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Omg the soldering on that icl8069

Looked good here even at a humble 480 resolution. The zoom detail was very good, as was the full video which must have taken a long time to put together.

watching your old teardowns after watching this 4K one is like day and night. the video is so crisp and sharp

That zoom in was pretty awesome!

I don't know if it is better but your video quality is REALLY GOOD. Thanks for your work!

That’s impressive high quality video, hope to see more in future,thumps up!

Thanks, I was looking like crazy for you back to back transistor zerner video and couldn't remember which one

Watched in 4K on my 4K TV, looked great. Keep it up pls.

Superb quality video from your Sony 4K camera Dave. The audio is a bit 'bass light' but nothing you wouldn't expect when you're a reasonable distance from the camera.

Loving the new 4K res! Keep up the good work Dave!

Good review. I might pick one up just to have a bang about meter instead of carrying my Fluke everywhere. The 4K was really good. You could even see your reflection in the solder joint when you did your first zoom on the ICL right around 2:45.

I always watch you on my 4k tv. Yea it looks 4x better! Went back to the video on my phone to let you know it's worth it thanks for uploading it to 4k

On 4K you can really see where the camera focuses. This is not that apparent in 1080p. The camera seems to have a small depth of field. Maybe decreasing the apperture size will improve this. But this is really just nitpicking and loads better than 1080p. Love the sound quality too!

Yes the video quality is excellent. I do not have experience with LCDs, but believe they are ac driven and the phasing relationship determines which segments turn on. If that is true, then wouldn't it be possible to switch from the negative view to the positive view by reversing the phasing? I like that dark background for inside work, and it would be neat to have another switch, (or an ambient light sensor), that would switch to the positive view and switch the illumination off when the meter was being used in a bright area.

Great review and teardown, the 4K looks fantastic. I don't have a great audio setup (a dickey 30+ yo boombox wired in) but there was nothing bad in the sound. The icky soldering did show very clearly though. I am very curious as to why that transistor didn't have any solder on two legs (at least on the topside) but if it wasn't worth pointing out then I'm going to guess it's not a big deal for whatever reason.

Excellent

It might be something with my individual vision, but a 1080p60fps looks better to me than 4K. Maybe because my laptop screen is only 1080p. Still, the 4K was excellent. Thanks for the teardown and enjoy the new camera!

1080p looks amazing, very clear and easy to see. The only limitation is these old eyes :-)

Love watching you videos. you are very informative. I now know how my Hantek 2D72 scope meter works. It has 3 Relays.

the polarizer on the display can be inverted? and use a reflective surface on the back to work without the lights (as a "normal" lcd)?

4K vs regular HD all looks the same on my 4K smartwatch anymore. My eyes must be going. That additional unmarked chip looks like a popular philips segmented LCD driver commonly used in automotive applications..... it has the resistor and capacitor pair next to it that select oscillator frequency for lcd scan.

the picture looks very nice, keep up the good work. see you....clearly...

Thanks

Looks mint.

The new zoom facility is well worthwhile. Great stuff.

Dry as a dead dingo's donga.....love it...

4K on a 4K monitor looks very sharp and detailed, it's very nice!

The 4K was super sharp on my big screen iMac. Perfect for those close ups.

love the 4K quality, also looks very good in 1080p.

Great video Dave. Your new camera is awesome. 👍🏼

Looks better, Nice camera

The soldering isn't actually too bad, when you consider it's probably RoHs solder.(no lead). That type of solder is not as shiny as Lead/Tin solder, and it requires higher temperature. If you're planning on using that meter, I would highly recommend re-soldering the ICL8069 voltage reference. Even though it's probably soldered just fine on the other side of the board, I never really trust those vias on double sided circuit boards. If you flow solder on the top side of those boards, it would help ensure more consistent voltage readings.

The 4K video looks stunning in 4K :)

I don't understand your disdain for the LCD screen? I have this DMM in my hands right now. My eyes see it quite differently. Bold segments that are easy to read and clear as day. Bright and spacious display with space to spare. Amazing considering how small this meter is. It's not OLED or EBTN but it's damn good nonetheless. Maybe you acquired a dud. Even good batteries are cheap as borscht nowadays so battery life really shouldn't be a factor. What's the deal? I think it's a step forward unlike some new meter displays that seem stuck in the "90s. Btw, the meter ships in a nice OEM case. More new meters should do the same!

