I have not visited this thread in a long time, and I'm amazed. Such hate for an entry level $400 scope, and the company behind it is embarrassing to read.
You haven't felt the hate directed towards anybody who tries to defend it.
I think mine's great. It ticks all the right boxes for what I want from a hobby 'scope.
Mine works fine every time I use it too.
Not perfect, and I've said many times I'm not a fan of the UI, but it works, and there is nothing that makes me want to throw it across the room, except maybe the dicky selection knob press.
Do you think any of this month's newcomers is going to unseat it, eg. the Keysight in your latest video? (Is pricing still secret for that one?)
The Keysight doesn't, no. Unless it gets fully hacked, then maybe. But it's still more expensive either way, so not a fair comparison. A vastly more friendly scope to use, so those bitching about the Rigol UI should just sell it and shell out a few more bucks and buy a Keysight.
Rigol isn't going to radially change their whole UI because some people on a forum are bitching about it.
The new Siglent is cheaper than the Rigol, but you give up two channels. It's faster and more responsive (not hugely), more bandwidth, vastly more powerful FFT, and you get everything as standard, no need to hack it. It's UI has it's quirks too. I think there is another thread somewhere about people bitching about the current Siglent 1000X bugs and UI?
For everyday general use I would pick the Keysight without question, it just works the nicest.
If every dollar counted, the Siglent.
If I could only have one scope in the lab, probably the Rigol purely because of the 4 channels.
I forgot the GW Instek, it's a player too.