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Must have if you are interested in electronics!

5.0

DS2072A is a top-notch oscilloscope for it's price.

Verified Purchase ikorin on Sep 25, 2018 I found this helpful (0)

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Love this Scope

5.0

I’ve been out of electronics for a while and remember the old scopes we used when I studied engineering. This scope is miles ahead in terms of its measurement capabilities. My only critism would be not having the time to learn/use all of its features. Very pleased with the purchase and the customer service Tequipment provides.

Verified Purchase DK on Jul 10, 2018 I found this helpful (0)

Received a very old scope

1.0

The DS2072A I received was made in January 2016 (27 months old). Not sure how a scope in such demand could sit on the shelf for so long.

Tequipment Reponse: We are sorry this occured. If you contact us we would be happen to exchange the unit for you as this is not a normal occurance. We apprecaite the business.

Verified Purchase Manuel Maseda on Apr 24, 2018 I found this helpful (0)

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DS-2072A Review

5.0

I love this scope because it comes with basic features in order to make our out of power measurements. This includes the excess three current clamp and differential voltage probe! It is a great suite of equipment!

Verified Purchase John W Shelburne on Mar 17, 2018 I found this helpful (0)

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wonderful scope

5.0

Well I've had the rigol 2072a for a week or so and I really like it. It took me a minute to transfer over my mind from an analog scope but it was not that hard. I really like the variable intensity. It helps a lot.

Verified Purchase Marc D Rubin on Dec 14, 2017 I found this helpful (0)

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I love this scope

5.0

The build quality on this is great for a scope made in China. Very small footprint as well. Only negatives are lack of a front protector panel option to purchase and the loud fan.

Anonymous on May 05, 2017 I found this helpful (0)

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Amazing scope

5.0

Bought this scope after reading reviews and found it to be amazing. One of the main features I wanted was the serial communications debugging and this scope makes it easy to use. Overall, very satisfied.

Anonymous on Jan 19, 2017 I found this helpful (0)

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This is a great scope

5.0

What surprised me the most at first was the weight, it may be shallow but in my head this rings "quality power supply".
Packaging was really good.
It came with a calibration certificate.
The display is big and nice and there are tons of features, granted I'm replacing a 50 years old 40MHz analog scope and all these features are standard on digital scopes.

On the negative: you need both hands to attach the provided probes somewhere(you can't hold the probe with your thumb and 2 fingers, maybe I can just 3d print an adapter for this), I find the fan a bit noisy, and the SPI decoding is useless with only 2 channels, SPI really requires 4 inputs.

Semicolo on Aug 24, 2016 I found this helpful (0)

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Why Wait?

5.0

Why are you reading this? You should just click the buy button!

I looked at all the <$1000 scopes and nothing compares. This is the best built, best featured, best documented and best performing scope in it's class! Yes, you can get a better scope, but it will cost you easily 3-4 times as much.

Believe the reviews! Look at youtube and watch the videos on this!

Be convinced!

BZ on Aug 01, 2016 I found this helpful (0)

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Ds2072a

5.0

Best bang for the buck in the middle range scope market

Verified Purchase Anonymous on Apr 04, 2016 I found this helpful (0)

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Highly Recommended

5.0

The Rigol DS2072A is an awesome scope for the price. Outstanding features, very well engineered, nice big vibrant screen. Compact and doesn't take a huge amount of bench space. For anyone wanting to spend less than $900 on an advanced hobbyist scope, this is the one. Perfect for intermediate repair, troubleshooting and engineering jobs too. Tequipment.net was awesome to order from too and offered the best price. Great job Tequipment.net!

Verified Purchase teamSMITHusa on Mar 03, 2016 I found this helpful (1)

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Software and Hardware Engineer

4.0

2 years and still going strong, the optional serial decoding makes life so much simpler, really great value for money.

Really wished I took the 4 channel version for doing more complex decoding.

Verified Purchase Yaghiyah Brenner on Dec 30, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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incredible quality/price ratio

5.0

2072A has really incredible quality for the price. And with free option bundle (will last till end of December, 2015) it becomes totally invaluable.
It is mature product with most of previously known issues polished.

Cooler fan is quite noticeable in a room (and sadly it's true for all Rigol products) so probably will replace it with silence model.

