I'm saddened to hear that buying the full bundle does not include updates. I should expect better of Keysight. The bundle I bought includes jitter analysis.
You do get firmware updates, just not new options.
I'm curious about your jitter analysis package. Do you have more details on that? Is it listed as an option on your about screen?
If it's available, I should be able to purchase it for mine.
As far as I know, the only way get jitter analysis is to buy the Infinium software with the DSA package for $6750.
If you enable all channels the 4Mpts erodes to only 500kpts/channel where the RTM3k has 40Mpts.
That's not quite true. If I recall correctly, there are two Megazoom chips in this scope, one for channels 1 and 2, and another for channels 3 and 4.
Enabling all 4 channels drops you down to 2Mpts per channel. The same happens if you are using both 1 and 2, or both 3 and 4. But if you use 1 and 3 (or 2 and 4) you get 4Mpts on both channels.
I make a point of always using 1 and 3 if I am just using 2 channels.
There is also another Keysight semi-myth out there that says that all measurements are done "on screen" with screen-pixel resolution. This isn't entirely true either, I have seen some measurements that seem to keep their accuracy even when zoomed way out -- as long as the sampling rate hasn't dropped, of course.
Don't count on it. Chances are Keysight is offloading old stock and introducing something new real soon.
That's what I thought two years ago when they ran this same deal. Still nothing new. Although I think Daniel B. said that they were working on the next generation of Megazoom chip.
As far as Keysight not being competitive goes, I think all of the test equipment companies are very good at pricing their line to reflect the actual value in the marketplace. And the beat the pants of Tek for most uses.
Now, before I start sounding too much like a Keysight rep, let me add a little balance and say that their FFT updates are pretty slow; A little faster than once per second, best case.
I am actually thinking about buying a GW Instek GDS-2072E just to get fast FFT updates for audio frequency noise debugging.