1-day, zazz, catch of the day etc

Post by **huge** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:51 pm

lol noticed that. huhu

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:27 pm

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/smallfi ... cts_id=425

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:29 pm

damn double post

sorry boys and girls

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:52 am

today's zazz isn't bad

MGE Nova AVR 600vA UPS System
$99.80 + $15 delivery

We sell UPS's to resellers and the price I'd quote them for a 600VA UPS starts at over $160. This one's a bargain. Keeps your system running for up to 15 minutes after a power outage, gives you time to save your files and shut down the system.

Never heard of the brand before but it comes with a 12 month warranty.

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:44 pm

Is the latest Zazz a good deal?

I was already looking into buying an external HDD.

Post by **huge** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:47 pm

you can get the 400GB sammys for $105-$115 and a case for ~$20 from a confuser shop.

Post by **Friday** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:02 pm

what do people think of today's zazz?

http://www.zazz.com.au/

i bought one a couple of months back from the chemist and it gave such wildly inaccurate readings that i returned it.

do you guys reckon you can get an accurate one for this price or better to get the real thing for the couple hundred they cost?

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:06 pm

not worth the risk. I'd rather spend a few hundred on a reputable brand than spend a few nights in the slammer with a criminal record.

don't they usually say "novelty only" on these types??

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:09 pm

ahhh man that video cracks me up every time. pure gold

Post by **Friday** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:12 pm

yeah i reckon maybe reputable brand is the way to go...

i'm off my p plates in two weeks!

Post by **breaksRbest** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:17 pm

I spent a couple of hunj on one of these and it was ridiculously inaccurate

I'd test myself, have another drink and then test again and I had a lower reading

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:21 pm

Just get caught drink driving enough and u get a permanent one installed to your ignition

I brought a 30 bucker off ebay ages ago, the boys have fun blowing into it after 10 beers to see who can get the highest reading...i blew .19 one night after only 3 homebrews

you get what you pay for these days i belive.

Post by **Friday** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:21 pm

melle has a great one that she got in the states (i think), believe it was pretty pricey though. spot on accuracy...

the one i got from the chemist gave me a .05 reading when i'd been sitting at home all evening and hadn't had a drink for 48 hours and gave joe and all clear when he'd been up at the pub with mates for hours and was PISSED. hmmmm.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:47 pm

unless you can buy a 'Police Issue' breathalyzer I wouldn't trust them

Post by **Friday** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:54 pm

i think that's pretty much what melle's is - usa police standard one...

Post by **breaksRbest** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:36 pm

Deviant, some pillows to go with your new mattress....

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:11 pm

breaksRbest wrote:Deviant, some pillows to go with your new mattress....

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/

loved the tagline..."make sure you don't sleep on this"

rofl

Lauer · Post by **Lauer** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:11 pm

Friday wrote:i think that's pretty much what melle's is - usa police standard one...

Laundry just got one of these, they charge $3 per usage.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:52 am

breaksRbest wrote:Deviant, some pillows to go with your new mattress....

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/

yeah fully, was ready with credit card and all.... sold out

DENIED!

Post by **breaksRbest** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:17 pm

just got my first COTD...

https://www.catchoftheday.com.au/

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:19 pm

that's a good one brb. Used to sell those when they first came out...were something like $359. You got yourself a bargain

Post by **Friday** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:50 pm

i really want today's zazz.

does anyone have one of these?

my only worry is that 400gb isn't really enough capacity and i'd fill it pretty quick. i wonder if you can upgrade them like a computer? anyone know?

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:56 pm

Friday wrote:i really want today's zazz.

does anyone have one of these?

my only worry is that 400gb isn't really enough capacity and i'd fill it pretty quick. i wonder if you can upgrade them like a computer? anyone know?

You can swap hdd's.. but, 400gb not enough!?

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:02 pm

I would buy it if it had a remote.

Who wants to fiddle with an LCD under your tv though

Gaymax

Post by **Friday** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:06 pm

shit i didn't notice it doesn't have a remote!

thanks for pointing that out...

yeah - 400gb would get used up pretty quick. i'd only want it if i could store ALL my music and a heap of movies. got at least 200gb of music and even more of movies already, and you'd want it to last for years to be worth it...

Post by **huge** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:12 pm

you can swap em. 500gig for $150. 750gig $320

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:12 pm

Friday wrote:shit i didn't notice it doesn't have a remote!

thanks for pointing that out...

yeah - 400gb would get used up pretty quick. i'd only want it if i could store ALL my music and a heap of movies. got at least 200gb of music and even more of movies already, and you'd want it to last for years to be worth it...

