Answering the question of why Tektronix and the other top tier manufactuer's oscilloscopes are so expensive? Why don't they just make a low cost scope?
Here is a list of 16 reasons, can you add more?

00:00 Why Are Tektronix Oscilloscopes So Expensive?
03:18 Educational Market
04:00 Warranty & Service
04:41 Industrial Components
05:55 Made in the USA, Supply Chain Assurance, & Export control agreements
07:29 Applications Support
08:46 Construction Quality & Consistency
09:07 Longevity of Production
10:22 Calibration & Servicing
11:34 Measurement Confidence
12:25 Approved Vendors
14:06 Defacto Standard & Brand Solutions
14:51 Accesories
15:29 Pioneers & High end solutions
16:53 Small things
17:56 Consistency in User Interface
19:21 More polished firmware
21:14 More polished applications software solutions

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