Some of what I've read seem to be related to obscure settings.
Yes. Some of them seem to be obscure batches of hardware that most people will never own.
Other's I'm not sure about, mostly because I do not have the scope or anything similar that I can experiment with.
The DS1054Z is a very useful device at an unbelievable price. You're not doing yourself any favors by reading these "bug" threads. You have to work hard to get most of the bugs to appear. Some people take several attempts to get the settings just right (see previous page). In normal use you'll never see them (insert somebody saying "those settings are normal for me")
Not true. Every bug I've reported has occurred in my normal use of the scope's ordinary functions. I've even presented an ordinary setup where 5 bugs are present simultaneously.
Do you consider it using "obscure settings" or difficult to achieve settings, to have _all_ Measurements stop working when a Math function is in use? I sure don't.
If a function is really, really important to you then make sure it's not on the list.
How is a person supposed to do that, if "you're not doing yourself any favors by reading thes "bug" threads"? Really, make up your mind. Either the bug threads are useful, or they aren't (then why are you reading them?)
Otherwise ... just get one. You certainly won't regret it.
(and the next firmware update might even fix the few remaining bugs being debated here)
Let's hope so, and that it does it without introducing several _new_ bugs like the last firmware update did.
I'll ask you again, Fungus: Do you actually own a Rigol DS1054z scope? What do you use it for? Can you post some representative screenshots from your own routine use of the scope.... if you have one?
And no... I certainly don't regret my choice of the DS1054z... after all, I'm looking at the _third_ physical unit sitting on my workbench now.....