That was more of a weighing up.
You have to be aware that the warranty is lost.
That doesn't hurt as much with an SDS800X HD, but with a device that costs 8 times as much, that's a different matter.
I have now made a bet with it.
If a device “survives” the first 3 months, then there is a high probability that it will experience its “natural” EOL and you won't need the warranty.
(That's why we do a burn-in test on some products to pre-age them)
I haven't had the Scope for 3 months, not even a month.
So that's a bet.
I will be spending more time with the scope in the near future.
It is now known that it “reacts” faster than the 2000X HD, let's see if it is faster in other ways too, we'll see.
Of the “larger” models, I had the 2000Xplus, the 2000X HD and now the 3000X HD.
All of this in 4 years, some people smile about it according to the motto, the boy changes his scopes like others change their shirts.
Why am I doing this?
There's a simple reason, because I want the maximum possible for the maximum I'm prepared to spend.
And this price limit has shifted upwards over the years.
Basically, a 2000Xplus is enough for me; 99% of all other hobbyists are probably like that, so we don't have to kid ourselves.
But when I switched to the 2000X HD in 2022, I knew I could never go back.
I didn't want to go back to the display quality, which was significantly different from that of the 2000Xplus, despite the same resolution.
There were also a few other benefits such as 4 math channels and average/eres hardware-supported.
I paid 3500€ for it and it didn't feel bad.
But there were still a few things that I would have liked differently, and my mental budget grew during this time.
By now I was ready to spend 5000€, but there was nothing that would have improved me, neither at Siglent nor elsewhere.
Then came the 3000X HD....more bandwidth, more memory, active probe connection, min 2GSa/s....
That's what I want.
Now it's mine.
My budget hasn't changed, so the scope could stay longer.
If Siglent has something “better” for the same money in the medium term, I would switch, otherwise not.
I could afford an SDS6000 if I saved a bit on the budget, but it has 8bit, so I wouldn't want to go back to that.
An R&S MXO4 might be just about feasible, but it doesn't offer so much more than a 3000X HD that I would do that.
The SDS7000 would be the solution for me to satisfy my “technology hunger” forever, but it's in a price range that I would only reach by winning the lottery.
So the SDS3000X HD could actually be a scope that will accompany me for a long time, as long as there is nothing better for the same money.
Better?
Larger screen, higher screen resolution and no bandwidth limitation (1Ghz is only possible up to max. 2 channels), that would be an improvement for me, for which I would switch again.
So, time to get more involved with the 3000, I'll post some results here from time to time.