Dells Days of Deals Updated: April 12-16, 19-23

[mykalberta]

Good price on PS3 - $330 and 8GB SD memory Card $16

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by SebC

HDMI converges the Consumer Electronics market with the PC market. Introducing DisplayPort not only splits the PC market, it splits it off from Consumer Electronics. I don't like that.

I have a 3D-Ready TV. I'm not 100% sure sure how much compatibility it will have with 3D broadcasts (coming to Canada when?) or Blu-Ray. Right now my content all comes from my OC, and I haven't bought any field-sequential DVDs with 3D Blu-Ray coming out.

Not everyone will need a new 3D Blu-Ray. If your Blu-Ray player happens to be a PS3 it will update itself for 3D. Actually I'm reading now that any Blu-Ray player that can receive updates will be able to support at least half-resolution 3D, which is what my TV does anyways, so I'm thinking I'll be okay.

I'm not really an A/V guy, especially on the audio side. Tried hooking my HDPVR up to my Logitech Z-5500s, but couldn't get the audio to sync with the picture and went back to using my TV speakers.

I suspect I will need new glasses. My nVidias are locked to the PC. So I could throw a BR drive into my machine for 3D BR, or go for the PS3 and new glasses.

The one thing I won't be doing though is buying a new TV right away. I'll stick with the type of content I have if it comes to that, but I don't think it will.

Yeah, it seems like you're well positioned to wait, if you want 3D. I'm just saying if a person is looking for a new receiver or BR player, and might want to go 3D, he may want to look for 3D compatible items.

I'm not in love with the HDMI connection. It seems flimsy, the cable can slip out easily, and the handshake problems with HDCP are well documented but as you say Display Port just complicates the issue.

Your HDPVR isn't a Bell 9242 is it? They've done umpteen updates and the audio sync problems still exist. It was double trouble for me as I also have an LG TV which has it's own sync problems so I run the audio through my receiver but I'd like a receiver that adjusts the sync because otherwise the 9242 is great.

I just read that 1.3 HDMI cables should be able to transfer 3D so we won't have to upgrade the cables either.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

Yeah, it seems like you're well positioned to wait, if you want 3D. I'm just saying if a person is looking for a new receiver or BR player, and might want to go 3D, he may want to look for 3D compatible items.

I'm not in love with the HDMI connection. It seems flimsy, the cable can slip out easily, and the handshake problems with HDCP are well documented but as you say Display Port just complicates the issue.

Your HDPVR isn't a Bell 9242 is it? They've done umpteen updates and the audio sync problems still exist. It was double trouble for me as I also have an LG TV which has it's own sync problems so I run the audio through my receiver but I'd like a receiver that adjusts the sync because otherwise the 9242 is great.

I just read that 1.3 HDMI cables should be able to transfer 3D so we won't have to upgrade the cables either.

HDMI does have its warts. Doesn't do well over distance is a big one. (Hello, why didn't you use coax?) However, I'd rather see HDMI updated (with as much backwards compatibility as possible) than introducing competing standards built from scratch.

My PVR is a Pace Summit. No ammount of Googling has solved it, although I think using coax SPDIF instead of optical might do the trick.

1.3 and 1.4 use different connectors, so new TV = new cables.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by SebC

HDMI does have its warts. Doesn't do well over distance is a big one. (Hello, why didn't you use coax?) However, I'd rather see HDMI updated (with as much backwards compatibility as possible) than introducing competing standards built from scratch.

My PVR is a Pace Summit. No ammount of Googling has solved it, although I think using coax SPDIF instead of optical might do the trick.

1.3 and 1.4 use different connectors, so new TV = new cables.

Digital signal is on or off.. coaxial is used for analog signals because the signal transmits through the dielectric.

[Rathji]

$90 NAS and $78 1TB HDD if you can get to them before 8am MST.

Wish I had the cash right now!

[Burninator]

/\ That is 8am MST tomorrow that the deal expires.


So is that a good NAS to buy? It seems like a good deal and it seems very similar to the DNS-323. The only difference (besides this one looking better) is USB printer support and Bit torrent something or other. My router has USB printer support and I wouldn't need the Bit torrent functions. Any reason not to jump on this for use as a media streamer?

[mykalberta]

NAS, Video Camera, and HD are all descent deals today.

With the decreasing price of the GB I personally have found the NAS to be alot less needy.

When I have 6 TB of storage in my computer, why do I need a NAS

that same camcorder on amazon.com is $729 US

[Burninator]

I pulled the trigger on the NAS. I also picked two 2TB hard drives from Memory Express. They also seemed like a good deal.

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX23441(ME).aspx

[CubicleGeek]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

When I have 6 TB of storage in my computer, why do I need a NAS

Sharing files without leaving your computer on all the time would be the main driver for me.

Nice when you have several computers/laptops and a couple of HTPC's spread over the house.

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by Burninator

I pulled the trigger on the NAS. I also picked two 2TB hard drives from Memory Express. They also seemed like a good deal.

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX23441(ME).aspx

Made good use of your time out of the house I see

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by fredr123

Made good use of your time out of the house I see

Hahaha I actually bought that stuff before I heard about the fire.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by kermitology

Digital signal is on or off.. coaxial is used for analog signals because the signal transmits through the dielectric.

A digital signal is just a special case of analog. There's digital coax audio, why not digital coax video?

[Esoteric]

The only thing that I wanted to buy was the webcam that was on day 3 or 4, and it was sold out by the time I came home from class

[BlackArcher101]

Did that NAS have 1 gigabit ethernet?

[photon]

The DNS-323 can barely best USB transfer speeds over networks, you don't need to worry about gigabit ethernet.

Speed isn't one of its features.

[photon]

I guess I shouldn't be THAT hard on the little drive, sometimes I do get more than 100Mbit transfer rates.. But not much more.

And for whatever reason if I enable Jumbo frames I cannot contact my drive at all.

[MonsieurFish]

New one started today:

http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/topi...4yWMMxVW2MRYhQ

[fundmark19]

Nothing to good today. I need a couple fancy remotes for my home theater

[Hack&Lube]

Nothing good today either. There is the USB 3.0 PCI card though. Don't own anything USB 3.0 so useless.

[FanIn80]

I think this is just a business version Days of Deals, no?