Hi All,
My first ever DSO arrived today, I ordered a DS1104Z-S from Emona last week! While I am very excited to play with this device, on opening the package it seems that Rigol are trying on the whole bandwidth limited by software trick again.
The DS1104Z is supposed to be a 100MHz scope, the -S meaning it also has a function generator in it. The DS1074 is the 70MHz little brother.
Mine came in a box marked DS1104Z-S, the warranty card has DS1104Z-S on it, and the serial on the card matches the DSO... but, the DSO is labelled DS1074Z 70MHz. Initially I thought they had mixed up the packaging, but the system version information reports that it is a DS1104Z-S.
I am guessing that perhaps Rigol either messed up and flashed the DS1104Z firmware onto the DS1074Z by accident at factory; or, they did not have enough DS1104Z stock and started converting DS1074Z stock by flashing them.
In short, it seems that these two DSOs are the same machine and a firmware mod may turn the 70MHz version into the 100MHz version.