I have the latest and greatest from both Tek and Agilent at work, designed and made right here in the states. They suffer from menu-itis just like the chinese stuff does. My Tek DSA 72004 at work is a complete PITA to use unless I have the mouse and keyboard attached. In my opinion, it's just how things are in the modern age.
-Eric On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 8:03 AM, J. Forster <j...@quikus.com> wrote: > I often smile secretly at those who tout the latest asian stuff. It may be > small, light, and look like a 'puter, but it doesn't compare for bench use > to a Tek 7000 series similar vintage portables. > > Going through layer after layer of ever more obtuse menus is just not > 'user friendly' to me. Maybe it is to the designers, because they are used > to a 10,000+ character alphabet? > > -John > > ======== > > > > >> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 09:46:27AM +0200, Attila Kinali wrote: >> >>> > Sadly, the last scope I bought was a Chinese Rigol. (I do have "real" >>> > scopes too.) It is getting to the point where Rigol and Instek will >>> make >>> > buying boat anchors a thing of the past. >>> >>> What's the quality of those chinese scopes? >> >> I never had the opportunity to use good old Tek, HP or Fluke instruments, >> because I never had access to them, so when I begun to buy instruments for >> myself, I was completely unbiased and I looked to the price and spec >> sheets >> more than the maker. >> >> To start, I wanted to replace my very very old (but very good) analog >> multimeter, so I bought an handheld Metex digital multimer. I choose what >> was >> then their top item with thermocouple and PC connectivity. >> I had soon to give it away for free to a friend (who needed a wire >> continuity >> beeper) and I bought a Fluke 177. It costed me even more, it has not PC >> connectivity and thermocouple, but the Metex was completely unuseable >> while the >> Fluke is very good. >> >> Then it was the time for a scope, a function generator and a lab power >> supply. >> I bought all the three from Instek. The scope was the GDS-820S and as soon >> as I >> had the opportunity, I sold it and bought an Agilent DSO3062A. This >> Agilent too >> is very entry-level, the plastic case cracks easily, in general the >> quality is >> not near the level the other Agilent instruments I late bought (like the >> 34401A) but the Instek was unuseable while the Agilent is ok. >> (I still own the function generator and the power supply: being not >> precision >> items they are useable... but for precision I bought an used Wavetek >> generator) >> >> To sum it up, my experience is that good instruments are unvaluable, for >> work >> as well for hobby.... (for hobby it's even more important, because it's >> supposed >> you should enjoy doing it!) >> >> Best regards, >> Andrea Baldoni >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. -- --Eric _________________________________________ Eric Garner _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.