Armaheadon:So my friend just talked to a Dell Rep who said the tuners were discontinued. I am very skeptical about this and he is calling back now. They are still offering the tuners on their website.. but.. the price is much higher. 2 Tuners are a $491 upgrade..
Montyward: I was right at my 21 day return window for the computer so I called Dell to see if I can return it, since I don't want to be stuck with a computer without the tuners and I wanted to at least evaluate the entire system and decide if it was worth keeping. They said I could return it now, or that I could have a $150 discount. I asked for $300 and we ended up at $250. Maybe you guys with delayed tuners can get a similar deal.
I was right at my 21 day return window for the computer so I called Dell to see if I can return it, since I don't want to be stuck with a computer without the tuners and I wanted to at least evaluate the entire system and decide if it was worth keeping. They said I could return it now, or that I could have a $150 discount. I asked for $300 and we ended up at $250.
Maybe you guys with delayed tuners can get a similar deal.
I'm seriously just thinking about cancelling the tuners order. I really just wanted a DCT enabled box, which is what I got from my XPS 420 order. I ordered it with tuners to insur I get the second PID for DCT.
Lets all call Ceton and beg them to move faster on their cards and stop throwing our money at ATI, who can't get this stuff working correctly, anyways. Come on Ceton, I've got $400 wanting for your cards!
Well, I just received my tuners from Dell. Originally were supposed to be here on the 11th. Weird thing is that they never told me they shipped, they just showed up. I was also expecting that $250 credit that I negotiated earlier, but have yet to see that show up either.
We'll see. Now the "fun" of activating these things.
Firmware updated and they're ready to be moved into the house.
Yeah, I placed the order on March 18th, so slightly under 4 weeks. At the time, they said the tuners were a 6 day delay, now I think it is much more substantial.
Monty
Mine shipped as well. I ordered on 3/26 and they had a ship date of 5/14...so woohoo!
-- Rick
Looks like I should be happy with only being charged $17 per!
Ben, that's awesome you're getting them as well. Although I am a little jealous it only took you two weeks!!