Carrington, I agree that the SDS7102 is not a perfect oscilloscope, that's probably the reason this thread is quickly approaching page 100. In regard to your comment about the low drop linear regulator (LDO), I'm glad that Owon at least had the good sense to use linear rather than pollute the input stage with another PWM converter. Owon is fairly new in the Test Instruments arena, so I'm sure that there are quite a few tricks they haven't learned yet. However, many of us can't afford a scope from the high end manufacturers, and Owon's SDS7102 features/price ratio is very attractive. I, for one, don't regret buying the SDS7102, it doesn't fulfill all my wishes, but it reasonably fulfills my expectations for the price I paid. We all wish we could get better performance, so we continue to tinker with new ideas on how to improve the SDS7102 ourselves. This doesn't mean that we totally dislike our scopes, and most of the negative comments you may occasionally see are just venting.
"However, many of us can't afford a scope from the high end manufacturers."
Yes, I agree, I buy one for the price. The problem is that in the end is expensive, think:
-All the lost time, looking for a solution, on how to improve the SDS7102 ourselves.
-Money spent in parts, etc.
And after check how OWONs customer service work, do you think that they will apply the warranty?
I doubt.
OWON could done it much better, and maybe with the same costs.
Anyway if you're happy with it, then perfect, this is an imperfect world.
But please OWON at least tries to attends decently to the customer.
"Owon is fairly new in the Test Instruments arena."
That's not our problem, OWON should know what he does. Don't you think?
I can assure you that after this experience I will never buy any product from OWON. No matter how cheap.
I'm tired, I don't want talk more about SDS7102's issues.
Cheers.