Also the MSO2074A and RTB2004 work today and not in a few years from now (or never).
Today, after several firmware updates…..and what means "working" in this case ?
Working without bugs ofcourse and deliver on specs
Please don't play dumb. Both scopes I mentioned worked way better when introduced and both manufacturers are way more responsive when it comes to fixing bugs compared to Rigol. In general GW Instek gives you a beta version within days or weeks and puts the fix in the next release, R&S has fixed release cycles with a clearly defined roadmap (just ask Rich from R&S). One point you may have is that the RTB2004 could do with more fixing when it was release but the first batch got sold for a ridiculously low price ($2k with full options IIRC).
Read and weep....Dozens of bugs with basic functions ...
It was officially released March 2017.
And from end of document excerpt:
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1.4 Known Issues
The following tables list the known issues and indicate since which version the issue
could be observed:
Known issues of Firmware V02.202:
Since Issue
V02.101 Zoom window created with zoom tool: in rare cases the vertical zoom positon of the zoom
window is wrong.
V01.000 Trigger type timeout with "Stays High|Low" configured as range: with this setup some trigger events will be lost.
So bugs in triggering since release still not fixed...
I really like how "repaired defects" are named "improvements". Sleazy.
I actually give you that GW Instek is very good, much better in quality and price performance than RTB2000.
So yeah Rigol actually has LESS bugs on release..