Gadgets18.10.2013

Weekend specials: TVs, consoles, hard drives

By Jeremy Proome

South Africa’s largest technology retail stores, including Makro, HiFi Corporation, and Dion Wired are offering discounts on tech products to attract consumers to their outlets this weekend.

Consumers can enjoy significant price cuts on a range of technology products, including televisions, laptops and the new DSTV Explora decoder.

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

Sony 46-inch Full HD LED TV (Makro) R7899

Makro has the Sony 46-inch Full HD LED TV, which features 2 HDMI inputs and 1 USB input, on special for R7,899 this weekend.

Sony 46-inch Full HD LED TV (Makro)

Samsung 46-inch Smart LED TV (HiFi Corporation) R10,999.90

The Samsung 46-inch LED TV is on special from HiFi Corporation this weekend. The TV features 4 HDMI inputs, 3USB ins, WiFi and includes 2 pairs of 3D glasses.

Samsung 46-inch Smart LED TV (HiFi Corporation)

DSTV Explora (HiFi Corporation) R2299.90

HiFi Corporation has the new DSTV Explora decoder on special for R2299.90 this weekend.

DSTV Explora (HiFi Corporation)

Seagate 3TB hard drive (Makro) R1,399

Makro has a promotional offer on the Seagate 3TB expansion hard drive, which includes USB 3.0 capability and AVG Internet Security 2013.

Seagate 3TB hard drive (Game)

Samsung 15.6-inch Intel Core i3 Notebook (Dion Wired) R5,000

Dion Wired has the Samsung 15.6-inch Intel Core i3 Notebook (NP270E5EK02ZA) on special this weekend for R5,000. It comes with Windows 8, a 500GB hard drive, and 4GBs of RAM.

Samsung 15-6-inch Intel Core i3 Notebook (Dion Wired)

Xbox 360 bundle and extra games option (HiFi Corporation) R2,899.90

HiFi Corp is offering an Xbox 360 bundle deal, which includes a 4GB console, two controllers and FIFA 14 for R2899.90, but by buying the console this weekend, you’ll get 3 free additional games from an in-store list.

The games may not be the latest triple-A titles, but the bundle offer itself is worthwhile.