ETA on my CableCARD tuner, 2 months!

You read that right, my XPS 420 with CableCARD finally has “In Production” status and while the XPS420 is expected to ship within two weeks — also crazy — the ATI CableCARD tuner isn’t expected to ship until May 22nd. That is almost two months from now. Is ATI that back ordered that it takes two months to receive one? I know Dell always tries to under promise and over deliver, but wow.

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6 Responses to “ETA on my CableCARD tuner, 2 months!”

  1. Project HTPC » Blog Archive » links for 2008-03-31 says:
    March 31, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    […] ETA on my CableCARD tuner, 2 months! – Ben Drawbaugh Want to taste CableCARD goodness with a Windows Media Center PC from Dell? Better plan ahead. (tags: Windows MediaCenter HDTV CableCARD HTPC) […]

  2. Dave Zatz says:
    March 31, 2008 at 8:33 pm

    Probably has something to do with your little SDV issue… 😉

  3. Ben Drawbaugh says:
    April 1, 2008 at 3:33 am

    FiOS doesn’t use SDV??

  4. » Vista Media Center arrives today, what to do first? » Ben Drawbaugh says:
    April 3, 2008 at 4:29 am

    […] Dell loves to under promise and over deliver and although my new XPS 420 wasn’t expected to ship until the 14th, it is on track to arrive today via FedEx. Let’s just hope my ATI CableCARD tuner arrives in 1/3rd the time as well. […]

  5. » Dell is shipping CableCARD tuners again! » Ben Drawbaugh says:
    April 15, 2008 at 7:56 am

    […] from Dell, it has shipped my order much faster than promised. It’s a good thing too, as 2 months was way too much to ask for. In the end it only took two weeks, which isn’t that bad. A few […]

  6. » Day one with Vista Media Center » Ben Drawbaugh says:
    April 21, 2008 at 5:41 am

    […] am feeling more confident that this solution will be able to replace my TiVos, but I’ll wait until I receive my CableCARD tuner to pass final […]