That's odd. I had a great experience with Hauppauge recently. I bought 2 white label PVR-250MCE's and installed them. They both worked fine for about 3 months, then one died. I tried it in a windoze system, too, with bad results.
I sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the card model number, serial number, an explanation of the problems I had and after a few email exchanges they sent me an RMA number. I shipped the card to them and within 2 weeks I had a new card. Where and when did you buy the card? I believe they provide a 2 year warranty. Is your card possibly older than that? I'd try again. Good luck. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Kilgore Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 10:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ivtv-devel] Bad card? Well I officially give up. I believe my PVR-350 card is bad and the manufacturer not only will not honor the warranty, they are extremely rude in the process. I decided to try some windows pvr solutions including the software that came with card. The card behaved in the same manner. The encoder works fine. When I use the decoder on the other hand. Any interruptions in the mpeg stream (as from a ff/rw/pause/Bus lag/etc) will cause the card to blow up. Of course in windows the result is much more dramatic. Blue screens, freezes, etc. Same behavior 3 different OS's = bad hardware in my book. As soon as I suggested anything about a replacement they stopped answering my emails and when I call they hang up. Buy.com of course will not touch it now, its been too long. I wonder how many other people having problems with the card is because of crappy manufacturing. Any ideas, clues, etc? I'm really at the end of my rope. I really hate to throw away $200 like this. Thanks Brent ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
