Just wanted to share a few of the alternatives I was considering.
My main requirements were:
1.) A user interface that doesn't make me want to light myself on fire
3.) Good overall performance + serial decode
2.) Relatively inexpensive (around $1,000USD or less, June 2018)
From a technical perspective, the GW Instek GDS-2000E is the best, but the Siglent isn't too far off. Siglent appears to be a great value, but I wanted a more "finished" product, one with fewer bugs/quirks. Ultimately, I bought the GW Instek in the hope that I would "enjoy" using it more. That's a hard thing to assign a monetary value to, I know. I'll let you all know if I think it was worth it, compared to my experiences with Rigol and Siglent at work.
Also, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND is buying a Tektronix DPO2000B ? ? ? ?
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This table have some errors. Why do table without any facts check. This is like trumpth, not truth.
Some have corrected Siglent what also was bullshit in original table. It have 2 ADC and 2 14M memory.
2 pcs 2 channel groups. Both have shared 1GSa/s ADC and 14M memory.
So it 1GSa 14M for one channel but also
1GSa/s simultaneously for 2 channels with 14M fore both channel.
If more than 2 channels is in use then all channels have max 500MSa/s and 7M
But then GoodWill GDS1000B (4channel model)
It have ONE Hittite HMCAD1511 ADC and for all channels on simultaneously it really can not 1GSa/s for all channels. Impossible.
So, it can max 1GSa/s for 1 channel in use.
If two channels are in use simultaneously it can max 500MSa/s
If more than 2 chanels in use it can do max
250MSa/s Why you write 1GSa/s?I do not know how this 10M memory is arranged.
GDS2000E, do it really have 4pcs 1GSa/s ADC?
How is memory shared if not fully separate ADC's?
Yes I know GoodWill do not tell it clearly in any place what I have read. Why they shame truth - I do not know.
As far as I know GDS2000E use 2 pcs 2x500MSa/s ADC ! (ADC08DL502)
How mem is arraged so that it have 10M for all channels simultaneously, I really do not know is it or not.
But one is sure, it do NOT have 1GSa/s for all channels simultaneously in use. Simply, it is technically impossible. So why you write it have 1GSa/s for all cnhannels on simultaneously? (even GW do not claim it when read carefully)
What other thigs are wrong in table, I have not time for more Fact-checking.