After few years of playing with electrical devices, including anything from dismantling them to building completely new ones, I've decided an oscilloscope is a must in my lab. Since electronics is mostly just a hobby for me, I can afford only some cheaper (yet not cheapest) instrument - something up to ~€400. The application of it would be mostly some uC projects but also circuit diagnostics and repairs and experiments with analog circuits. Oh, and I'm sure I want/need a DSO, not a second-hand analog scope.
After reading through few reviews, videos and so, I've picked three candidates, namely:
1) Rigol DS1052E
2) Hantek DSO5062B / Tekway DST1062B (they should be equal in HW, right?)
3) Owon SDS7102
Rigol costs here almost same like Owon, while Hantek is a little more expensive. As far as I know, all of them should be at least 100 MHz, Rigol could be hacked to >100 MHz, Hantek to 200 MHz (if 60 -> 200 MHz hack is possible, is it?). Rigol's display is inferior to both its competitors, but it seems to be proven entry-level DSO and is controllable over PC - don't know what PC software offer Hantek and Owon. All of them are 1GS/s, Owon has 10x higher sample memory, Hantek offers higher waveform capture rate and twice the resolution of both competitors, which could be handy sometimes. Persistency display on Hantek looks nice (I like the DPO feature of Tek's), as far as I know it's the only of these three which offers such a feature. And one thing that scares me - A Hellene wrote here something about problem of Rigol with noise. Is Owon or Hantek prone to such problems too?
The conclusion - is it worth paying a little more for the Hantek or should I take the Owon or - for some reason - the Rigol? I know the decision is sometimes based on personal preferences and target application of the scope but every tip is useful. Right now, I like the Hantek most, however don't know if it's worth the extra price (about €100, which I don't know I am able or willing to pay), second is Owon followed by Rigol, which are both same price.