Entry level Oscilloscope review?

Good find falingtrea.

I actually looked at buying an Owon before I bought my Tek. I had heard some good things about them, but then I read a long review thread on another forum that exposed several limitations of their MSO scopes.

Based on the posts I read, I realized that for my digital analysis needs, I either needed to stay with a PC-based device or go to a more expensive standalone scope. (That’s what I was eluding to in the original post about limitations on some of the ‘entry level MSO scopes’)

I can’t recall the specifics offhand, but they were significant enough that I chose to spend an extra 4K on a different scope. That’s how I ended up with the Tek MSO2012; trust me I really didn’t want to spend 5K on a scope.

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I found one of the threads that I mentioned. It can be found at the URL below. It starts out specific to Rigol DSO Scopes, but the conversation eventually includes info on MSO scopes and other brands, such as Owon. (warning the thread is currently 25 pages long).

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthre … f&t=663958