... but the Rigol 1052E is not too far off in its basic measurement capability considering its between $150 to $250 less than the Tekway [assuming you pay for S&H at some stores]. It thus, comes down to paying more money for those capabilities.
oh yeah, of course. It is not that Rigol is bad value for money, this is why i wrote "common on both". The bad scopes are definitely all these UNI-T with upscaled pixels on displays but big logo [ 7" Display ] or Owons where only display size matter ... or even the 7" ATTENs where like on Owon or UNI-T only display is big (on paper only) - but that's different story, that's typical marketing dep. reaction to not lose money because of all those Rigols and Hantek/Tekway competitors (don't forget Instek, but they anway good)
Lastly, for US buyers, Rigol US supports the scope locally if you buy it locally in the USA; since the USA price is very close to the Chinese overseas price it not cost effective to buy it overseas. Hantek/ Tekway, does not have a USA rep, IIRC, so your warranty at most is from China.
Hantek lists contact folks, but don't know if they will provide support, if you ever need such:
http://www.hantek.com.cn/english/contact.asp
i would not bet on Rigolna support (sry guys but thats the truth about Rigol in NA), all what they can do is to
forward your email to china. The same can be done by mortoncontrols, they located in US and official Hantek partner.
Regards the Hantek "partners" listing, this seems to be very outdated anyway.
bah purchased ... hopefully i wont regret it
hehe don't care, you can still send it back if you don't like it, they have Rigol DSOs too.