I see that Aldi are advertising that they will have an Altius badged 32″ Full HD LED TV in their UK stores from Thursday 19th 2015 for just £169.99. As well as a 1920 x 1080 resolution screen this TV has a DVB-T Freeview tuner but it does not look like it is fitted with a Full HD DVB-T2 tuner […]
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So the screen on your Motorola Moto G smartphone is broken, it is either cracked or has developed some internal fault, what are your options? As well as taking it to someone to have the screen replaced you could take things into your own hands and replace the screen yourself. The people at the American company Fixez have come up […]
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Back in November 2013 a story hit the news when a blogger called DoctorBeet wrote about discovering his new LG Smart TV was collecting information on his viewing habits and sending them back over the internet to allow targeted advertising. This was widely reported at the time including the article ‘LG investigates Smart TV ‘unauthorised spying’ claim‘ on the BBC […]
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I had an email from Misco offering SIM free Lumia smartphones running on Windows operating system. I decided to take a look at what they were offering and how competitive their prices were. The obvious rival to compare deals with was Carphone Warehouse who normally keep a good range of keenly priced SIM free mobile phones. The Misco prices were […]
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Writing about an offer on a cheap USB mains charger yesterday reminded me of the picture below I saw last year. Buying mains chargers from an unknown source means you could be buying something that has been badly designed and built with substandard components. For the sake of a few pounds they are just not worth the risk. WARNING…I bought […]
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I see supermarket chain Lidl are advertising that they will be selling Silvercrest USB chargers for just £2.99 from Thursday 12th February 2015. These should be ideal for charging smartphones, tablets, etc. They are offering a choice of either a mains charger built built into a single unit that plugs straight into the mains and 12 volt cigarette lighter socket […]
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Currys seem to be extending their post Christmas sale well into February and one of the sale items they are advertising is the Indesit XWA81682XWUK 8kg 1600rpm washing machine which they are selling for £229. As with many products sold by Currys the Indesit Innex XWA81682XW looks to be an exclusive model to Currys in the UK. Other dealers do […]
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I see that the US electronics store Radio Shack filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on the 5th of February 2015. The demise of Radio Shack had long been predicted and its demise was long and lingering. The news reminded me of the former British subsidiary of Radio Shack that used to have stores on the the high streets of […]
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I was looking at the offers web site Mighty Deals and spotted they were offering a LG 32LB550B 32″ HD Ready LED TV for £199.99. I thought that seemed a reasonable price, especially as they said it had been discounted from £281.95, but then I spotted a bit in the product description that said “this is a ‘no fault’ customer […]
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Supermarket chain Lidl are advertising they will be selling a VAX Quicklite upright vacuum cleaner in their UK stores from Thursday 5th 2015. As is often the case they do not specify exactly which model of Vax Quicklite vacuum cleaner this is. Looking at the UK VAX web site they do not currently list any ‘Quicklite‘ models but looking around […]
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