Fact check from rigolna.com: The entire DHO900 series comes equipped with digital channels as standard, allowing digital signal analysis when paired with the PLA2216 logic analysis probe.
Which is almost as expensive as the SPL-1016 + the software license. It seems that for certain customers the ability to separate them would be advantageous. For us we just get the license for a few minutes work saving quite a bit.
please note the increased price in dho900 series is not just for LA, its also for higher BW (100-250MHz). if comparing below pictures... granted SDS800 is $100 cheaper at first, but when including LA license, the SDS price become same or more expensive... same with DHO900 with S series, price is up more $100 but already with AFG HW inside, for siglent, we need buy more license and HW separately, more expensive hidden trap. btw the similarity is i suspect siglent wants to beat rigol in price (we know and remember price history), so the coincidence in price similarity is like them try to copycat rigol's price. to be fair, siglent is 2GSps, thats imho is the selling point, and more stable bode plot and LA SW... ymmv.. btw i'm not the one starting “xxxx is better than yyyyy” discussion and some people may not like facts. though i'm trying to be as factual as i am
cheers.
(ps: we (or i) are waiting someone accept hack challenge call to reverse eng, or post tear down photos of siglent AWG and LA HW for even more cheaper 4th party alternative because we like cheap
so kudos to siglent for taking some steps)
Do you understand that RT-ZL04, RTA4004, MXO4 and MXO5 are not Siglent SDS800X HD 12 bit DSO's or accessories? Why is it so impossible to stay even remotely on topic? Maybe I should go over to the R&S threads and post about my Calphalon cookware.
Yah, I know this is also off topic. But for once I just had to rant. Sorry.
go to rigol threads and count how many siglenism chime in for comparison. if you cant accept comparing, you can live in your own world, shut off the internet. the current price proved siglent also comparing with competitor