> >> Stay away from Agilent.
> >
> >Why?
>
> Agilent seem to have lost the plot in recent years. I don't have
experience
> with their recent DMM's, but a colleague has a recent scope of theirs, and
I
> much prefer my Tek TDS 2000 & TDS3000 series, except for the memory size.
> Other items from Agilent don't seem as nice either.

Interesting. When I was tossing up between a bottom end Tek and a bottom end
Agilent scope, someone who had both (actually he had the more capable 3000
series Tek) wrote me a very nice detailed comparison which basically
concluded that the Agilent walked all over the Tek in almost every
situation. He said that he almost always used the HP and got the Tek out
only very occasionally when it's features happened to be a better match. The
Tek has a short buffer but a higher max sample rate and on some high speed
signals will outperform the Agilent.

I ended up buying the Tek on price - I would have loved the Agilent but
decided I didn't really need it at present and could buy one "next time
around" if the Tek proved less capable than needed.


        Russell McMahon

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