Siglent SDS 1202x-e best price for today. Or 1204- 4 ch. On this day is the best osc. for they price. Not Rigol or somethings else. Rigol is near of the end of life today. lt's obvious. Siglent is fresh decigion. If new products released from Rigol tomorrow - we wll see. But today - Siglent - best scopes today for the price.
Can't find pricing or for that matter any information about the product. It would be irresponsible of my to buy a product with tax payer money for an educational instruction without any information other than you saying it has the best price today. I'm looking for what would be the best value for the college and students. Price is only one factor when considering value.
Can you direct me to any specs, reviews or edu pricing?
You didn't look very hard.
https://www.siglentamerica.com/digital-oscilloscopes/sds1000x-e-series-super-phosphor-oscilloscopes/
Dave's done teardowns on the 2 and 4ch versions.
Siglent America is a member here and they also have an Amazon shop.
Shoot them an email.
Plesase don't say I havre not looked very hard, I have.
What I found from the link your provided was ....
"SIGLENT’s new SDS1000X-E Super Phosphor Oscilloscopes sets a new higher bar in low-cost oscilloscopes. Available in 2 and 4-channel versions (the 4 channel versions include several additional features and options)....."
What I can't find is what fetures I'm giving up.
I made it very clear I have a $400 budget.
Compared to the Rigol I'm giving up two channels. And now I find I'm giving something else up in addition to two channels.
Yes I watched Dave's tear down. Did that anwer my original post which explained my needs? Nope
I watched several other videos on YouTube but all they did was explain features. There was no comparison with the Rigol or any other scope.
In the online revies for the SDS1000X-E there aren't that many. And the ones who provided any detained information admissted they were hiobbiests and were probably not the best qualifed to write a review. I also found someone else who coimmented the decodes feature doesnt' work so well. This is a feature I stated I wanted. So why would I want to buy something that's not going to work?
From what I can see the Siglet is newer, has a faster boot time and a math co-processor. The Rigol boots 10 seconds sloer, does all of the sme decodes and has two channles more. ANd the Rigol is less expensive.
It appears to get the same funtionality in the Siglent I would have to spend twice the prices.
And here's the real kicker... Dave pointed thos out in his teardown.... The caps. Not sure if you are aware but PC poser supplies used the same manufactures cpas. Thosee things failed frequently. I remember having to replacie many of them. So here's I'm paying a premium for a prodcut which may have defectiv caps. As Dave asked, why didn't the compny use "good" caps like Panasonic?
So far no one has given me a compelling reaon NOT to buy Rigol based on my crieteia. On the otherhand I have found numerous reasons not to buy Siglent.
The order is in, but I have until tomoorw before it will be procssed. If you are anyone can provide a compelling arguement not to buy Rigol and buy Siglent I will. I will tell you right if you tell me it's because they have great prices you are wasitinig my time. Please look at my initial post to udersand my requiremetns.
Thank you