Your 4K video looks great as I watch it in 480p...

for high-res close-up stuff (e.g. 4k video of electronics) you should use fixed F/8 and iso100, if you have enough light for that

Nice zoom detail on the board . The camera makes the multimeter better :P

Good hour. Thanks to your detailed review, I bought myself the same multimeter. But in the case of a change on the board, the resistor P30 is replaced by a jumper. Could you suggest the value of this resistor.

At 6 min in the PTC and clamp node I suspect is the drive side for the diode, resistance, capacitance, etc. modes. The high impedance leg is the input. You should hear the relay switch in anytime you change to one of the other modes.

Your 4k video looks nearly as good on my 1600x900 laptop screen as it does on my 5" phone screen.

What is it with the soldering job on the voltage reference around 3:00 ?! That is terrible !!! Well at least there is a connection on the bottom side...

Got a new 4k screen and I'm loving it!

around 2,50 it gets a bit grainy ,a little less zoom .but the 4 k is great mate !

4K looks nice here streaming in the USA!

The 4K is blazingly sharp!

oh crap... just order one :-/ cause I was looking for one with temperature measuring also. ir looked neat any advice for a replacement that just not cost thousands like a Fluke?

Anyway Dave. Your new camera looks great. Particularly the zoom. See 2:45 where the chip numbers are in perfect focus. As well as the terrible soldering... Grrrrrrr. Lol

Holy shit I can see your reflection in the voltage reference solder blob!!!!!

somehow I can't switch to 4K, no options for it. Maybe RU-vid detects my desktop resolution and hides inapropriate modes...

That zoom was awesome, but you either didn't spot the half soldered voltage reference or you forgot to mention it.

very nice camera dave :)

I definitely hear that the sound quality has changed. Not saying that it's better or worse, but immediately after the video started, I was like "there is something different about the sound".

I'm not sure i still watch it in 1080p and it looks good for me ..I liked that zoom option..that was nice thing

I was wondering if that relay drew current all the time or not. By the way Dave, the newer 8009 does have the NCV in place of square wave generator and also has temp probe - unfortunately the 8009 still doesnt have the missing ranges you spoke of. If they added the ranges, replaced the power hog display with an updated LCD one, rework the tilting bale maybe they could keep the push buttons and with these mods have a good upgrade model from the 8009. I have an 8009 and its been great, had high hopes for the Q1 but looks like they didnt think this one through, the design just isnt practical in its current form.

If you need the NCV option this meter has to offer then i suggest getting the Aneng AN8009 instead, its almost the same as the AN8008 but has the PWM switched for the NCV,, you also get the temp probe and it will save you a few $

Yes 4K!!

It looks like they didn´t use a bunch of pins on that micro controller. Almost the entire left side looks unsoldered. I wonder if you could add some extra features to that.

Dave, with all the negative remarks you gave about the display, wouldn't it be a good part of the teardown, to try and flip the polarisor foil to see if that works to invert the display. This because I believe the MM will keep working below this 2.5V threshold. Yes the led will cut off but the meter will still be usable like his cheaper brother. With all the measurements within good spec I love this meter, because I dislike the dail and would love pushbutton. Makes one handed work much easier.

It looks amazing at even lower resolution, even at 480p on a 1080p display it was surprisingly sharp for the text and markings Nice upgrade! Too bad the MM ain't up to par ;)

NICE

The 4k footage is absolutely better, but there is some video noise if you do a full zoom in.

I have a short in battery and the screen led work but no data ...can you help me with this proplem

Nice video! Incredible camera. An interesting mod would be using a 18650 battery and adding a USB charger.

Misters, I ask you about the help how the Q5 transistor is called??? The transistor is faulty, there was a factory defect... I want to learn its marking and analogs to put the new transistor ... This transistor sensor of definition of turning on of probes in the slot milliampere ... Help to define marking of the Q5 transistor please

I only have 4K monitors currently but the video looks good.

Are those jacks custom built? I have been trying to buy them online and I am not even sure what to search for.

