Hello Performa01,
Thank you for the info. There is a huge gap between the 350Mhz price and the 500 Mhz
Around 5000€, there will be some competitor like R&S promo....It will be difficult to choose
No it won't. Promo is nice for fully loaded 350 MHz RTB2000 at 3200 € that is a nice scope but has many limitations compared to SDS50000X.
One that SDS50000X should be compared to is RTM3000K, but on that one promo is only for a fully loaded 1GHz one for 8600€.
Which is a good deal actually if you need 1GHz. Despite fact that on RTM3000K they don't even have search on basic protocols and segments so large memory they are promoting so much is pretty much useless...
RTM3000 with basic protocols (optional) and 500 MHz bandwidth will set you back 8100€ +2500 € for app bundle (+VAT).
Which is also part of the good news from R&S. Namely, while you can get 1GHz for what is not a bad price in their new promotion, in the same new promotion app bundle for RTM3000 is back to full price of 2500€ + VAT.
So their new promotion makes all of the scopes with lower bandwidth
more expensive if you want options. Which you do, because NOTHING worth having is built in. NO segmented memory (which you really want and is standard with every single manufacturer except them), NO very nice spectrum display mode (which would be nice advantage to other scopes), no basic protocols (SPI, I2C and UART trigger and decoding is as common as edge trigger and rise time measurement nowadays). etc etc..
So if you want pretty advanced 500MHz scope, that will get even better in coming months with all the upgrades Siglent is planning, than SDS5000X has no competition whatsoever in current R&S product line. And with Rigol upcoming 1GHz scope, and necessary price adjustments because Siglent is getting ahead, it is going to get pretty interesting pretty soon.
That is exact reason why R&S is doing promotions so they can attract customers in that segment so they don't get any ideas with Siglent and Rigol.