Komplett Weekly Offers 29/09/2008

Samsung 22" LCD Syncmaster 226BW TCO03,1680x1050, 2ms, 3000:1

€ 234.99

-10%

My €0.02
Hmm. Good quality panel, but a little too old for my liking, with questions over colour bleed. I'd prefer the 2253BW for the same money, shipped.

D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N WirelessGigabit Router, 802.11n (draft 2.0)

€ 95.00

-21%

My €0.02
Expansys have increased the price to €136 and dabs are still not competitive at €103. Reality appears to have restored itself after the aberration in July.

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA232MB 7200RPM

€ 113.00

-19%

My €0.02
Seagate? No thanks.

Sennheiser Headphones HD 515, 14-26000Hz, Cable 3m, 255g

€ 52.01

-12%

My €0.02
Yeah, whatever. Have you ever seen Ferrari sell a cheap car?

The diNovo Edge, available to you right now

This is not a keyboard. This is a work of art.

No, really.

I quite like Logitech's stuff in general but what I really want is one of these. As I mentioned last week, I am already the owner of a diNovo Cordless Keyboard for Notebooks. Now, it's fine. It looks well, doesn't have too many superfluous buttons, is very light and doesn't eat batteries. But it doesn't impress me as much as it should. I don't feel I'm hitting a €60 piece of equipment with my fingertips when I use it. I want something a bit more solid. And rechargeable in a cradle. With Bluetooth. And LEDs.

Well, anyway, if you're on the lookout for an ubercool keyboard in a reasonably sane price-range the diNovo Edge is tough to beat. So, who is selling it and how much?

Komplett: €163.00 + €12.50 = €175.50

Expansys: €144.99 + €23.90 = €168.89

Atom: €145.97 + €10.50 = €156.47

Dabs: €133.53 + €13.50 = €147.03

Wait a second, who are Atom? And how are they cheaper than expansys and komplett? One to watch methinks. They've earned an entry in the tag cloud.

Expansys deal

Expansys are doing a deal for MoDaCo users until the end of September, get €10 off when you spend over €25 or better still get £10 off when you spend £20! Great if you're thinking of grabbing a cheap slingbox. More information at the MoDaCo forums.

Thanks to eagle-eyed boardsie Random.

Komplett Weekly Offers 18/08/2008

Another week, another quartet of deals. Or are they?

Samsung HT-THX25 Home Cinema HDMI 500W

€ 199.00

-20%

My €0.02
Not as good as this one, but €100 cheaper.

Archos 605 30 GB WiFi

€ 229.00

-8%

My €0.02
Ah, the Archos 605. What's the point of wifi if you have to buy the browser separately? As for prices, expansys are on a par while dabs are €15 cheaper.

Sennheiser Headset PC 350,10-26000 Hz, 3m cable, In-Line Volume

€ 129.00

-10%

My €0.02
Couldn't tell you. Try reading some reviews.

Creative I-Trigue 3000i, 2.1 Speakerset,incl. iPod dockingstation

€ 89.00
-10%

My €0.02
€71 at dabs.

Slingbox classic for €97.19

The original slingbox is going for a song. Well, €100 anyway. Which is not bad when you think about it. The slingbox is essentially a PVR without a drive: it takes an input from your cable/camera/satellite box and converts it into compressed video. The only difference is that instead of writing it to a disk, it writes it to your local network or the internet where you can pick up and record the channel on any modern PC. My only concern is that the remote control software supplied won't allow you to remotely (really remotely, like Kuala Lumpur) change channels on many newer devices but if you are using analogue inputs that shouldn't be a problem. And even when it all goes digital in 2012, you can still use a sky digital box with it.

Kudos to expansys for flogging their old but good stuff on the cheap.

Komplett Weekly Offers 21/07/2008

Komplett-Oh!

D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N WirelessGigabit Router, 802.11n (draft 2.0)

€ 108.00

-10%

My €0.02
Ignoring the fact that the Americans can get this for $96, expansys of all people can beat this price. Just as shockingly, dabs are more expensive. Has the world ended?

MSI K9A2 Platinum, AMD 790FX, DDR2, ATX,Socket-AM2+, GBLAN, 4xPCI-Ex(2.0)x16

€ 112.00
-9%

My €0.02
Looks like a very good price. Beats dabs and ebay at any rate.

LG 22" Wide L227WT-PF, Black,1680x1050, 2ms, 10000:1, Color Gamut

€ 269.00
-7%

My €0.02
Another good price. Pixmania can't compete, and dabs only sell the cheaper W2252TQ.

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3,PCI-Express 2.0, 2xDVI/HDMI/HDCP, Lite-R

€ 156.01
-8%

My €0.02
Usually sells for around €170. Dabs and Misco are both at about €160. So, not too bad. But any other week I would go to dabs.

Komplett Weekly Offers 07/07/2008

More monday offers from Komplett.

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA216MB 7200RPM

€ 53.00

-16%

My €0.02
320GB isn't much these days. I guess the price is about right but why bother? They could have priced these lower to clear.

Creative Zen 8GB, SD/SDHC slot, MP3/AAC,2,5" LCD screen, DivX/XviD/WMV

€ 102.00

-9%

My €0.02
Again, €100 + shipping seems normal.
http://www.dabs.ie/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4PBN
http://www.gspot.ie/store/product_info.php?products_id=340&gclid=CNOl3bGKsJQCFQyD1Qodr3fbtA
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Zen-8GB-Player-Playback/dp/B000LXXGZW (won't ship to Ireland)
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/3471519/Creative-Zen-8GB-MP3-Video-Player/Product.html (won't ship to Ireland)

Western Digital My Book StudioEdition 500GB, USB 2.0, eSata, Firewire

€ 113.99

-12%

My €0.02
I think I've been pretty clear on my opinion of 500GB external drives.

Canon PowerShot A590 IS, 8.0MP 4x opt.zoom

€ 144.00

-6%

My €0.02
I'm seeing a lot of 8/10's in reviews online. 4x optical zoom is nice. Expansys want €190. I want to know who buys from them at that price. A.J. Purdy are doing a deal on Canon's, the A590 is £104 with a 2GB memory card and football thrown in. You'll have to ring them to find out the shipping charges though, so I think Komplett win this time.

[Special Offer] A blast from the past (well, 2005)

I see expansys are doing some deals on portable PCs and "appliances". Some ok deals here, less popular PDAs and windows smartphones are marked down a bit, those awful OQOs and their diseased brethren are being wheeled out and... what's this? The Nokia 770? Wow, that takes me back. I didn't think these guys were still available! For those of you who don't know, the 770 was Nokia's first experiment into non-phones. Marketed as an "Internet Tablet", it was a linux powered, wifi connecting, touchscreen-ed, hackable and unfortunately slightly slow rectangular bundle of fun. It has since been succeeded by 3 better featured models, but for less than €80 this is one ace little toy! Great for weekend hackers and convergence freaks alike.