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Magic Monday Hardware Promo: Samsung Series 8 46″ 3D LED TV

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If you’re looking for a new television and want to ensure that you get the very latest and greatest, you can’t get much better than a Samsung Series 8 46″ 3D LED TV from Novatech. Not only is it huge, it also provides one the very best examples of HD TV picture quality available today. Additionally, if its 3D capabilities weren’t enough to sway you then perhaps the fact that it can convert your 2D films to 3D will. These are but some of the Samsung Series 8 46″ 3D LED TV’s dazzling array of features, however; read below to find out more of what this £1479.98 bargain has to offer you.

  • Smart Hub – Essentially an app store specifically for your TV, you can search Samsung’s Smart Hub for applications to do everything from tracking and recording your favourite television programmes (as well as suggesting ones you might like) to surfing the Internet.
  • The Internet on Your TV – A specially optimised web browser developed exclusively for use with Samsung Smart TVs. If you have a TV camera you can even use Skype through your television, as well as other social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter and Google Talk depending on your region.
  • Superior Picture Quality – With such technology as micro dimming, digital noise filtering and wide colour enhancing as standard, Samsung’s breathtakingly clear, detailed and colour-rich display is unmatched.
  • 2D to 3D Conversion – Dedicated Smart TV technology seamlessly converts 2D movies into stunning 3D, adding a literal whole new dimension.
  • 3D Sound – Samsung’s Depth Rendering Technology means that the sound you experience is as 3D and realistic as it is in the cinema (and even real life).
  • Multiple HDMI Inputs – A total of four HDMI inputs whatever data and devices you wish you see up on the big screen (gaming is a definite recommendation!).
  • Connect Like Never Before – ConnectShare Movie transforms your TV into a home theatre, able to display any photos, music or movies you may have stored on your USB memory stick or portable hard drive. AllShare allows you to utilise DLNA technology to wirelessly access media stored on compatible mobile devices.
  • One Remote to Control Them All – Anynet+ always you control all your HDMICEC-compatible digital devices with a single remote control (just don’t lose it, eh?).

The Great HDMI Cable rip off – How about £1.99 for a 2m Cable?

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A bit of controversy never hurt, so when our friends over at PC Pro put up a news story about the HDMI cable scam, we couldn’t resist relaying it on to you here on the Novatech blog.

According to Kogan (a new upstart retailer in the UK) many retailers are trying to sell HDMI cables at hugely inflated prices, sometimes in excess of £100. Kogan have offered customers of all the shops selling TVs such as Currys and John Lewis, the chance to purchase their HDMI cable for just £4.

“When you buy a TV from John Lewis, Currys, or countless other high street stores, you will be offered hideously expensive accessories such as HDMI cables,” the company explained on its blog. “These cables are sold with absolutely ridiculous markups, many multiples of the actual cost of the items.”

Good point, but presumably these companies were offering superior HDMI cables or is this just a myth? “An HDMI cable is an HDMI cable,” Kogan said. “It’s a digital cable. You either get a picture or you don’t. Don’t get conned into buying a ‘fancy’ HDMI cable because it will make no difference!”

It’s something we’ve been saying for a long time, which is why our own HDMI cables are suitably priced, much lower than the high street.

But, we have decided to go one better than even the good people at Kogan, so if you have bought a TV recently from any of the high street retailers, we are now offering you the chance to buy a 2 metre HDMI cable for just £1.99 over this weekend ONLY at Novatech. (We aren’t even going to check if you bought a TV from the high street!)

Grab yourself a grand prix weekend bargain right here.