Re: Active Probe vs Differential Probe

In article <13nfuklb27j9sef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
sci.electronics.design, zapwireDASHgroups@xxxxxxxxx says...
"krw" <krw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well, a good car is 30 grand, but isn't four grand for a 200MHz
scope a little steep?

I think John's point is that, by the time you properly outfit a cheaper scope
with decent isolated input adapters (and include all the engineering time in
doing so), $4k is starting to look pretty cheap.

Differential probes aren't all that spendy.

Have you looked at the products John offers? IMHO his prices are entirely
reasonable, so I have to believe he has a decent grasp on what's worth the
money and what isn't.

Yes, many times and have been suitably impressed. I'm not bitching
at John for spending his money, rather at the pricing of that
particular scope. There isn't any way I'm buying one, though I'm
scopeless.

Seriously, I'm not against spending money, something that
corporations are very bad at (I'm stuck with a single 19" display),

The thing with CRTs/LCDs and computers often really just is a status game: It
often literally is, "My LCD is bigger than yours, chump!"

Often it is, particularly with management types (even when they're
the makers of said equipment). OTOH, I'll guarantee you that a
couple of 20", or larger, displays will improve my productivity by
a tad more than a minute a day. Enough so, that I'd buy the
monitors myself were I allowed to (and knew I'd get them back). I
have far better computer equipment at home than on my desk at work.
My time at work is far more expensive though.

--
Keith
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