OTOH SDS1104X-E is fully functional scope that was proven to work really well
It's also big and ugly, not touch screen, won't run off a powerbank, twiddly knob user interface... and 100 Euros more expensive.
FFT is half made and nobody can even prove it works well. Which means FFT is unusable in current state, unless you just want to gave something cool jumping on the screen, for visual effects.
Dave had no problems using it in his review video. It outperformed the Siglent in terms of noise floor and completely destroyed it in terms of update rate.
He also found some weird distortions/anomolies/bugs on the Siglent FFT which nobody has explained yet.
See Dave's video at the 32 minute mark:
https://youtu.be/S8jrpCoZyx8?t=1920
Also check out the Rigol's pulse response which follows on from the FFT. Better than the Siglent.
Also not a SINGLE word about much hyped FastAcq. Is it simply a trick to hide fact it does not have real segmented mode that you can use for anything, like measurements or decoding.. Does anybody who bought these scopes actually plan to use them, or they just mean to twiddle PSU-s and hack them eternally?
It has real segmented mode with faster waveform capture rate than the Siglent.
LOL.
Big and ugly... I'm not buying a girlfriend. And maybe I like them big and robust looking .. ??
Many people HATE touchscreen scopes.
Shitty type C connector and running of external (crappy) PSU is large put off.. That is my personal counter opinion. Who are you to judge me.
But comparison here would be: I'm buying a truck. Do I care first and foremost can it carry cargo I plan to transport, or I choose one with cool paint job? And I have limited money so I have to compromise on something...
Dave didn't show much. He twiddled knobs on some scopes without any plan (courtesy of unscripted videos). It was shown, many times , that FFT in its current state is this weird frequency related screen visualisation. It is fast but it shows questionable amplitudes and RBW info. At this moment it has same merit as spectrum analyser visualisation plugin on WinAmp. Yeah it reacts to signal and it is frequency and amplitude related but not a reliable instrument it should be.
Do us a favour. Prove me wrong. Make full characterization FFT and make sure it work really well. Post results, so we can put it to rest.
With segmented mode same as FFT. I asked dozens of times, pretty please, can someone try and make segmented capture and do measurements and decoding from that. Again, pretty please, would you be so kind and try it. I'm not even saying it cannot. But datasheet and manual does not claim it can, and there is no mention of anything like that in manual. Nobody tried it so far as I know.
To explain: many years ago, I bought DS1000Z that had Record mode (Segmented in Rigol parlance). Since I've seen many online screens how people were decoding from segments from DS2000A, I failed to check that DS1000Z has Record mode that you cannot do ANYTHING with, except replaying from screen to screen manually and look at waveforms. If I knew that that would be a big minus.
Please, could you test it and demonstrate it to all of us. If it cannot, than segmented mode is bulls**t marketing screen show with very limited usage. If it does, that is GREAT news for you and other DHOxxx users and you get additional satisfaction that you proved me wrong...
Again, words like pretty, cool, like don't win an argument as to what can instrument be useful for. Operational word here USEFULL.
Hard cold facts, testing, and measuring actual performance is the key here. Unless you need film prop for movie scene. In which case go for it, it does look cool I agree.