Rigol DHO800/900 pre-sales begin

[wolframore]

Thanks for the review, my order for the DHO804 has been sent to Tequipment since they have education discount.

[Mechatrommer]

Considered the DHO900S, but at over double the price, all I get is a sig gen that can do Bode plots, but with pretty bad specs, an LA port that I'll probably never use cuz the probes, and an official 125MHz/250MHz spec at the same 1.25GSa/s sample rate... yeah forget about it.

while looking for other brand MSO, i noticed DHO804 already reduced price since my purchase. i purchased early october at USD387.05 now its only USD358 nuts https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006140347160.html there is 90% hope DHO804 can be upgraded to DHO924S (with sig gen and LA probe) at much cheaper cost.. ymmv.

[mwb1100]

Just an FYI: I got an email today from Saelig saying that Rigol is raising prices on DHO800/900 Feb 15 (prices rounded up $1 to nearest ten):

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        Current     
         Price     15 Feb 2024
        --------   ------------
DHO802    $300          $330  //  +30
DHO804    $400          $440  //  +40
DHO812    $400          $440  //  +40
DHO814    $500          $550  //  +50

DHO914    $600          $660  //  +60
DHO914S   $700          $770  //  +70
DHO924    $700          $770  //  +70
DHO924S   $800          $900  // +100


Basically a 10% hike.

[ebastler]

That's surprising in view of the imminent competition from Siglent's SDS800X HD series. (To be released in Western markets before March 1st, as rumors have it.) Let's see what price point Siglent will set, and whether Rigol can stick with their 10% increase then.

Edit: Maybe the idea is to create some leeway in the margins, so they can then respond to the Siglent competition with "special discounts"? 

[Pinkus]

At the very least, it will lead to additional sales in the short term for all those who are currently considering it. These customers are then lost to Siglent for the time being.

[Mechatrommer]

At the very least, it will lead to additional sales in the short term for all those who are currently considering it. These customers are then lost to Siglent for the time being.

my thought too, 1 week panic buying. when price increased, siglent then can also up a little bit its opening price, when its published, rigol then can lower the price again... this price manipulation strategy is a bit funny to me though, price fluctuation for no apparent reason.