50-inch Panasonic Plasma HDTV for Under $2000

October 31st, 2006 | HDTV Deals

Category: Home Entertainment / Plasma TVs/Displays

Update: The price has been lowered on Nov 3rd at RitzCamera.com; it is now $2048.00 before rebate and $1948.00 after.

Other sites that meet or beat this price (As of 11/03/2006):
TVAuthority: $1945.00 (shopping cart price) However, their shipping within the U.S. is $60 higher, making the difference less

Panasonic 50-inch Plasma HDTV TH50PH9UKPrices for plasma TVs keep coming down, and leading the pack today is RitzCamera.com. In their electronics store, they are offering a 50-inch Panasonic Plasma TV TH50PH9UK (Progressive Wide Panel Display) for $2099, which is reduced further to $1999 after the $100 rebate (good until 12/31/2006).

This HDTV has a lot going for it for an extremely attractive price. The Panasonic TH-50PH9UK offers the highest levels of brightness, color gradation and 10000:1 contrast.

Flexibility is this product’s middle name; the 16:9 aspect ratio makes this television perfect for movie buffs. It offers HDMI via an optional terminal board, while the built-in analog video/audio and S-video connectors give the benefits of plasma to those who don’t have true digital satellite or cable signals piped into their home yet. The 15-pin PC connectors qualify the Panasonic TH-50PH9UK to be used as a "make-your-friends-jealous," wide-screen computer monitor (up to 1366 x 768) as part of an ultimate gaming system.

URLs:
Panasonic 50" Widescreen Plasma TH-50PH9UK:
http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/EP5511009.htm

$100 Rebate form:
http://www.hottechbuys.com/pimg/panaplasma123106.pdf

Panasonic TH50PH9UK Operations Manual:
http://www.hottechbuys.com/manuals/th37ph9uk-multi.pdf


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Designer iPod Cases - 50 Percent Off

October 26th, 2006 | iPod Cases

Category: iPod Accessories / iPod Cases

Designer iPod cases, up to 50% off

Vittadini iPod CaseThose of us who have iPods know it isn’t just a music & video player… it’s a lifestyle product. Now we can live the iPod lifestyle, be fashionable and save money at the same time. (…three birds with one stone.)

Kolobags is offering several of their designer ipod cases for more than 50% off the regular price. These are not just your run-of-the-mill, ordinary, boring, iPod cases. These have been put out by fashion-conscious companies / designers like Lodis, Acme Made and Adrienne Vittadini.

Kolobags specializes in designer laptop bags and laptop cases from the most well-known — and fashionable — brands. In addition to iPod cases, they carry a large selection of laptop bags from baggallini, laptop backpacks from sumdex, and laptop totes, sleeves, and wheeled laptop cases from designers such as frances & grace, kipling, melissa beth, and gina b. Carrying a laptop to work no longer means you have to dress in black to match your laptop bag; at Kolobags, you can find a laptop bag to fit any wardrobe.

URL for this deal - Half off or more - designer iPod cases:
http://www.kolobags.com/home.php?cat=28&saleitem=sale


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Free Antivirus / Internet Security Software

October 25th, 2006 | Antivirus Software

Category: Software / Anti-virus & Internet Security

Free After Rebate! Thru Oct 31, 2006
Good for up to 3 PC’s…

I am always really happy when I can find a tech deal that ends up costing nothing. (Of course, these deals are always “after rebate” freebies, so if you don’t like rebates, don’t trust rebates, or if rebates are too much of a hassle, this deal isn’t for you.)

When I was writing yesterday’s tech deal about the $4.99 1GB Memorex flash drive, I noticed that the CA Internet Security Suite was bundled with several different products on TigerDirect, as well as being offered separately for a net price of $0.00. Computer Associates is really serious about breaking into the Home & Home Office software market, so through the end of October 2006 they are offering to rebate the entire price of their CA Internet Security Suite if you upgrade from a previous version or switch over from a competitor’s product.

Although I haven’t personally used this suite, I am very familiar with CA software. In my ol’ mainframe days, we relied on Computer Associates’ software to give us access and control with utilities that IBM didn’t supply (or didn’t build as well). High-quality software has always been CA’s mainstay.

The Computer Associates Internet Security Suite is a direct competitor to Symantec’s Norton Internet Security as well as McAfee’s products. It offers Anti-virus, Anti-spyware, a personal Firewall, and Parental Controls, just like the more popular Symantec products. The CA product, however, is a 3-user license; you can be legal for 3 PC’s with one package. The Internet Security Suite also has a unique guarantee from Computer Associates: With this product, CA is covering you for up to $1500 of damage caused by any virus that this program did not protect against, and up to $5000 of identity theft losses (related to addressing and cleaning up the identity theft) even if the loss was not caused by accessing personal information on your computer. (Jurisdictional restrictions apply… sorry New Yorkers. See the details on the product page.)

In the interest of full disclosure (and to prevent you from wasting time, if this isn’t a good match for you), please note the following:

  • You can get the full rebate only if you upgrade from a previous version or switch over from a competitor’s product (See rebate terms for the details.)
  • The product isn’t absolutely free. (That is, it’s not quite as good a deal as a five-finger discount.) Ground shipping will cost approximately $7.00 within the U.S.
  • Florida, Illinois and North Carolina residents will have to pay state sales tax

Phillip Dale


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