In India, Dell ships Avermedia Nanoexpress HC82 TV Tuner card for laptops, Avermedia has its own remote and blaster, but Dell customizes it and sends its Own Dell MCE Remote ( P/N: OFW195) model RC1974507/00 , IR Blaster (Model: OVU412002/00 ) (helps in receiving the signals from Remote) and IR emitter cable (which you connect at the back of IR Blaster and the emitter helps send signal to the set top box to change channel etc. ) . Dell does not send any documentation with this in India and says to download documentation for all this from website but it is not their either ... all the buttons on the remote, what they are for, even tech support has no clue about it. The Dell MCE remote has a very good range and a blue light glows when you press any button. The IR emitter cable is long enough to connect to nearby boxes. The IR Blaster connects to the USB ports and Vista detected is a eHome Receiver. For all this thing to work, you have to be in the Media centre Mode. []
I have attached the photo of the Avermedia Nanoexpress HC82 TV Tuner card Express card provided by Dell with its laptops in India ..... its shows the accessories that come with it which is quite different from the accessories provided by Avermedia if you buy this directly from market. This is a stripped down version of the actual card, with less capabilities, also Only Xp/Vista MCE will work with it, Avemedias own software i.e. Aver Tv and Aver Media centre will not detect this card even after installing original drivers in Dell systems. Specially the FM radio will not work though the original card from Aver has FM features. Dell does not specify this while selling it (sales person is too ignorant about this and dell website does not even name the card, just says tv tuner card) . one ends up spending around 4000/- to get a incapable card. People have even faced issues with Video capture. The worst part is all agents in Dell tecnical Support in India have no training or idea about this. They keep the case open saying we will do some research in the lab and get back to you. Dell should clearly mention what they are selling, not doing this is a clear violation of consumer rights. I will not reccomend this card but suggest buying the card directly from market.
How was the above review written. Lying to pawn the product. Not even misleading, just denying the tests he has conducted.The Avermedia link that I have sent you says that it has FM ... I have never tried it.
Compatibility had been tested by the seller, and its failure for current OSs. Again denial of FM usage, which was critical to the buyer.I was not able to check FM but I cheked tv reception, camcorder connection,
video recording etc and specially card compatibility with other hardware.
Happy posting dear. I have also gone through yr grievance link and read the discussions going there. You people are too smart to blame anyone just becoz u think u got cheated without getting into the facts. This product is not manufactured by me neither I got it made for myself from a OEM vendor. So obviously I dont know each n every thing about the card. It was purchased from Dell India with my laptop as a bundeled package. Neither had they mentioned in their website about this card about its feaatures nor did the sales guy/tech agent knew about this. They are gave me the Aver link saying its the same card. They dint even mention what all they will give with my card. But I ordered becoz I had limited options.
When The card came I dint bother to check all the features as I just plugged it to see if the card was functional but some features were not getting highlighted so researched and also asked the tech support guy but they are all clueless. So i dint do further experiment as there was no sure shot info what will work n what will not. Sso just packed it back. So does that mean Dell Conned me!! Dell is selling it to so many customers worldwide so why dint any one sue Dell.
I sold it simply becoz it was lying idle with me, simple, I had no intentions to conn anyone neither I said any lies. You all have mouth and fingers to type so just put yr thoughts. Second hand sales are like this, people sell it coz they need money or want to get rid of things. They dont charge u for warranty, service or take profit. Its sold much below the market price, they also suffer the loss. Your thought process is quite deviated and misalligned. If you just intend to rubbish someone, I cant help.
kippu said:he mised , you believed ....your bad...now he has a bad rep and he cant sell here again...but i dont think hes obligated in refunding you , you can always sell it on to someone else..... you just believed his advertising and you have learnt a lesson , trust noone