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: BillyO on December 23, 2022, 09:21:42 pm ---It seems Dave J. likes to have a CRO around too.
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And you dig out an 11 year old video. ::)
You for one know times have changed and the 3 scopes Dave went on to rabbit about having 500uV/div ranges, well most of Siglent's DSO's have that too.
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Yes, but the 500uV is why he chose that scope, not why he got himself an analog scope. He gave several reasons to own an analog scope and they have not changed.
I'd never give up my DSOs and if I was forced to have only one of my scopes it would be my SDS2504XP, but my Tek 465 would not be the fist to go. I can see only upside to having both.
But I will say I honestly think that if you only had $175 to buy a standalone scope with, you'd get a much better scope going analog. Just ask all our unfortunate friends here that own FNIRSI and Hantek DSO2x1x scope shaped bricks.
tautech:
Still, today Dave recommends a DSO. This question has been put to him many times over the years and for the last few a DSO is his recommendation and sure I can hear you all say not everyone has that budget to invest.
Yet if funds were really tight many would consider the investment in old and possibly unreliable technology unwise and force themselves to wait and save for something that will serve them better.
Everyone has their own way of moving forward based on how important an electronics hobby or profession is to them.
Scopes are like eyes into a new world and with the modern feature sets, total investment is dramatically reduced.
Never have we had such good choices at such good pricing.
xrunner:
--- Quote from: tautech on December 23, 2022, 11:51:54 pm ---Still, today Dave recommends a DSO. This question has been put to him many times over the years and for the last few a DSO is his recommendation and sure I can hear you all say not everyone has that budget to invest.
Yet if funds were really tight many would consider the investment in old and possibly unreliable technology unwise and force themselves to wait and save for something that will serve them better.
Everyone has their own way of moving forward based on how important an electronics hobby or profession is to them.
Scopes are like eyes into a new world and with the modern feature sets, total investment is dramatically reduced.
Never have we had such good choices at such good pricing.
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Well Tautech I think I'll up my selection and go for the SDS2202X-E that's my present to myself this year. 8)
BillyO:
--- Quote from: tautech on December 23, 2022, 11:51:54 pm ---Yet if funds were really tight many would consider the investment in old and possibly unreliable technology unwise and force themselves to wait and save for something that will serve them better.
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Certainly if the buyer did not have the ability to judge the condition of the scope nor the ability to fix it up, they should not get a used scope of any kind.
Yeah, things are getting wildly better all the time. My old Uni-T UTD2102CEL was a kick ass scope at the time (the top of Uni-T's 2000 series scopes) but now you can get it's capabilities in a scope that costs under $300. If you look at the SDS2000XP scopes you'd have to pay the price of a small car to get that capability 12 years ago. 12 years from now we'll probably have 1GHz scopes for $399 with features we can only imagine.
tautech:
--- Quote from: xrunner on December 23, 2022, 11:56:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: tautech on December 23, 2022, 11:51:54 pm ---Still, today Dave recommends a DSO. This question has been put to him many times over the years and for the last few a DSO is his recommendation and sure I can hear you all say not everyone has that budget to invest.
Yet if funds were really tight many would consider the investment in old and possibly unreliable technology unwise and force themselves to wait and save for something that will serve them better.
Everyone has their own way of moving forward based on how important an electronics hobby or profession is to them.
Scopes are like eyes into a new world and with the modern feature sets, total investment is dramatically reduced.
Never have we had such good choices at such good pricing.
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Well Tautech I think I'll up my selection and go for the SDS2202X-E that's my present to myself this year. 8)
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IMHO the better feature set is in the 4ch X-E however they are just a 200 MHz design whereas SDS2000X-E are a 350 MHz design so if you only need the BW then 2kX-E is the better choice.
Little things it offers the 1kX-E doesn't are 50 Ohm inputs but it has been left behind with the ongoing rollout of features into the 4ch X-E's.
I've pushed the 350 MHz model past 600 MHz and it still triggered and displayed the frequency.
SDS2202X-E is pretty cheap HP at just $620 considering you can open it up to 350 MHz and it will keep you busy discovering all it can do. Hope it likes you. ;)
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