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What are your thoughts on this 14-bit oscilloscope?
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ballsystemlord:

--- Quote from: DaneLaw on November 19, 2023, 10:56:41 am ---
--- Quote from: modoran on November 19, 2023, 06:04:31 am ---If you really want this model, just buy directly from Owon, you get exactly the same thing, but cheaper.

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Just to keep things level.. Maybe you could help the OP by actually linking to this cheaper "variant" than the 410US  :popcorn:  and what OP is posting as source with regional warranty..
I reckon it went over your head.. the only reason why OP is likely looking at it, is because of the price reduction (-75%)

Multicomp Pro usually fronts as a US rebadging brand with a hefty mockup, but it looks like they are clearing these at prices, that are difficult to get the native XDS-Owon at..
Even Owon's discounted regional prices in China seems a tad higher.

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That is correct.

As an additional example, the Multicomp Pro DMMs, which are actually UNI-T rebadges, are also cheaper than the official UNI-T brand and they have English pdf user manuals (I mean actual manuals, not just a collection of safety info). This is much more than I can say for most Chinese off brand electronics.
Kosmic:
Look like the Multicomp Pro MP720106 is actually a rebranded Owon XDS3202A Plus. And 410$ look like a good price, can't find a XDS3202A cheaper.

Note that in 14bits mode, the bandwidth drop to 20MHz and sampling rate to 100MS/s.
J-R:
XDS3202E:
200MHz - 8-bit - 1GS/s - Single Channel
200MHz - 8-bit - 500MS/s - Dual Channel

XDS3202A:
200MHz - 8-bit - 1GS/s
150MHz - 12-bit - 500MS/s
20MHz- 14-bit -100MS/s
(Same for both single and dual channel)
Berni:
Pretty much all Multicomp or Tenma brand things are just Farnell store band rebadges of other cheep Chinese gear.

So id suggest buying the cheep brands like Owon directly.

As for how good they are. Well... the truth is somewhere in between. You will see people on the forums saying they are complete crap that is barely a toy, others will say they are perfectly fine. Yes if you compare it to a Keysight, R&S, Tek...etc they are certainly lacking in quality (especially in software quality), they clearly have the rushed chinese product vibe. However if you pick the better Chinese products they are good enough to be perfectly usable, while costing WAY less than the name brands. Sure they might not be as nice, but not everyone has 3 grand to spend on a piece of brand name test gear.

You can get a lot of bang per buck out of chinese gear. Just make sure to always do some research on reviews before you buy. That way you can avoid buying the worse chinese products that have software so bad that it makes the product borderline unusable. But yes don't expect to get something as good as the name brand stuff.
J-R:
After going down a few different paths, such as buying the cheap stuff or whatever someone else thinks is best, I've mostly settled on finding good deals on higher-end name-brand equipment.  The best results for me have been used/broken/liberated/etc.  For example, the $750 scope I previously mentioned is almost $7k new with all the options.  Obviously my path wouldn't work for someone employed by a company or if you're not interested in tinkering.
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