free tv tuner pci card

[MrPG]

Heya gang,

free tv tuner card. i think it comes packeged with some internet dealie and spam. It spams you with stuff related to what you're watching i believe.... i dunno i sent away for 1 to check it out

here's the link;

info;
http://www.planetville.com/TV.html

form;
http://www.planetville.com/signup.html

 

[Braxus]

Think I remember signing up for this a long time ago... Never arrived.

 

[emonkey]

I'd rather deal with spending $25 for a tv card and keep my privacy than get that for free and be bombarded with spam for the rest of my life.

 

[fr]

This site hasn't changed in years. They still state they're affiliated with Accompany, before they changed to MobShop, before they became bust

 

[Spankie33]

Cant you just use Dscaler with this and avoid their crap?

 

[xp1800]

Hey Spankie, what is Dscaler??
TIA

 

[mpjohnst]

So is this deal for real? Has anyone got one yet? Do you have to use their service? I just want the card...

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

dscaler
tv tuner program. does a better job (in most cases) than the software that ships with most cards. lots of nifty features and better quality video. i use it and like it a lot.

 

[Lvis]

God this has been around for years....no one ever received theirs...it's just a scam to get your e-mail addy.

 

[jaybittle]

Look at the page -- they are still advertising "The Run for 70" with a picture of Mark McGwire.. what was that, 1998?

Should give you a sense of whether or not you are going to get these tv cards..

cheers,
--jb

 

[mpjohnst]

Good catch... I think I'll just pay the $25

 

[MrPG]

geeeps... bastidz

damn the evil empire of spam

 

[explorer2k]

I'd bother if it came with free cable! hehe

 

[lankia]

I signed up for one of this a while back as well, but it NEVER came!! darn planetville.com ..

-lankia

 

[XFreebie]

i signed up for this way long time ago too and got nothing

 

[Salvador]

Wow.. That Accompany logo brought up memories. I got a lot of stuff cheap from that site a couple of years ago when the .com's were still hot. I picked up several Olympus C2020z's for $450 and Nikon CP800's for $282 shipped. That's when the CP was going for around $600 and then Olympus at $800. They went public and changed their name to Mobshop and then fizzled. I wonder why Accompanies name is still associated with that first link? That has been dead for at least a couple of years now.

Sal

 

[digme]

can somebody please suggest a good place for those $25 tv tuners you guys have been talkin about? I thought tv tuners were a little bit more expensive...

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

19$ in hot deals a while back, no current deals going on that i know of, 50$ is about the cheapest shipped (tv wonder ve for 50$ from staples shipped free, or hauppagge wintv for 39+shipping at tiger direct).

 

[loudmouth]

Yep..SCAM. Signed up when I got my commedor....Don't give them your Info. This is much like that FreeCar crap that was posted a year ago.


We need to get a SCAM thread going listing all Sites that collect Info and never deliver.

 

[Eminem2k1]

Ahh yes, i also signed up for this a few years back, never got jack, its a freezing cold deal stay away!

 

[Techie333]

hey guys, i currently have no sort of cable, i watch tv on broadcast waves..........so anyway my questions is that with a tv tuner do your channels come better on broadcast than they do on regular tv?

 

[ODYSSEY]

<< Planetville's business model was to provide TV tuner hardware to build a web enabled TV viewing audience. Unfortunately, we were unable to secure the necessary financing to follow through on our business plan.

If you signed up for Planetville, we will keep your information on file. Your information has not and will never be sold, traded or given to any third party. If financing is secured, you will be contacted to request that you renew your membership. If you would like to have your information removed from the database, please email info@planetville.com >>



From their front page.

ODYSSEY

 

[Bob/NYC]

A SCAM from soiled sc*mbags-2 years and gatz...

 

[manly]

Guys,

How good is this ATI TV Wonder VE on sale for $40 - $20 MIR?

I already purchased the Pinnacle PC TV Pro recently, but since I can't/won't use the remote, it all boils down to which TV card/drivers works better.

 

[UF Jspec]

Definitely don't sign up for this TV card. It's not even worth your time giving your spam address.

digme, check out the ATI TV Wonder VE from Comp-USA referred to above.