Do you have any tear downs of any microphones? Condenser or any that will work.

hi Dave would you recommend cutting back the COM track on the PCB for added safety? ps thumbs up for 4k

Dave, do you know the brand Yokogawa? It would be cool if you reviewed some of their instruments, specially the YT720 multimeter.

4k looks amazing (On a 4k monitor)

Did you ever mention anything about the poor solder welds on the 3-pole transmogrifier?

Did we *finally* find a product that the Batterizer would be useful in?

4k is great

BTW, the fuses on the right picture are really so small/short? Any safety standard respected by ANENG?... The 4k is priceless, indeed.

Isn't VA referring to the type of LCD display? "Vertical Alignment"

If use relay, it need fresh battery in few days ,relay use huge amount Amp compared to otocopler, if you always use /need it, consider another brand .

now we need some oscilloscope teardowns in 4k.

Anyone else watching him in the solder reflection when he zoomed in?

actually there might be a good use case for this meter just by the screen, or at least i would like one for just this purpose. dicking around and diagnosing cars, you're often in weird places in weird positions with bad lighting and being able to just push a button and hiving that screen always lit would make things a bit easier to read but then again that is the only use case i can imagine this would be a good meter for just a general purpose garage meter.

4K was crispy

Galaxy A8 2018, no 4k option present :(

Fantastic 4K resolution on my big 43 inch LG Ultra HD tv. !

4k is nice

How come only one of the three leads is soldered at 3:00? Any reason this wasn't mentioned?

The relay is a great idea Mate, think about it. There is no parasite drain and you can have an auto shutdown.

Friends please. What value of Q5 and Q4 in circuits aneng Q1 ? Do you have schematics ? Thanks

Would be nice to know whether it can run off a 4V supply.. that 2xAA battery case looks like a nice place to stuff a LiIon pouch cell in..

best multimeter :)

@2:58 nice zoom. wot no solder on 2 out of 3 legs of the vref??

The comment about the higher bitrate on 1080P is only true if you watching on a browser that support the VP9 codec officially. That is to say half of the mobile devices with 2K screen are still streaming MP4 because it’s more recognized and has hardware built in GPU instructions for better battery life even if you tablet or laptop support up to 2K and 4K. So now youtube won’t encode MP4 in anything higher then 1080. Unless you can download google chrome web browsers but again some devices don’t support VP9 including TV, and other things that even have googles own app installed on them. So you can have a smart 4K TV that may not play a real 4K or better 1080P. And if it’s is playing 4K it might just be upscaling it. Even most andriod devices can’t run VP9, and it seems VP9 is more processor heaving killing batteries faster on laptops if you do force Firefox to run it. But mobile browsers or safari, sorry. So if IPad Pro owners and other high end tablet or laptop owners are wondering what happened to the 1440 (2K)option, now you know. MPG has been officially accepted and supported by almost everything, but google is forcing their now codes down your throat. Name a song,e camera that records in the video format, so it doesn’t matter what wrapper codec your camera records in, RU-vid changes it completely anyway. Even if it’s a little sharper, still It would be better if they rolled out open support for everyone before changing RU-vid over. I’m not going to go buy a new tablet TV because of this, google can bite me. So you won’t be seeing any 4K uploads from me until VP9 is an adopted standard and has built in support on processors and GPUs without the need to go buy new hardware or the latest andriod device. Seems like abuse of power if you ask me.

Thanks a lot, Dave :) I liked its screen/display :) (it got color) Silly question, does not the Relay drain the batteries quickly?

Stay at 4K, looks fantastic.

I was thinking of reversing the polarizing filter, and disable the backlight.

4k is very nice on the PC

Video quality seems exactly the same in 4k as in 720p on my 1280x1024 screen.

where find the electronic schematics?

Cut the backlight wire and turn the polarizing filter 90 degrees maybe?

Video quality excellent on my MacBook - it defaulted to displaying at the native 1440P resolution. As an aside, a MacBook / Final Cut Pro would be a solution to Vegas crashing... ;)

Which mic is being used? The mid range is a bit harsh.. but only very slightly

Aneng Q1, zotek zt-x or zotek zt-111...???