USB DSO aka PC oscilloscope recomendations

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

I've been to the Dayton Hamvention a couple of times, and good deals on decent scopes are somewhat hard to come by. Generally, they're all pretty junk analog scopes people want way too much money for. Now, I'm not saying analog scopes are junk, just the ones I've seen at Hamvention.

I think this is like searching the web
You gotta know where to look and when.

I've got 4 or 5 scopes I bought at the Dayton Hamvention and yes some are older but they work.

I've also got some IC programmers and other tools I bought at a local Hamfest.

Where else can $25 buy you a Tektronix 'doghouse' vacuum tube oscilloscope?

[SuperBK]

I have a Hantek DS0-2100 that works great, but they stopped updating the USB driver for it after Windows xp. I have to boot XP in a virtual machine to use it. I'm leery to buy or recommend another Hantek product. Customer support is non-existent.

How about bit-scope?
http://www.bitscope.com/#overview

There is also a scope for a ipad:
https://www.oscium.com/oscilloscopes/imso-104

[billbo911]

I want to thank you all for your thoughtful input.
Because of it, I decided to wait and purchase a bench scope.
Fortunately my wonderful wife said Father's Day was excuse enough to buy one. So, here is what I have decided upon. Siglent SDS1072CML.

I believe for my purposes, this will be an excellent choice.

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by billbo911

I want to thank you all for your thoughtful input.
Because of it, I decided to wait and purchase a bench scope.
Fortunately my wonderful wife said Father's Day was excuse enough to buy one. So, here is what I have decided upon. Siglent SDS1072CML.

I believe for my purposes, this will be an excellent choice.

Wow, that looks like a great deal

[philso]

Originally Posted by billbo911

I want to thank you all for your thoughtful input.
Because of it, I decided to wait and purchase a bench scope.
Fortunately my wonderful wife said Father's Day was excuse enough to buy one. So, here is what I have decided upon. Siglent SDS1072CML.

I believe for my purposes, this will be an excellent choice.

It would be best to do some research on the scope(s) you are considering. I came across reports of software bugs in a number of the scopes in this price range.

The following EEVBLOG forum thread discusses alternatives in this price range.

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgea...-in-its-class/

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by philso

It would be best to do some research on the scope(s) you are considering. I came across reports of software bugs in a number of the scopes in this price range.

The following EEVBLOG forum thread discusses alternatives in this price range.

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgea...-in-its-class/

A couple of points here:
1) This is a hobby scope. It will not be used for scientific research.
2) I definitely did do research on this scope before deciding on it. This included eevblog forums. (BTW, the thread you linked only supports my decision.)
3) No matter what I settled on, someone will always have an alternate opinion.