XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: rmowery42@charter.net   
      
   In article ,   
   cd@notformail.com says...   
   >   
   > >No, but is differentiating products on softwar supplies any different from   
   > >differentiating them on hardware?  Cheap ones simply wouldn't be available   
   to   
   > >hobbyists if they had to sell them all as top of the range, where they make   
   > >the money for the effort to make a high bandwidth scope.  There is also the   
   > >advantage that they can perhaps be hacked by well-informed hobbyists, but   
   most   
   > >commercial buyers wouldn't be happy doing that for one or another reason.   
   >   
   > AFAIC, it *does* matter if the limitations are in hardware or   
   > software. In the case of scopes for example, good  bandwidth don't   
   > come cheap! So if you're going to go to the expense of developing high   
   > bandwidth capability it just seems like self-mutilation to cripple all   
   > that hard work to produce an inferior product.   
   >   
   >   
      
   From what I am seeing on the Internet there are some scopes that the   
   software limits them but to get the full bandwidth some components need   
   to be changed.  I bought a China function generator and while it does   
   not have a software upgrade there are several components to be changed   
   that make it function better at higher frequencies.   
      
    I heard some cars have functions that can be turned on and off remotely   
   so they can charge you yearly.   
      
   The sat and cable TV is like that .  The equipment is the same but they   
   only enable the channels you pay for.   
      
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