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Deal: Polk Audio SurroundBar360 DVD Home Theater System For $319

Dotcom Note — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:32:36 +0000

I don’t have any home theater system because I’m very frugal and never felt the need to own one, though I can afford it easily. However, if you are planning to spend close to $1,000 for a good home theater system, you should consider Polk Audio Surround360 DVD Home Theater System which is on sale now at Amazon for $310. It’s a straight 73% savings, without any mail-in coupon or other BS. Click here to check the deal.

Some of the users’ comments are mixed, like “good but not great”, “a few quirks”, “average performance”, “good old product”, “pretty good but not surround sound”, “excellent bargain”, “it really is surround sound”, “old fashion receiver”, “fancy surround bar”, “out dated system”. So, it appears people are having some problem determining if it really produces surround sound or not. I am not an expert but you can try it out and if you don’t like, go and return it. Use your credit card. Never use a debit card.

It is a complete home theater system with a DVD player. It has sonic benefits of surroundBar SDA technology. What the heck is sonic benefit? Can somebody enlighten me in the comment, please?

The control console is the DVD player, amplifier, and AM/FM radio.

With a single cable speaker hookup, you avoid the ugly mess of multiple cables and difficult installation procedures.

Does not have a subwoofer and the sound is decent without the subwoofer. For optimal placement, put it directly in the front of the TV unlike many systems that you can place above the TV for surround sound.

What are the specs? Here they are:

Speaker Bar

Driver Complement: 8 x 2.5″ full-range cones
Magnet Structure: Neodymium
Bass Technology: PowerPort with Feed Forward
Speaker Dimensions (W x H x D): 44.5″ x 4.25″ x 4.75″
Speaker Weight: 12 lbs

DVD Console

Playback: DVD, DVD-R, CD, CD-R, MP3, JPG
Video Processor: Faroudja HDMI with 1080i upscaling
Dimensions (L x H x D): 16.5″ x 11.5″ x 3.25″
DVD Console Weight: 15 lbs

Manufacturers product description, lifted from Amazon

Room-Filling Surround Sound Experience Without Filling Your Room

So, you gave in and got the flat panel TV for the living room. You even “let” your Significant Other talk you into splurging for the bigger screen. But now, when you watch movies together, you’re both fidgety and impatient; it’s not as exciting as you thought it would be. It’s not the movie you’re watching–it’s the 2-dimensional experience of watching it when you know that the DVD or HDTV broadcast has surround sound. It’s in there; you’re just not hearing it. But do you really want to mess up your living room with, what, six speakers all over the place, with wires running under the carpet and along the walls? Nope.

Makes Every One Happy

Here’s the solution that will make everyone happy: A sleek, easy to connect, single speaker. It complements your TV like a stylish design element, doesn’t clutter up your room at all, and produces dramatic surround sound–the kind that will surprise your whole family. That’s really all you need to know. The Polk Audio SurroundBar360° DVD makes watching TV and movies fun again, with no bad technology aftertaste.

Get Ready To Enjoy By Just Plugging It In

The SurroundBar360° DVD Theater is a complete digital home theater audio system. It works in any room, no imitations (unlike other “single speaker systems” that rely on wall reflections or special placement rules). It comes with a compact high-end digital processor that includes a DVD/CD player with integrated Farouja HDMI 1080i upscaler. This is one of the industry’s best-rated signal upconverters, and it insures that virtually any video source will reveal its highest high-def glory on your screen. A Universal Remote is included to end remote clutter (while we’re ending speaker and wire clutter, why not?). The single, sleek speaker—the SurroundBar360° itself— easily mounts above or below your TV or on your TV stand with included hardware. And all the professional settings have already been made for you. All you do is plug it in.

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Deal: HP C4780 All In One Wireless Photosmart Printer For $74

Dotcom Note — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:47:51 +0000

This is a great deal if you’re in the market for a printer. And the best part is that it is from Amazon. So, you don’t pay shipping for it because Amazon offers free shipping for any purchase totaling more than $25.Regular price for this printer is $160 and the deal price from dealzon is $74.14.

An all in one printer that you can use for printing, copying, scanning, and did I say printing photos from your digital camera? No, it does not have a fax function. But who does faxing now a days? You get great print quality from the leader in printing technology and occasional lousy HP customer support. But for $74, I will not mind waiting for 20 minutes on the phone if I ever need customer service.

You don’t plug in this puppy directly to your computer using an USB cable, though you can do that if you want to. It has wireless networking. You turn it on and using the provided software that you install in your laptop (are you still using desktop?), you configure your laptop to access the printer over the wireless network.

It has a color LCD screen that you use to view and print photos without ever touching your computer. How nice?

A small 13lb foot print is easy to move around and you don’t have to break your back lifting it.

An Amazon reviewer says that this thing goes to sleep and sometimes it does not wake up. You have to power it off and on again. Not a big deal really. My Lexmark printer does the same.

Here are some of the specs.

All in one functionality – print, scan, copy
Wireless networking
Photo editing without a PC
Comes with black and tri-color cartridges
Memory card slot
Eco-friendly. Uses less that one watt of energy when in sleep mode.

If you’re a geeky type and want detail specs, click here for detail specs.

Hurry up. The deal price may be gone soon and the regular price at Amazon is $99. If you’re buying a printer for more than $100, you know you’re wasting your money. Most people don’t need expensive printers that you find in office and electronics retail stores.

Deal – Lenovo Ideapad Y450 14-inch 4.6Lbs Laptop For $499

Dotcom Note — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:36:30 +0000

Yes, it is a deal. Trust me on this one. Now you can get a Lenovo (formerly IBM) 14-inch laptop with 4Gb memory and 320GB hard drive for a mere $450. They will also ship it to you for FREE. What can you expect more? Just use the coupon code USPY46G. The coupon expires on February 6. Hurry up. No, I am not taking any affiliate money from them. When I see a true deal, I like to post it here for everybody’s benefit. Click here to go to Lenovo site and click on Summary Review on the Top. Add to Cart and then put the eCoupon (USPY46G) and click apply.

I got this tip from Techbargains site. If the coupon does not work, go to Techbargains site and click Lenovo link from their site. If you don’t get it before February 6, you may have to pay up to $749. The coupon code is for $150 off and Lenovo is giving you another $100 off. So, you get $250 off of this excellent, ultra portable laptop.

It already has 4GB of memory. So, you don’t have to mess with memory upgrade. And 320GB hard drive will be good for all your needs unless you are storing shitload of free porn videos from YouPorn.

Now let’s see the specs:

Intel Core Duo T4300
14-inch, 16:9 high definition glossy screen with 1366×768 WXGA resolutions and LED backlight
DVD+-RW
320GB hard drive
Wireless Ethernet and Bluetooth
4.5 Hours battery life.
Memory card slot
USB, HDMI, Serial ATA, VGA ports

I think the above specs should be enough for you to run and buy this puppy.

No?

You want more? Okay, okay, go ahead and waste your time reading full specs here.

This information courtesy of Techbargains. What do you think of the deal. Post your comments.