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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Koenig" data-source="post: 3247" data-attributes="member: 416"><a href="http://www.tek.com/oscilloscope/mso-dpo3000" target="_blank">http://www.tek.com/oscilloscope/mso-dpo3000</a>vs<a href="http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/product.jspx?nid=-33573.0.00&amp;cc=US&amp;lc=eng" target="_blank">http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/product.jspx?nid=-33573.0.00&amp;cc=US&amp;lc=eng</a>vsanything else in this range I should be looking at.I know there are a few of you out there who use this kind of gear and I&#039;d really appreciate any observations, especially on ease of use and suitability as a complete replacement for an analog &#039;scope. I&#039;m well aware of the virtues of these boxes as digital storage &#039;scopes, and any observations in that use would be great as well. Some background: After a number of years of so called retirement I&#039;ve got myself involved in the development of a little electronic audio product, which needs to remain nameless for the time being (I know that sounds pretentious but them&#039;s the rules). But it&#039;s a fine excuse to buy a new &#039;scope.I bought my first and current digital &#039;scope (HP 54520A) in the mid &#039;90s and, while useful, it never really worked as a replacement for an analog &#039;scope. The UI is cumbersome, the control response REALLY slow, and it doesn&#039;t see things like a little oscillation riding on top of a sine wave very well. My hope is that Tek, Agilent and, perhaps, others have fixed these problems by now and I&#039;ll be very happy with a highly portable one-box instrument. (Funny how digital vs analog has many of the same usability issues whether we&#039;re talking about a &#039;scope, a mixing desk, or the panel in an airplane.)Thanks.&nbsp;--Frank</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Koenig, post: 3247, member: 416"] [URL]http://www.tek.com/oscilloscope/mso-dpo3000[/URL] vs [URL]http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/product.jspx?nid=-33573.0.00&cc=US&lc=eng[/URL] vs anything else in this range I should be looking at. I know there are a few of you out there who use this kind of gear and I'd really appreciate any observations, especially on ease of use and suitability as a complete replacement for an analog 'scope. I'm well aware of the virtues of these boxes as digital storage 'scopes, and any observations in that use would be great as well. Some background: After a number of years of so called retirement I've got myself involved in the development of a little electronic audio product, which needs to remain nameless for the time being (I know that sounds pretentious but them's the rules). But it's a fine excuse to buy a new 'scope. I bought my first and current digital 'scope (HP 54520A) in the mid '90s and, while useful, it never really worked as a replacement for an analog 'scope. The UI is cumbersome, the control response REALLY slow, and it doesn't see things like a little oscillation riding on top of a sine wave very well. My hope is that Tek, Agilent and, perhaps, others have fixed these problems by now and I'll be very happy with a highly portable one-box instrument. (Funny how digital vs analog has many of the same usability issues whether we're talking about a 'scope, a mixing desk, or the panel in an airplane.) Thanks. --Frank [/QUOTE]

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