[sdiy] pocket-sized DSO

[Tom Wiltshire]

I suspect that the 'major' brands are also made in China.  
Furthermore, if the major brand and the cheap brand look virtually  
identical, they're probably made in the same factory in China.
This is relatively common - some manufacturer produces an unbranded  
product, which they then sell on to various manufacturers for  
branding and marketing. The price you pay depends mostly on the brand  
and not on the goods.
A couple of examples: I had a cheap no-name wireless internet box  
which was identical in every way (bar the stickers) to my friend's  
more expensive Netgear one. My dad owns an electric screwdriver that  
is identical to an expensive DeWalt one, except it has a different  
coloured plastic case.

T.

On 20 Feb 2010, at 03:49, Scott Nordlund wrote:

> This is a Chinese brand, right?  I keep seeing these "no name"  
> brands of cheap digital scopes, Rigol, Uni_T, OWON, Instek, ATTEN,  
> AitdTek, etc. and I wonder if they're any good compared to "major"  
> brands.  A lot of them seem to be either re-brands of the same  
> model or blatant copies of Tektronix designs.