Which scope to buy with a budget of around $1000 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: DigitalAura
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2023, 01:22:19 pm
content: Hey folks,I'm struggling like hell right now trying to decide which scope I should buy. My budget is around $1000 USD.This question is reliant upon the scope I buy being able to be hacked.I currently have a Rigol ds1074z and Keysight DSOX1102G, plus a Rigol 1052e I'm wanting to sell to fund an upgrade.I'm currently considering the Rigol MSO5000, Siglent SDS2000X-Plus, or maybe the newish Rigol HDO1000 12-bit scope.I'm completely stuck as to what to purchase, bearing in mind the scope I want must be hackable to be able to upgrade the bandwidth and enable all features.Which scope would you suggest I buy? This is a similar question to the old question about spending a maximum of $800 on a scope, but with inflation etc and new scopes on the market.I'm completely stumped as to which would be the best purchase.Any help and advise would be appreciated.I think I should maybe have posted this in the test gear section.Thanks

author: wasedadoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2023, 01:44:31 pm
content: Same old question gets same old answer.What do you want to observe or measure? In particular, as you already have two 'scopes which you will still have alongside whatever you decide to purchase, what shortcomings do those two have that you are seeking to address?

author: DigitalAura
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2023, 01:54:45 pm
content: I'm wanting more bandwidth and more measurements. Color grading etc, logic analyzer etc. Low noise frontend. I'm going to be selling all my scopes.

author: liaifat85
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2023, 03:07:27 pm
content: Here is a review that may help you:https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kkjp3TiLC2I

author: Doctorandus_P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2023, 03:36:09 pm
content: Quote from: wasedadoc on September 10, 2023, 01:44:31 pmYes indeed.Quote from: DigitalAura on September 10, 2023, 01:22:19 pm... which means you should have a pretty good idea of what you like and don't like about those scopes, and that should give you a pretty good idea of what you are missing also. I very much doubt others can help much in your dilemma, unless maybe you have a girlfriend who gives you a scope and whom you don't dare to contradict

author: wasedadoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2023, 03:46:59 pm
content: Quote from: DigitalAura on September 10, 2023, 01:22:19 pmAmbiguous English but the separation, and its manner, of the 1052E from the other two causes the otherwise uninformed reader to conclude that only it is to be sold.

author: DigitalAura
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2023, 05:08:10 pm
content: I'm so sorry my grammar led to confusion. It really wasn't intended. I am indeed going to be selling all three scopes though.Maybe I should add one of the major reasons I need to update is I need a scope with a larger screen as my eyesight isn't the best right now.

author: Doctorandus_P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2023, 01:19:52 am
content: Quote from: DigitalAura on September 10, 2023, 05:08:10 pmDo one of your scopes have a HDMI output?... Then you can add a big monitor.I am now also tinkering a bit more with electronics then I did in the last 6 years, and discovered I need reading glasses for things like soldering and reading silkscreen text.The Siglent 2000 series have a pretty big LCD. I am very likely going to buy a Siglent 1104X-E within a week or two. It's got a decent TFT, but from what I have seen from my brother (who also has one) help texts and on-screen measurements are quite small.As an alternative. A scope does not need a particulary high resolution screen. You can just point a webcam at it, and then show it on a bigger screen.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2023, 01:22:37 am
content: OP has another thread:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/which-scope-to-buy-with-a-budget-of-around-$1000-392233/