11 Jun 09 Kingston SNV125-S2BN/64GB 64GB SSDNow solid state drive for $126.99 at Newegg Canada
A pretty hot deal over at Newegg Canada for the Kingston SNV125-S2BN 64GB SSD drive… it shows $136.99, but if you apply the coupon code CEMCLTML39 it takes it down to CA$126.99. A good deal for a SATA II, 2.5″ notebook drive…
Your call if the benefits of an SSD drive outweigh the price difference compared to regular mechanical drives. The specs claim 100MBps sequential read with 80MBps writing speed.
That’s a pretty good deal considering the same drive is US $134.99 on Amazon.com US $134.99 on Amazon.com
Tags: bargains, Deals, Hardware, Kingston SNV125-S2BN, NewEgg Canada
17 Apr 09 Dell 2709W Ultrasharp 27″ 1920×1200 LCD monitor for $549 shipped in Canada – today only!
Dell 2709W S-PVA LCD Monitor Picture
Read my full review of the 2709W LCD monitor here – the last deal was for $599 just 2 months ago in January!
I work with a 2707WFP monitor and *LOVE* it!
The $549 deal is today only – direct link here.
Tags: Days of Deals, Deals, Dell 2709W, Dell 2709W reviews, Hardware
24 Jan 09 Is the Logitech Harmony 890 better than the Harmony 880 ? Yes – but… a review shortly
So I have spent a year with my Logitech Harmony 880 Universal Remote Control… and of course, now Logitech has unleashed the Harmony® 890 Advanced Universal Remote.
Is the Harmony 890 worth the $349.99 (US dollars) price? Of course not.
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Tags: Hardware, Harmony 890, Logitech Harmony 880 Review, multimedia, Universal remote control, Wireless
16 Jan 09 Dell 3007WFP-HC 30” 2560×1600 LCD $899 shipped – January 2009 Dell Days of Deals in Canada ROCKS ! Wow… awesome reviews.
As much as people in the online communities have been bitching (excuse my language) over the previous few Dell Days of Deals being lame and not worth the effort of waking up at 6:00am to be first to see the daily bargains.. they certainly have outdone themselves in this January 2009 edition of the Small Business DOD event.
I wrote previously about the 2709W at $599 down from 999, and the 2309W at $169 (!) and today they pulled out their flagship 3007WFP-HC for $899 today only – down from $1599.
Yowsa. Obviously, that will cost you over $1000 with taxes for a monitor, but this isn’t just any monitor. 2560×1600 pixels of native resolution. 92% colour gamut. Wide cold-cathode fluorescent lighting (W-CCFL) backlight. 178 degree viewing angle. 8ms gtg and 12ms btb pixel response time. 300 cd/m2 of brightness.
For $899, this is a steal. Please, if you think that this is expensive because you can get a 42” or 50” HDTV display for around the same money – this is a computer monitor with far higher resolution (and quality, not mention input options)…
You will also need a pretty serious graphics card to drive this 2500x1600px monitor hard enough to make it work well.
That said… I would gladly have one… (OK, I’m spoiled by my 2707…)
OK you want more reviews:
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Tags: bargains, Days of Deals, Deals, Dell 3007WFP-HC, Hardware, reviews
15 Jan 09 Dell S2309W 1920×1080 HD LCD monitor for $169 shipped free today on Dell Canada
Wow… more nice lunchtime shopping deals; perhaps the 2709W at $599 a couple of days ago was a bit too rich for your blood, but you still want a very nice LCD display… The Dell S2309 supports 1920×1080 pixels of resolution which, by the way, is the minimum resolution I recommend for anyone buying any sort of external display today. Why? That’s the resolution required to view HD movies (Blu-ray, HDTV, etc) in its native format. It has a DVI-D with HDCP support for playing back copy-protected HD Blu-ray discs from either your stand-alone player or directly from a computer.
Dell Canada has the S2309W for $169 shipped free (today only) as part of the current Business Days of Deals – this is day 4 and it’s been a pretty impressive round of deals this time. While 23” is probably as small a screen size you would realistically want to use for 1920×1080 pixels of resolution (your fonts will be on the small side in Windows)… you will not find any other quality LCD display with that resolution under $250 at the very least. As Steve Jobs might say; One more thing: it also comes with a 3 year advance exchange warranty! That is one of the nice things about the items in the business area of the Dell store: they get good warranty support. Advance exchange means that if there’s a problem with the display in the next 3 years – they ship you a replacement in advance before you send yours back!
Other specs of note include a 1000:1 contrast ratio and a 5ms pixel response time – better for gaming, and actually an improvement over the 2709W time of 6ms. Keep in mind that the 2709W is an S-PVA panel which is much higher quality, but it’s also over triple the price …
Tags: bargains, Days of Deals, Deals, Dell S2309W LCD, Hardware