Rotating selector knob and menu hierarchy - not a most intuitive thing but seems I got used to it after few days.

So Rigol - keep quality so high and prices so reasonable and release more new and fancy instruments using cutting edge of technology. I'm your fan =)

Verified Purchase Ilia Sharin on Dec 23, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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Good value

5.0

This is my first DSO, having held out for years. Still keeping my CRO, but the 2072 is my go-to instrument of choice. The number of features and build quality are surprising for the price.

Verified Purchase Captain Kirk on Nov 25, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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DS2072A

5.0

Large feature set.

Large number of menu navigation buttons takes some time getting used to.

Verified Purchase RCinFLA on Oct 27, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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Great so far

5.0

So far I love this scope. Works great and I've found no bugs yet. The dedicated waveform replay is great. The only downside is if you want to save an entire 56 megpoint buffer to USB key, it takes several hours. Single screen captures of data are quick though.

Verified Purchase Joe Hufford on Oct 12, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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Fantastic piece of equipment

5.0

After being used to some low-end oscilloscopes at my University, this feels like a major step up. The screen size is great and navigation is intuitive.

I really like the deep memory on the scope - it's useful to take a single shot waveform and really zoom in to see the detail.

I've taken a cursory look at the waveform capture feature, and although I've had nothing to put it through its paces yet, it will definitely be useful at some point.

The fan is a bit noisy, but I'm not one to complain about that. Just be aware if it would bother you.

Verified Purchase Anonymous on Jul 11, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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Not totally satisfied

3.0

As a former Tektronix test engineer, who wrote oscilloscope performance test programs, I know a little about scopes.
I needed a low cost bench scope in my office for general purpose needs, and I wanted one with a physical front panel, which ruled out a using a usb based scope. Other than the negatives which I will only highlight, the scope offers features and performance which make it worth the money.
Cons: 1. Some descriptions, mention low noise, but it is not specified well in publications. In fact the analog pre-amp is low in uncorrelated noise, which shows up when using the sensitive input settings.But when you increase the volts/div setting the white noise stays at about 2 lsb of the 8 bit converter, thus rendering the 8 bit digitizer to only 6 bits. I have not confirmed this with effective bits calulation or measurement, but the realistic effect is that the trace has a "fat" component which masks low level detail, and is much worse than any of my other digital oscilloscopes. I have gone over this problem with the Rigol techs, and it does seem to be inherent in the design.
2. The probes supplied are cheap and do not grab well , and the ground clips fail to open very wide, and will not grab thin wire because the jaws are sloppy.
3. The user interface has some weaknesses. I would call some of the idiosyncrasies, real sw bugs. Due to the complexity of the interface, it can be hard to duplicate the sequence of setting to duplicate any hiccups that occur. But when it happens, I'am busy and don't have time to document them. But suffice the setting can go awry at times, requiring some sort of reset.
4. Fan noise is too high. The only positive about the fan is , I know when the scope is on without looking.

Fact is , I have work to do on designing a digitally controlled motor, and this scope has been very useful for that .

toptech on Jul 08, 2015 I found this helpful (4)

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Great scope for starting out / hobbyists

5.0

Excellent scope, well built, very intuitive layout and UI. Easily expandable / upgradable with software purchases as your needs require them. Great way for budget conscious labs to get started now and not have to re-purchase equipment down the road. I have had no issues or complaints using this scope daily for the past year or so.

Heath on Jun 16, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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Really good scope

5.0

I use this scope every day to mesure frequency drive current leakage. Realiable and easy to use !

Pierre Lavoie on Apr 26, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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Stellar scope!

5.0

I absolutely love this scope. It is one of the best value purchases I've ever made. More features than I know what to do with, but maybe someday I'll use them

Gary Mc on Apr 16, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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Perfect Advanced Hobbyist Scope

5.0

I had initially purchased a Rigol DS1052 but ended up trading up to this DS2072A and I am sure glad that I did. The screen is more than large enough to fit all of the information that you need about your signals. I don't really have any test equipment that can put this thing through its paces, but it seems to be reasonably accurate.

I like the fact that this thing comes with trials of the advanced features that you can add on at a later time. It lets you try them out before you decide that you need them or not. I do with though that instead of just counting down the time that you just have the scope on that instead it would only count down when you are using the feature. Luckily it gives you plenty of time that you can try all of them out (advanced triggers, serial decoding, extra memory).

