First I have to say I have never seen a Rigid saw so I know nothing about them. I did attend a table saw safety class given by Kelly Mehler and he used the DeWalt for his demonstration. I know Kelly works as a consultant to DeWalt and my have some bias, but I was impressed with the saw all day long. He carried the saw in, threw it up on a table (didn't use the x-stand), put the fence on it and did the class. I am sure the saw was well tuned to start with but after banging it around all day, fence on and off etc., all the cuts were as good as the first.

Ray - my .02 worth