Hi Folks,
What a positive Yokogawa thread, other than the comments about visibility in the market outside of Japan. Hit's me hard as the person responsible for the distribution and marketing of the products within Australia and New Zealand.
Let me answer your question best I can. Yokogawa Oscilloscopes are not for the masses. They don't have a entry level point model, and don't go particularly high in bandwidth. They are more designed for the power engineer. Yokogawa T&M is foremost a power measurement related company, DC, Low frequency AC, and Optical Power. Available in 4 and more importantly 8 channel, Yokogawa were the first to market with a 8 channel scope, and again I believe the first to market with a 8 Channel HD version. Coming from a multi-vendor background I'm quite aware their are other options out there, but if Power is a concern, you will want 8 Channels, you will want deep memory, you will want a very high quality A/D frontend with low noise. What you won't want to hear (as has been mentioned) is the price, but the guys in precision power will know what I'm talking about. You might also find the Yokogawa PX8000 an interesting unit, it's a older model, a hybrid of a 4 Ch Oscilloscope, and a 4 Ch power Analyzer, the later having 4 direct input current shunts allowing direct current input. Quite novel.
I'm a salesguy, please don't be too harsh. I'm not here trying to sell anything, only inform.