Some folk around here have the idea that in general it is not like the B-brands are equivalent to the A-brands in any way. I have to agree. The "A" brands can't hold a candle to the "B" brands dollar for dollar. Quite frankly it's embarrassing that Keysight even offer that DSOX2014A at all. It can barely compare with a $500 scope from the "B" brands. But it has "Keysight" written on it. That alone has to be worth #2500, right?
It´s not that easy imho.
First of all I don´t like the A and B thing.
Better we should call it "O"(ld) brand and "N"(ew) brand...
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Or C(heap) brand and E(xpensive) brand.
Or...or....or...
See, it´s not that easy to difference.
Classified in A and B, e.g. I wouldn´t call siglent or rigol as B-brands today.
Both got high quality products which aren´t cheap anymore, siglent working together with lecroy and rigol developing their own chipsets..
But both didn´t forget their "roots" and still offering cheap scopes for example.
So what they are, A, B, or AB...
And what are Hantek, Owon, Fnirsi...D,E, F Brands ?
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Back to your example with the keysight.
Yes, for it´s price you can get a scope from e.g. siglent which blast the mentioned keysight out of space in nearly every case.
Except in one, two, three..
Warranty (5yrs), reputation, support...
Last is a killer point for professionals.
In this case, the "old" brands blast the new ones away.
24h support, I got a question and a useful quickly response will follow, answered by skilled engineers.
Or spareparts...Knob is lost ? no problem, here you have a new one.
This kind of support costs money, in relation lots of money...
If siglent/rigol would offer this too, that would have a huge effect on their prices.
And on their portfolio - they couldn´t offer really cheap products anymore.
Or they have to buy it from other, Hantek, Owon for example..
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