Friday, May 1, 2009

Deal of the Day - 5/1/09

Hello All,

Woot is taking care of the late adopters today with a combo of deals. For $24.99 shipped to your door they are offering an upconvert DVD player. It is refurbished, but it is also really cheap, and it plays almost anything. Divx, MP3s, and JPEGs. Here is the full list from Woot.

Video Playback:

  • Playback Media: CD, CD-R/CD-RW, Video CD/SVCD, DVD, DivX, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD-Video
  • Compression formats: MPEG1, MPEG2
  • Video disc playback system: NTSC, PAL

Audio Playback:

  • Playback Media: CD, MP3-CD, MP3-DVD, WMA-CD, CD-R/RW, Audio CD
  • MP3 bit rates: 32 – 320 kbps
  • Compression format: MP3, Dolby Digital, PCM, WMA

Still Picture Playback:

  • Playback Media: DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD-R/RW, Picture CD, Kodak Picture CD
  • Picture compression format: JPEG
  • Picture enhancement: Rotate, Zoom, Slideshow, Flip photos
It also makes regular DVDs look much better on your new HDTV.

You can find that deal here.

So you buy this, but you need an HDMI cable so it can work its magic. Sellout.Woot has HDMI cables on sale for cheap. The cables are $2.99 with $5 shipping. You might as well buy 3 for those prices, as you will inevitably need them and at $14 for 3, that is a great deal.

You might be thinking, John is a $3 cable any good? Well yes dear reader it is. That is the great thing about digital signals. You either get them or you do not get them. If the cable works, it does not matter how much it cost. So the $3 cable is just as good as the $90 cable Best Buy is trying to gouge you on. Read this for more details on the cable issue.

You can find this deal here.

Later,

John

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