Do you have wireless at home? You can get media centers that can connect to your pc/laptop through wireless or network cable even.
Then you'll have as much storage as you need.
My mate has been looking at getting one.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:14 pm

Also to put things in perspective.
Your average movie is 800mb (unless you are ripping dvd's without compression) so 400gb would fit 500 movies.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:18 pm

Something like this for $300

http://www.pccasegear.com.au/prod4111.htm

jungle_tactics · Post by **jungle_tactics** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:31 pm

Stray wrote:Something like this for $300

http://www.pccasegear.com.au/prod4111.htm

I have one of these and it's fantastic.

The main thing you have to take into consideration before buying any media
Centre is "will it be future proof?"

New codecs and formats are coming out all the time and it's important to
find out if the product manufacturer updates and released firmware for
your player. I spend a fair bit of time researching and Media Gate has a
good user community and the product developers really do heed the advice
and requests of their users and update their firmware more often than
most manufacturers.

IMO go for the Media Gate MG-350 HD

I love it and it plays almost all
the formats I want.

I don't even have a Hard disk in mine, I just stream shit off all my network
shares. It's seriously seamless, I had a mate bring his laptop over and
it updated the media server as soon as he connected to my wireless.

Wham, Bamm, Van Damme!

jungle_tactics · Post by **jungle_tactics** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:38 pm

jbs wrote:I would buy it if it had a remote.

Who wants to fiddle with an LCD under your tv though

Gaymax

I didn't notice that it said anywhere it ships without a remote?...

Am I missing something? In the third picture it shows a remote with the pack

Post by **Friday** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:41 pm

hmmmmm that looks good.

i would definitely want a big Hard Disc in my as I would use that to replace my external HD which is full up music at the moment...

free it up to use it for it's original purpose of backups etc.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:42 pm

You are right. I missed the specs below the picture!

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:08 pm

jungle_tactics wrote:
Stray wrote:Something like this for $300

http://www.pccasegear.com.au/prod4111.htm

I have one of these and it's fantastic.

Hey what is the on screen interface like?

jungle_tactics · Post by **jungle_tactics** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:24 pm

Stray wrote:
jungle_tactics wrote:
Stray wrote:Something like this for $300

http://www.pccasegear.com.au/prod4111.htm

I have one of these and it's fantastic.
Hey what is the on screen interface like?

Not too bad. It's very green

But you can make skins for it if you want to.

I don't seem to have any troubles with it. The remote response is kinda
clunky though, as if it has a small delay. But it's defiantly usable and it's a
big improvement on using my PC with HDMI out.

Post by **system** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:00 pm

i'd point out that having a 400GB 'drive' in there is probably going to mean that you want to have that backed up elsewhere. jbod arrays are nasty when they die.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:57 pm

why not just get a gateway interface and leave the actual files somewhere else, that way you need not worry about transfering files and/or losing them, or upgrading the capacity.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:50 am

Deals Direct are having a 'blowout' bedroom sale.

Deviant, now's your chance to pick up some new 400 thread cotton sheets boyee!!

http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/c/manchester/

Post by **huge** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:06 pm

just found this coupon!

P2434

free shipping at dealsdirect.

Post by **huge** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:13 pm

this is quite a handy blog.

http://www.ozbargainblog.com/

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:02 am

huge wrote:just found this coupon!

P2434

free shipping at dealsdirect.

it worked!

$49.90 for TWO sheet sets that have two sheets and two pillow cases.... dope!

at Target it's that much for one set that's only got one sheet with two pillow cases... and that even with the 30% sale that's on now. Internet shopping rules!

Post by **huge** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:37 am

yeah i got two 400 thread egyptians for cheapo!!

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:03 am

deviant wrote:
huge wrote:just found this coupon!

P2434

free shipping at dealsdirect.
it worked!

$49.90 for TWO sheet sets that have two sheets and two pillow cases.... dope!

at Target it's that much for one set that's only got one sheet with two pillow cases... and that even with the 30% sale that's on now. Internet shopping rules!

awesome

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:51 pm

mixtress wrote:
deviant wrote:
huge wrote:just found this coupon!

P2434

free shipping at dealsdirect.
it worked!

$49.90 for TWO sheet sets that have two sheets and two pillow cases.... dope!

at Target it's that much for one set that's only got one sheet with two pillow cases... and that even with the 30% sale that's on now. Internet shopping rules!
awesome

and in black too, which target was sold out of

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:15 pm

ooooh careful, black stains easily

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:17 am

Just bought some of the 1100 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets from dealsdirect... mmm luxurious. Cannae wait to test em out.

Post by **system** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:11 am

^ good stuff. quality sleeping when you're on 1,000+ thread count sheets.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:47 am

Running myself into the ground every day ensures a good nites sleep but mite have more motivation to lie around now.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:27 pm

Just as a heads up... if anybody is after a cheap 24" monitor, Officeworks is flogging the Acer 2416W for $599 as of tomorrow (sale starts Thursday, prices go live tomorrow).

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:37 am

turn your bath into a spa