Didn't seem possible they would design the scope with such a low rate. Hopefully that gets fixed in the rumored "pro" version of the scope.
I don't think it's a bad scope, but with the current pricing it's now too close to the 3000T. If there is a pro version it will be interesting to see how they position it against the 3000T without lowering the current price of the 'non-Pro' version significantly.
I normally try not to intervene because this forum does such a good job of correcting misinformation itself, but your comment caught my attention.
Clearly the RTB2000 was designed to compete with the 2000x and DPO2000 from Tek. And with that you get a 10-bit ADC, significantly longer memory, a large, high resolution touch display, significantly lower noise, more SR and (available) bandwidth, 1mV/div in HW with full bandwidth, similar to better update rate, boots faster, standard ethernet, etc, etc. There are few to no specs that those products beat the RTB2000 on and they are priced similarly.
Even when comparing to the x3000T, the RTB2000 gives you a 4x the vertical resolution (10-bit ADC), significantly more memory, a larger, higher resolution display, lower noise, 1mV/div in HW with full bandwidth, standard ethernet and in most cases it costs half the price. I wouldn't call that too close. Does the x3000T have benefits? Sure - more available bandwidth/SR, 50Ohm input and higher update rate. But again, the RTB2000 wasn't designed to compete with the x3000T hence the reason it doesn't have those features.
In the end, value is clearly a personal belief (of which I personally think we stack up extremely well on value), but I wouldn't say the current pricing is too close to the x3000T.
Without including the options this comparison is apples & oranges especially if the Keysight x3000T can be hacked to get the options for free. Besides that the R&S options quickly add several $k where Keysight charges less than 1$k for the most popular ones. AFAIK the R&S has a lower base price but more expensive options compared to Keysight.
I see your point and I'll be the first to admit the option pricing, on any Tek/Keysight/R&S/LeCroy scope, can sometimes be hard to stomach, especially for a hobbyist.
But one thing people might be missing is we also offer bundle packages. RTB-PK1 includes all the decode options (I2C, SPI, RS232, CAN, LIN), history/segmented mode (with 160Mpts of memory) and the AWG/PatGen for $1,260. The 2000x app bundle is $1,250. And keep in mind things that the 2000x charges for (e.g. Ethernet, etc) are standard on the RTB2000. And this is before we look at things like MSO. On the RTB2000 you can use both digital and analog channels for decode. You get 2x the number of digital channels (16 vs.
and the price is basically the same ($746 vs. $770). If we look at Tek, the DPO2000's app bundle is less ($750) but you also get less (no history/segmented, no AWG, etc). The MSO for it varies some, but even at the cheapest point it is ~$600. Pretty comparable.
So are our options expensive? Maybe. But we've certainly tried to follow the industry norm of bundling to help with that pricing. And again, value is a personal opinion, but I don't believe we are priced out of line with the competition and typically bring an even better performance for a similar price.
-Rich