{"id":99030,"date":"2014-03-20T15:52:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T13:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=99030"},"modified":"2014-03-20T15:53:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T13:53:46","slug":"hot-tech-deals-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/99030-hot-tech-deals-this-weekend.html","title":{"rendered":"Hot tech deals this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africans are enjoying a long weekend thanks to Human Rights Day, and South Africa\u2019s large retailers made sure they gave consumers a reason to visit their stores with lower prices on many tech products.<\/p>\n

Dion Wired\u2019s Blue Carpet Sale is offering discounts on a wide range of gadgets and household appliances.<\/p>\n

Makro, HiFi Corp and Incredible Connection have also slashed the prices on some of their computing and tech products to win favour with shoppers.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the prominent deals available over the long weekend.<\/p>\n

WD My Passport Ultra 2.5″ 1TB Hard Drive from Incredible Connection \u2013 R1000<\/h3>\n

Incredible Connection reduced the price of the WD My Passport Ultra 2.5″ 1TB Hard Drive form the usual R1,399,90 to R999.90.<\/p>\n

This price is available until 23 March 2014.<\/p>\n

\"WD<\/a>

WD external drive<\/p><\/div>\n

Asus Tablet 10.1\u2019\u2019 from HiFi Corp \u2013 R5,000<\/h3>\n

The Asus Tablet 10.1\u2019\u2019 is available from HiFi Corp at R4,999.90. The Windows 8 tablet sports an Intel Atom Bay Trail Z3740 Processor, 2GB RAM, a 32GB Solid State Drive, a backlit keyboard and comes pre-Loaded Microsoft Office Home & Student.<\/p>\n

The deal is available until 23 March 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Asus<\/a>

Asus tablet<\/p><\/div>\n

Samsung 55″ 3D Smart Full HD LED TV from Makro \u2013 R14,999<\/h3>\n

Makro reduced the price of the Samsung 55″ (140cm) 3D Smart Full HD LED TV from R17,999 to R14,999. The TV features 4 x HDMI ports and 3 x USB ports.<\/p>\n

The promotional price is available until 24 March 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Samsung<\/a>

Samsung LED TV<\/p><\/div>\n

Seagate 1TB Portable 2.5″ Slim Hard Drive Bundle from Makro \u2013 R999<\/h3>\n

Makro is offering the Seagate 1TB Portable 2.5″ Slim Hard Drive Bundle for R999. The bundle includes a 1TB Seagate HDD, an 8GB Kingston flash drive and Norton Internet security.<\/p>\n

The promotional price is available until 24 March 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Seagate<\/a>

Seagate portable HDD<\/p><\/div>\n

Samsung NX 1100 SLR Camera from CNA online \u2013 R4,000<\/h3>\n

CNA online reduced the price of the Samsung NX 1100 SLR Camera from R4,999,90 to R3,999.90.<\/p>\n

This price is available until 23 March 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Samsung<\/a>

Samsung Camera<\/p><\/div>\n

LG 55-inch 4K UHD LED TV from Dion Wired \u2013 R35,000<\/h3>\n

Dion Wired reduced the price of the LG 55\u2019\u2019 4K UHD LED TV (55LA9650) from R50,000 to R35,000. The TV sports a 4K resolution, an IPS panel and a TRU-Ultra HD engine.<\/p>\n

This price is available until 25 March 2014.<\/p>\n

\"LG<\/a>

LG UHD TV<\/p><\/div>\n

Samsung 65-inch 4K UHD LED TV from Dion Wired \u2013 R60,000<\/h3>\n

Dion Wired cut the price of the Samsung 65-inch 4K UHD LED TV from R90,000 to R60,000. The TV features a 4K UHD resolution, a 1,000Hz clear motion rate, 4 x HDMI slots and a Quad Core FHD 3D Smart hub.<\/p>\n

This price is available until 25 March 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Samsung<\/a>

Samsung UHD TV<\/p><\/div>\n

DStv Explora from Dion Wired \u2013 R2,000<\/h3>\n

Dion Wired is offering the DStv Explora HD decoder for R2,000. The decoder offers up to 220 hours of personal recording space, easy navigation and search function and a larger selection of content on DSTV catch up.<\/p>\n

This price is available until 25 March 2014.<\/p>\n

\"DStv<\/a>

DStv Explora<\/p><\/div>\n

Nespresso Citiz & Milk from Dion Wired \u2013 R2,600<\/h3>\n

The Nespresso Citiz & Milk coffee machine is available from Dion Wired for R2,600. The coffee machine has an energy saving mode, automatic and programmable coffee quantity and manual cappuccino preparation.<\/p>\n

This price is available until 25 March 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Nespresso<\/a>

Nespresso coffee machine<\/p><\/div>\n

Seagate 3TB external HDD from Dion Wired \u2013 R1,400<\/h3>\n

The Seagate 3TB external HDD is available from Dion Wired at R1,400 \u2013 a saving of R500 over the usual retail price.<\/p>\n

This price is available until 25 March 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Seagate<\/a>

Seagate 3TB drive<\/p><\/div>\n

Onkyo and Jamo 5.1 bundle from Dion Wired \u2013 R9,500<\/h3>\n

Dion Wired reduced the price of the Onkyo and Jamo 5.1 sound system from R15,000 to R9,500.<\/p>\n

This price is available until 25 March 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Onkyo<\/a>

Onkyo Jamo sound system<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Consumers can save money on a wide range of tech deals this weekend from Makro, Dion Wired, HiFi Corp and other retailers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":92637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[947,8965,35,16490,2664,849,645],"class_list":["post-99030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-asus","tag-dion-wired","tag-headline","tag-hifi-corp","tag-incredible-connection","tag-makro","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99030"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99068,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99030\/revisions\/99068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}