Tech specials: gaming consoles, TVs, tablets

Some of the largest retailers in South Africa have slashed the price of technology goods and services this week.

Consumers can enjoy significant price cuts on laptops, TVs, and gaming consoles from retailers such as Incredible Connection, Makro, Game, and Kalahari

Some of the best gadget and tech deals available this weekend are listed below.

Kindle Fire HD (Incredible Connection) – R2,499.95

Incredible Connection has the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD on special for R2,499.95 this weekend.

Kindle Fire HD (Incredible Connection)

Gaming console specials (Makro) – various prices

Makro has two console specials running this weekend – a Playstation 3 bundle and an Xbox 360 bundle.

The Playstation 3 bundle includes a 500GB super-slim console, two controllers, a Blu-ray remote, Gran Turismo 5: Academy Edition, God of War: Ascension and two Blu-rays: Parker and The Host.

The Xbox 360 bundle features a 4GB console, two controllers, the Kinect camera and 6 Kinect games (one of which is a downloadable title).

Samsung 46-inch LED TV and PVR decoder (Game) – R9,999

Game has a bundle special for R9999, which includes the Samsung UA46F6100 46-inch LED TV and the DSTV HD PVR decoder.

Samsung 46-inch LED TV and PVR decoder (Game)

Samsung 46-inch 3D Full HD LED TV (Makro) – R8,799

Makro has the Samsung 46-inch 3D Full HD LED TV on special this weekend, pricing it at R8,799.

Samsung 46-inch 3D Full HD LED TV (Makro)

Samsung 10.1 Galaxy Tab 2 and DSTV Drifta bundle (Makro) – R5,999

Samsung 10.1 Galaxy Tab 2 and DSTV Drifta bundle is priced at R5999, giving you the 32GB model of Samsung’s tablet and the Drifta mobile decoder.

Samsung 10.1 Galaxy Tab 2 and DSTV Drifta bundle (Makro)

Lenovo G580 notebook (Kalahari)

Kalahari’s Deal of the Week includes the Lenovo G580 Notebook, which is priced at R4199.

Lenovo G580 notepad (Kalahari)

Esquire

Esquire has a number of specials on a variety of motherboards, processors, memory and hard drives on Saturday, 7 September. All prices exclude VAT.

Esquire Foxcon motherboard

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