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Sony Playstation 3 Price To Be Cut, Again

dms — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:54:38 +0000

There was news last week that Sony would drop the price of it’s original Playstation 3 approximately $100, lowering it to $499. Then even up to late last week Sony was stating there would not be any price cuts.

Within the last 12 hours Sony has stated that it would be lowering the price of the Playstation 3, again, saying that it would lower the price of the PS3 $100, down to $499. And now they seem to be confused about whether they will be releasing a newer version of the PS3 for $599, coming with a larger hard disk drive.

Microsoft was asked for a comment and stated they would not be lowering the price on the XBox 360. Maybe they should have responded by saying they aren’t going to drop the price, yet, again.

So how bad could communication be at Sony? Some people know the price is being lowered but the arm of the company that speaks to the press doesn’t know the same information? Maybe someone at Sony wants the press portion of the company to look bad. That’s my opinion.

I have an XBox 360 and no longer own a Playstation 3. I use to own one, for about 4 days when they were first sold. I bought it from Costco, online, after spending hours and hours of my life trying to buy it online. The reason I don’t have it? I turned around and sold it on eBay. Ya, I was one of those people. I didn’t get thousands of dollars for it, I think I sold it for like $900. Was making $150 worth the overall effort I went through.. umm, no.

Acer AL2216W 22″ LCD

dms — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:45:51 +0000

I’ve been upgrading most of the displays at work. LCD pricing has come down a lot. Last month the deal was with ViewSonic but this month they are pushing their LCD/TV display (which is priced well, but not what I’m looking for). So I placed an order for several of the Acer 22″ AL2216w LCD monitors.

At work and home I have gone through a lot of different LCD companies. The fact that most LCDs are branded by someone other than the manufacturer no longer surprises me (even learning that LG made Apple Cinema Displays at one point). What makes me wonder is why the large spread of pricing, I guess it’s a function of greed or poor consumer understanding.

The Acers will be replacing some Dell 2001FP 20″ LCDs, with those going to replace some Viewsonic 17″ and 19″ LCDs. No LCDs will be thrown out in this process, but one or more people might soon have dual displays on their desk (they should thank me later).

The specs are as follows:
700:1 contrast ratio (meaning that it’s bright and easy to see even in well lit environments);
16:9 aspect ratio (you’re old Die Hard movies won’t be squashed and those black bars framing the picture will be gone);
1650 x 1050 resolution (more icons and stuff on your desktop will fit).

Though I have only seen one of these LCDs so far at work (on a co-worker’s desk), I’m highly considering replacing my Viewsonic VG2230wm with this display, especially for sub $230.

Dockers = Free Flight

dms — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:06:38 +0000

I’m like most grown men, I could always use a nice pair of pants. And like most men, I don’t usually buy myself clothes (there are women in my life that want clothes more than I need them). I’m probably going to make an exception now though, as it seems I can buy pants and fly for free.

Usually there are good deals online and they vary from being discounts on things (I bought my last three cameras on discount) or getting things for free (there are three or eight million get-things-free websites online). This is a great deal for me, because if it’s as hassle free as it appears I’m in.

Buy at least $125 worth of Docker’s pants, get a free roundtrip airline ticket to one of 10 different destinations (and this isn’t really obscure places, it’s major US cities).

I’m probably going to do this a couple times.. free flights!

I’m highly recommending this, as it would allow you to take a flight for free and if you need the pants then it is a great deal.

Link: http://www.dockersfreeflight.com/