PVR-500 dual tuner card for $86??

[electron]

http://www.unitedsale.com/product_info.php?products_id=4187

Has anyone dealt with this company before? These cards usually sell for much more, I am trying to figure out what the catch is ...

 

[MeSteve]

Me personally, I won;t buy from any company I don't already know unless there is a street address on their site. I know it could be fake unless you do some investigating, but it tells me they aren't trying to hide anything.

 

[electron]

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?..._unitedsale_com

Looks like they are a huge eBay seller. This deal is starting to look more tempting now (btw, a regular profile PVR500 runs around $130).

 

[Mike]

Look at their faqs and note how they talk about reconditioned products exclusively. Then take a look at general item descriptions, a few say "this is a brand new item".

It could be the low price is for reconditioned merchandise.

 

[electron]

After doing some more research, I think this is a low profile PVR-150 (picture is exactly the same):

http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/products/...vr150lpmce.html

And I can't even confirm if a a low profile PVR-500 exists.

 

[MeSteve]

# FEATURES LOW PROFILE video recorder for Windows XP Media Center Edition ONLY, NTSC version ONLY.
# WinTV-PVR-150MCE-LP brings live TV, FM radio and TV recording to Windows XP Media Center Edition.

There you go.

 

[electron]

judging by the previous feedback they got, they like to mention that they are "only human" and make mistakes. Almost sounds like a bait and switch scenario.