Hi,
since I've been shopping for a scope for my home lab, I tough I'd share with my experience.
Siglent 1202X-E
Nice things:
Memory depth
Bandwidth
Decoding
math
FFT
Nice trace rendering
Price
quite responsive!
gated measurements - you can select time interval where are the measurements carried out.
Not so nice things:
not easy to get a loan/test-drive. You have to buy it, but you can and send it back within 14 days if you don't like it.
Automatic roll for slow time-base - this drive me nuts
no fine timebase adjustment - at least I was not able to figure it out
Can not tigger on channel that is not used
When using long memory it slows down
My LabView friend was not able to get it working in LV
what would make this scope better:
bug fixes
better FFT control - rudimentary
option for full screen mode - there is quite a lot unused screen estate
4 channels
Verdict:
A rather nice budget scope. Yes, there are some bugs, and if you are not in hurry I would definitely wait a bit to see them resolved before opening your wallet. But all in all, I was positively surprised with it.
We had it for a two weeks, after that my friend decided to provide a new home for this particular unit. He needed the bandwidth. For me, I've discovered that going back to two channels is way harder than imagined. My daily driver is 4 channel Agilent 2k. If your budget is tight and you can live with 2ch, this scope deserve a closer look.
/rant on
On one side I'd like to give some praise to Siglent marketing department for going for 200MHz bandwidth and serial decoding in this price range. On the other hand, they blown it big time. For a price of two more analog front ends, they could have had THE budget scope to have, "New DS1054Z". 4 channels at 100Mhz, FFT, serial decoding, 200MHz when used 2 channels and less. Now it's just another budget scope in the eternal "should I buy DS1054Z or this XXXX scope" dilema... So close. Maybe the next time.
/rant off
Rigol 2072
I do not have personal experience with DS1054, but I have tested 2072
At first sight, I liked it a lot(mainly the screen). All love was gone in 2min.
Imagine that you are controlling the scope with rubber bands, or that you are really drunk... My life is too short for this kind of stuff. Was off my table in 5min. It was a huge letdown, I had a great experience with 1062CA. When describing behavior to a friend with DS1054, he concurred that "UI is quite slow". Since they are quite widespread, it should not be too hard to find someone in your area and see if it drives you nuts or not.
Keysight X1000
Nice stuff:
2+1channel
can trigger from disabled channel
responsive
brand name/quality/distribution - not a problem to have it loaned for test drive.
ugly stuff:
memory depth.
price - big time. Decoding ? open your wallet. 100Mhz bandwidth ? yep, open your wallet.
rudimentary math
Verdict:
Nice scope with wrong price tag. I do not know what is current status of hacking. If you can hack edux into the full deal, it might be worth it.
Other models are IMHO too expensive.
What scope did I decided to buy for my home lab? None yet. Currently I'm trying to get a better price for 1054B from GW Instek. If they offered it in Europe for a similar price as in US, I probably would have had it on my desk already...