home : hot deals & information involving: communication Sunday, January 8, 2012
Newegg.com
- Panasonic 3-Handset Cordless Phone for $70
Panasonic HX-TG6633B 1.9GHz DECT 6.0 3-Handsets Cordless Phone System with Answering Machine for $70 today, which is about $20 less than what it normally sells for.
LivingSocial.com
- $50 Verizon Device or Accessory Credit for $25 (expired)
Pay $25, and get $50 toward any Verizon Wireless device or accessory.
The $50 must be spent at a Verizon Wireless store on a device or accessory only, and cannot apply toward service plans or service fees.
Newegg.com
- HOT!
- 2011 Black Friday Sale
Keep in mind that Newegg may (and probably will) raise the following prices sometime soon, probably Friday or Saturday.
Long list below, but first is a summary of the most notable hot deals:
TRENDnet TEW-640MB Wireless 4-Port Media Bridge for $25.
Last time it was on sale for $30, it sold-out in a few hours.
This lets you connect up to 4 wired-network devices to your Wifi-b/g/n network, wirelessly.
Useful with devices that have cabled networking abilities but not Wifi, such as some Blu-Ray players, televisions, media players, gaming consoles, desktop computers, and printers.
2x4GB (8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws X-Series DDR3 Desktop PC Memory:1600MHz for $30 ($3.75/GB),
1866MHz for $45 ($5.63/GB),
2133MHz for $60 ($7.50/GB).
G.Skill makes some of the best quality computer memory available today.
Unless you are overclocking your computer, anything higher than 1600MHz would be unnecessary.
HDHomeRun PRIME Cablecard 3 Digital Tuner for $177 with code BLKSD23 and after shipping fee.
Requires a gigabit network, and you need to find out if you can rent a "CableCard" from your cable company.
It should work with most CableCard-compatible cable networks including FiOS, but will not work on satellite TV (like DirecTV) or IPTV services (like AT&T U-Verse).
HDHomeRun PRIME Cablecard 3 Digital Tuner for $177 with code BLKSD23 and after shipping fee.
First you need to find out if you can rent a "CableCard" from your cable company, install their Cable Card into this device, and you can watch & record up to 3 digital channels at once, including all your premium and pay channels.
Connects to your home gigabit network, and lets any computer watch/record shows.
This is also compatible with Tivo-like recording software, such as MythTV.
It should work with most CableCard-compatible cable networks including FiOS, but will not work on satellite TV (like DirecTV) or IPTV services (like AT&T U-Verse).
Amazon.com
- Voice-Over-IP Phone Adapter for $35
OBi100 Voice-Over-IP Telephone Adapter for $35 with free shipping.
Compatible with Google Voice, this lets you make telephone calls using your Google Voice account, so your calls work over your broadband Internet connection and work with your existing home telephone.
There are ways to receive Google Voice calls as well.
As of right now, Google Voice offers free calls to the US and Canada, and has very good international rates.
They may start charging for calls sometime in the future, but even if they do, this is still a good alternative to Vonage and phone company service.
Incoming Google Voice calls are free.