Archive for the 'Bargains' Category

Topfield SD PVR boxes now on sale

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

At the House of Nerds, we love our Topfield PVR. It allows us to simultaneously record two TV programs (to hard disc drive) while watching another previously-recorded program.

Frankly, the Toppy has revolutionised our (actually quite limited) TV viewing. It’s now unusual for us to watch anything in real time. We tend to set things to [...]

Photo paper, anyone?

Monday, July 24th, 2006

I’ve tried a few different photo papers in my ink-jet printer. The best I’ve found is the top of the range Kodak paper: Ultima.

To secure a great price, I’ve ordered a carton of the stuff (10 packs, each containing 60 sheets of 6” x 4” paper). When it gets here (in a few days), I’ll [...]

20 inch BenQ widescreen LCD monitor under $500 - how low can they go?

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

Here.

Die, CRT, die!

Flying Nerd bargain spotting service: colour laser printers

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

Fuji Xerox has a $200 ‘cash back’ promotion on their popular Docuprint C525A colour laser printer. Details here. If you are looking for a colour laser printer, this could be quite a good deal.

Surround sound speakers bargain

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

I love a bargain. Who doesn’t?

Well, here’s a bargain that I can’t use… Maybe you can.

Uncle Steve (that’s what he calls himself) at Eastwood Hifi (one of Sydney’s few remaining specialist hifi stores) has some Celestion AVP305 5.1 speaker systems available at the special price of $990 (marked down from $3,199).