Sometimes I find it a bit difficult to remember where all of the adjustments and functions are because they are split across multiple menus, but you get used to it after a while and have no trouble finding them.

Having never owned an oscilloscope before, I am thoroughly impressed with this scope given its lower price. I would definitely recommend to anyone who is an advanced hobbyist or student.

Verified Purchase Garrett Ingram on Mar 20, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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Great scope!!

4.0

The scope is really nice. Feels like a good, solid, well built scope. I don't like the fan noise however. All of the remote commands seem to work as they should and has a good amount of interface options. I just wish some of the decoding options were included with the scope. But it is still a great value compared to a Tek or Agilent.

Verified Purchase Rich on Mar 05, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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Best oscilloscope! Lots of bells and whistles!

5.0

Wow, unbelievable. I've been researching scopes for the last year, this by far is the hands down best choice for me. Most options and best specs for the money. It really performs well. Fan on my machine is very quiet. HW 2.0, FW 00.03.00 SP1 easily upgraded to FW 00.03.03 SP1. Wish I could change the color of CH2, Green would be so much better than Cyan. Perhaps in a future FW update. The screen is incredibly clear, even for my bad eyes. Tons of high quality features. Love it!

Joe Sova on Feb 20, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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Awsome Scope

5.0

I am really happy with my new scope .. nonetheless i should thank all Tequipment crow for their immediate support .

Verified Purchase Hassan ElSabaa on Jan 15, 2015 I found this helpful (0)

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Excellent product for money

5.0

I received this item a week ago and I can say now - it is superb product! It has everything you need.

Verified Purchase Igor Korin on Dec 22, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Great upgrade from DS1052E

5.0

The much bigger screen alone is worth the upgrade. I don't really need the extra performance, but the UI is easier to use despite having more buttons. The build quality seems superior to the 1052E.

I haven't played with the software or extra functions much, but I look forward to trying the Serial/I2C/SPI decoding.

Verified Purchase Ryan Neve on Sep 03, 2014 I found this helpful (1)

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Great O-Scope

5.0

Scope functions great. Many feature that are going to take weeks to learn, such fun.

Verified Purchase Anonymous on Aug 27, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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excellent scope.

5.0

wow for the quality, really good product for the money, i was tempted to purchase the more expensive 4000 series but again it costs nearly double.
i needed a four channel scope and the only affordable option was DS1074Z but the specs wasn't to my liking...so i'm good with 2 channels for now.
if you already watched the Martin's review on Youtube,he reviewed this osci. with version 2 firmware and demonestrated that the waveform update rate is actually about 47,000 not 50,000 as per the specs.
hold on, my osci. came with revision 3 firmware and I the same expriment as martin did and weeeee i could get 66,000 waves/sec on my frequency counter.
so now Rigol is ahead of Agilent again, and cheaper.
I couldn't possibly be happier with my purchase.

Verified Purchase Ahmed Gaafar on Aug 21, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Great Scope

5.0

The ordering process was handled very professionally and the scope arrived just in a few days.

This is the second time I purchase from TEquipment and I would highly recommend to anyone.

Verified Purchase Quark on Aug 12, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Great feature packed oscilloscope

5.0

I zeroed in on the DS2072A after spending some time researching oscilloscopes for my home workbench. The DS2072A nicely bridges a huge gap between the cheap brands and the low-end of the big players (Agilent, Tektronix). The DS2072A is packed with all of the features I would need in an oscilloscope and the performance specs are superb. The build quality feels satisfyingly sturdy and the unit is quite hefty, in a good way.

I would have knocked this rating down half a star for some minor grievances if I could, but since I can't, I don't have the heart to knock it down to 4 stars. One grievance, which had concerned me before I bought, is that the user interface is noticeably slow. Happily, the degree of lag I've experienced is far better than that which I would have lost the patience to tolerate (compare to, say, any common bad touch screen UI *shudder*). Finally, some of the menu items seem klunky upon initial feel. For example, the cursors function felt like it takes one or two button presses more than it should. I have no doubt that the menus will feel comfortable after some more use, though.

All in all, I think I'm going to be satisfied with this oscilloscope for as long as it will serve me. The deep memory and high sampling rate were very attractive at this price. I'm content to report that these performance characteristics come without sacrificing features, build quality, nor UI usability.

