[mythtv-users] What's up with the PVR-150?

[Rich West]

bobwsmailbox-mytv at yahoo.com wrote:
> --- Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> On 08/02/07, Andrew Leahy <aleahy at knox.edu> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I was looking into getting a PVR-150, but when I looked at the reviews
>>> at newegg.com they're getting a big thumbs down in recent weeks from
>>> linux users because Hauppauge has apparently started replacing them with
>>> relabeled HVR-1600's:
>>>       
>
> I ordered a pvr-150 from newegg and received a 1600, no indication of the swap on the box. The
> note in the box indicated that Hauppauge ran out of 150s during the Christmas season and
> substituted the 1600. 
>
> I got an RMA from newegg, but they wanted a Restock fee and of course I would have had to pay
> shipping both ways. After I complained in an email to newegg, I wrote to hauppauge who quickly
> responded with a RMA #, offering to exchange it for a 150. Then Newegg came through with an offer
> to waive the restock fee and a $10 credit for shipping. 
>
> So I shipped it back to newegg and bought another 150 in a local store. (Which I opened in the
> store to verify that it really was a 150.)
>
> So they may be out of the substituted 1600s, but even if you get a 1600, you should be able to get
> the right card one way or the other.

IMHO, you should get what you pay for.  Period.  If you bought a 
PVR-150, you should get a PVR-150.  This whole idea of them swapping it 
for a 1600 is just plain wrong.  They should be honest and just say "Out 
of Stock".

I guess I now know why, when I bought two PVR-150's (the 274 model from 
Newegg), I got the ones with the FM tuner in it instead.

-Rich