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Why did Tektronix stop making the great scopes?

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coppice:

--- Quote from: LabSpokane on December 24, 2014, 07:32:53 am ---Tek hosed itself over before anyone else had a chance to assist.

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Not really. The end of the cold war was a very difficult period for any maker of mostly defence industry instruments to survive. HP also went through a traumatic period, but bounced back better as other opportunities for exotic instruments, such as fibre communications, opened up.

Wuerstchenhund:

--- Quote from: Fsck on December 24, 2014, 07:02:21 am ---lecroy's low end is kind of a joke though.

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Indeed, everything below the WaveSurfer Series is a sad joke. I don't think they actually know how to handle the entry level market properly.

Fortunately there are lots of better low-end scope alternatives out there.

macboy:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 24, 2014, 05:50:06 am ---
--- Quote from: Ecklar on December 24, 2014, 12:11:36 am ---Why did Tektronix stop making scopes like the venerable 2465 or 2465B?   What changed?

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Danaher.

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Sad that Fluke is next to suffer this fate. Right? :scared:

Wim_L:

--- Quote from: Ecklar on December 24, 2014, 12:11:36 am ---Some may say that the rise of the digital caused the demise but I'm hearing all over the place just how great the analog scopes are and that the digital can't replace the feel and response.   So if they are so great then why doesn't Tek or someone else use modern tech, and cheap Chinese labor and grind out these scopes at one quarter the price?

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Because that's not quite true... Digital scopes from that era weren't particularly nice to use, and that's putting it mildly. They didn't sample fast either, they didn't have long memory, they needed a lot of recovery time between triggers. Current entry-level digital scopes still have some of these disadvantages, or just poor quality.

However, if you're prepared to spend the cost of, say, a 2467B on a recent DSO, you can get something that's almost as good at the things the 2467B was excellent at, and can also do a lot of things the 2467B couldn't do at all.

LabSpokane:

--- Quote from: macboy on December 24, 2014, 02:21:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 24, 2014, 05:50:06 am ---
--- Quote from: Ecklar on December 24, 2014, 12:11:36 am ---Why did Tektronix stop making scopes like the venerable 2465 or 2465B?   What changed?

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Danaher.

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Sad that Fluke is next to suffer this fate. Right? :scared:

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I had to Wiki this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluke_Corporation), but it turns Danaher bought Fluke in 1998.  So, it seems that whatever is going to happen has already.

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