Spencer Williams on Aug 11, 2014 I found this helpful (1)

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Very good basic scope

5.0

Works and feels like a real scope, Tek or Agilent. More functionality than an equivalently priced used Tek.
Fan is loud.

Verified Purchase RCA on Jul 07, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Full of useful options at a great price

5.0

I've owned a couple of different analog scopes, and bought this because a review I saw online, I wasn't disappointed at all.

Love it.

Verified Purchase Douglas Gordillo on May 14, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Great OScope and Great place to buy from

5.0

I originally ordered a 1102e and was no really happy with it. I was able to return the it with no problems. I then ordered the 2072a and don't regret it at all. The persistence is a great feature, good memory and sample rate. My only dislike is the i2c decoding is slow. But I have a Saleae Logic16 and it does a good job. The EEVBlog discount make it an even better deal!

Verified Purchase Joseph Torelli on May 01, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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My first puchase and a great one at that!!!

5.0

Yes, that's right, T was my first Rigol, but not my last!!! I find this scope to be in depth and very comprehensive. It does everything I need and more!!! I am going on to buy more Rigol equipment because of the Price/Perormace ratio!! It is an easy scope to use. Very intuative. Try one. I recommend it highly!!! John K2YN

Verified Purchase JOHN DUDLEY on Apr 29, 2014 I found this helpful (1)

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2072A

5.0

I was debating about getting the DS2072A, but finally went ahead. The screen is great, and it has already justified its purchase. I should have caved and order one earlier.

Verified Purchase PT on Apr 23, 2014 I found this helpful (1)

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Rigol DS2072A is a featured packed scope!

5.0

Great scope for the money.

Upgradeable
Bright screen
Large selection of triggers and interpreters
Integrates well with PC analysis software
Record and replay is a feature you will use everytime

Verified Purchase KK on Apr 20, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Rigol 2072A

5.0

The 2072A is a solid scope and definitely a step up from the entry Rigol line. By using the pulse width trigger I was able to completely characterize the I2C performance of a product under development and to detect a timing spec violation. That alone was worth the cost difference from the entry Rigol scopes.

The memory depth, large display and math functions all contribute to the value of this scope. Screen capture is easily done using the free Rigol Utilities (RUU) available for download on the EEVblog forum.

The menus take a bit of getting used to, but this is typical of any of today's feature-laden scopes. If you have used any modern scope then the learning curve isn't bad. So give this scope a look if you are in the market for a DSO / DPO.

Verified Purchase Robin Becker on Mar 20, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Great Product

5.0

Love the display. Have been using it for a week now and is a great hobbyist scope.

Verified Purchase Anonymous on Mar 09, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Very good oscilloscope with lots of possibilities

4.0

This is my experience after owning the scope four weeks.There are numerous settings available and measurements which can be done. It takes several hours to check them all out, unfortunately this time is deducted from the 2000 minutes of free options, it is not 2000 minutes when using an option, as it simply counts the "on" time of the scope. I experimented a little with the RS232 decoding option by sending 6 to 8 characters at a time, however I could only get as a maximum the last two characters decoded, as the screen is filled with more than two, it will of course show the wave forms, but not the decoding anymore.Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
My equipment is placed on a shelf about 1 1/2 ft above the workbench (a very common installation) and with that setup I noticed that the display really washes out quite a lot when looking to it from below sitting on a chair. Viewed from above everything is fine. This is something Rigol really should look at in the future by using a better display. That said, this scope is an amazing value for the possibilities it provides and I love working with it.

AEM VAN DE VEN on Feb 23, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Fantastic value!

5.0

Been using the scope for a while now and it is everything I had hoped for. Has been reliable, accurate and a pleasure to use. Will be buying more Rigol products!

Verified Purchase David Green on Feb 12, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Best thing you can get for the price range

5.0

I JUST LOVED !!! Its perfect... if you consider the possibility of modding the unit( may void your warranty) it can became a 300mhz scope with unlimited codec options . I have been using and I am in love with it !

Verified Purchase Tiago Baracho on Feb 12, 2014 I found this helpful (1)

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Great middle priced DSO for DIY

5.0

Generous screen size, convenient user interface. There are plenty youtube videos with detailed reviews, so I will not repeat. I liked customer service - very responsive, personal and to the point.

Verified Purchase R Dremov on Feb 08, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Great value for the price

4.0

This scope is really nice. I especially like the bus decoding feature for RS232, SPI and I2C.
Although I bought the scope for personal use, I brought it with me to work the last time I had to debug a circuit.
What is an advantage to a logic analyzer is that you can see whether something is wrong with the signal, like ringing or that kind of stuff. A logic analyzer can't show you this.
Of course a logic analyzer is still helpful if you need to watch more than 2 channels, but if you're not sure whether your problem is "analog" or "digital", then the scope is the right choice.

The Firmware could need some improvement at some places (this gives -1 star). For example the decoding only works properly in "stop" mode, but the decoded symbols are also shown in run mode. So either switch of the decoded symbols in run mode, or fix decoding in run mode. Either shouldn't be too difficult.

The PC software (another -0.5 star) could also be a little bit better. But in the EEVBlog Forum a user published a nice PC Tool to transfer data and take screenshots.

The screen is good. The noise is okay, it could be a bit quieter. However I know many more expensive measurement gear which is much louder than this one.

Overall I can recommend the device. I really enjoy it.

Verified Purchase Stefan D on Feb 07, 2014 I found this helpful (1)

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Great Midrange Scope

4.0

Possibly the best midrange scope on the market. Accurate, high-bandwidth, has a handy Help feature, and has a surprising number of useful triggering modes. UI is easy to use. Included probes are fairly high quality. Image capture and data export are difficult to use.

Downloadable modules add a protocol sniffer, increased bandwidth, memory depth, etc. If you do some searching, you can find scripts to unlock these features for free. Shh, don't tell!

Zack Freedman on Feb 03, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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DS2072

5.0

This is a well built piece of test equipment. Has a heavy feel. Has tons of features, more than I well every use. Buy it you won't regret it

Radardude on Jan 26, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Great scope!

5.0

This is my third order from Tequipment. They have been great with both customer service and ship times. I own all Rigol equipment, and this is my third piece from Rigol. For the price you get excellent value on this piece. The waveform capture mode with 58Mpts of memory is amazing. Also 50,000 waveforms per second is spoiling. I would defiantly recommend this scope to anyone!

Verified Purchase Matt Honeycutt on Jan 21, 2014 I found this helpful (1)

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Excellent Oscilloscope

5.0

The Rigol DS2072A is exactly what I needed and at the best price I could find anywhere. Shipping was quick and the double boxes was very much appreciated!

For the money, the feature set of this scope is hard to match!

Verified Purchase Darryl H. on Jan 20, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Great service and price

5.0

This is a VERY nice upgrade from the older Rigol I had. Shipping was fast and was boxed very well. Price was the best I could find on the internet too!

Verified Purchase Brian Sturk on Jan 16, 2014 I found this helpful (0)

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Rigol DS2072A

4.0

I've given this device four stars simply because I haven't had enough time to really dig into it and work with it.

I chose this unit because it had many of the features I liked over the less expensive models. I'm working with tube amplifiers and other so-called antique equipment, so my needs are not the cutting edge for equipment. Take that as you will, this unit is solidly constructed. While it does not have an incredibly high-end feel that you would expect from a premium scientific device, it does have solid controls that respond well. I like that it is constructed adequately and does not take up that much space on my bench.

There is a learning curve with a device of this type. It has many, many functions and capabilities that are explained in the electronic documentation that comes with the unit.

On the tests that I've conducted and the minor work that I've done with it so far, the measurements were accurate. What more can a person ask for? It's a solid unit with a ton of functions and capabilities at a price that's under $1000. I'm happy with the purchase and have no problem recommending it to someone in the market.

Also, Tequipment shipped it quickly and with no hassle. So stop reading this and just buy the thing already - you'll be happy you did.

Verified Purchase Bradley Bartram on Jan 16, 2014 I found this helpful (4)

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Great Oscilloscope

5.0

I was pleasantly surprised by this Oscilloscope. It has a boatload of features and great specs for the price you pay. I love the large screen size and the ability to do an FFT plot split screen or overlay on top of the signal screen. Highly recommended.

Verified Purchase Davido Hyer on Jan 16, 2014 I found this helpful (1)