Brad

Yep, looks to be dead. The $450 off $1499 code CWW3$617CT41SG is still working though.

i just added 2 more small contests and 2 pieces of software to the store for you to purchase. look for more items soon :) http://www.gottadeal.com/GottaPoints

Dell just sent new coupons for tomorrow, and they are not as good as the current coupons. $200 off $1499 and $350 off $1999. So if you want it, you've got about 12 hours to do so. They are offering a 10% coupon tomorrow for XPS desktops and laptops as well. http://dell.gottadeal.com

See #8: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=33735 In most cases, if a thread is closed, the reason is pretty obvious (as it was in your "favorite word" poll thread). If not, then we'll let the OP know. And just so you know and have advance notice, this thread is being closed PM RossMAN or me with any further questions :)

You can change that once you have 100 posts. At the rate you're going you'll have 100 in this thread alone

russman did you get the PM?

LOL. No commission on the prime program. We don't even get commission on the Amazon credit card anymore. I've had the prime for over a year now and love it.

I really doubt you'll see the $750 off $1499 anytime soon. Dell has lowered their base prices so that the current round of coupons are pretty much as good as they've offered. A 30-37% discount like the current 3 coupons provide is still very good, especially with the free upgrades on things like the DVD burner.

If you are going to go with RossMAN's configuration, you might want to add some more upgrades to get up to $1499 and use $450 off coupon code CWW3$617CT41SG. Basically $271 in additional upgrades for $121.

Wow, $49 would have been a really hot deal. Still this isn't bad at all.

See this thread: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=33599 Are you sure it works for everyone?

didn't work for me. closing thread. if a new coupon comes up or if this one starts working, post a new thread :)

wow, haven't seen one of these in a long time. good post :)

I don't really want to have too many of those. Post icons are supposed to be used only in certain situations - questions, important notices, etc... and if every thread has a different icon, the more important threads (such as site updates, etc...) might get lost. But we'll think about it :)

You should have posted it :) We need more tech-related deals here on the forum. It's still a nice deal considering I paid about $200 for my Fusion "Lite" card about a year and it didn't even come with the antenna. Considering what OTA HD set top boxes cost, $99 for the lite version is a pretty good deal.

The main differences between the $99 Lite and $149 Gold versions is that the Gold includes a remote and has the ability to compress the HD signal into DivX/DVD formats, which may or may not be useful. If you are using WinXP Media Center, that doesn't matter at all since MCE doesn't do any compressing anyway, and you'd probably want to use a regular MCE remote. So basically if you are getting this to use with MCE, you are better off getting the Lite in most cases, but if you are going to use it with another software package, you might want the Gold version. The USB version is good for laptops or machines with no free PCI slots (or no PCI slots altogether)

SageTV does: http://www.sagetv.com/requirements.html?sageSub=tv Haven't found anything for MythTV yet, but I'd imagine it would work, but it might require some tweaking.

RossMAN was interested in the remote deal and I told him last night to get a coupon right away as I figured they would be gone quick, and if anyone has them left, they are going to want $7-10 probably if they know the demand is there.

http://store.snapstream.com/tvtunercards-hdtv.html All are $45 off the regular prices: Lite PCI card, antenna & cable - $99 Gold PCI card, remote, antenna & cable - $149 USB adapter, remote, antenna & cable - $149 Works with MCE 2005 and BeyondTV 4.

Yeah that Harmony remote deal today is clearing out eBay. Last night there were only like 5 of those coupons on eBay, and once word of the remote deal got out, they were gone. A few other deals using them as well. I think I have a $35 off $300 coupon left, but none of the smaller ones.

I don't have any links that I can find. I know Mel K. mentioned a couple months ago at a presentation that it was something they were considering. I'd imagine XM would match the price increase after a few months. I can't really see either company going above $15. As for the hardware situation, Delphi really has nothing to do with it. Their bankruptcy problems are more related to their auto parts business - their technology divisions are basically unaffected. XM has their own R&D department (Sirius outsources their stuff) which designs the hardware. For example the current portable units - Delphi, Pioneer and Tao all make them but the underlying hardware and software is basically the same. Same thing for the upcoming MP3 units from Samsung and Pioneer. The companies basically just manufacture them and market them - not much of the design is done outside of XM itself. I don't agree about the long term deals. I really don't think either company will be out of business anytime in the next 2 years, and I know that at least with XM (and probably SIRI) that if you cancel any long term plan you get a pro-rated refund. If either company were to go out of business there would be warning signs and you can easily cancel. I signed up for a 2 year deal with XM a year ago before they raised rates and currently pay about $8/month for the base sub and then there are 3 other radios in the family plan for the $7/month. For anyone considering either. both companies let you get free trials of their online streams to get an idea of the kind of programming each has. If you do your research online you'll find there are a lot of fiercely devoted subscribers of each service that constantly butt heads, not to mention the Howard/O&A battle, so it's usually better to get firsthand experience rather than rely on what people online say.

They both have nearly the same amount of channels - both music (around 70) and non-music (another 90 or so including news, sports, talk, traffic, etc...). Both have various sports content deals - XM has MLB, NASCAR, PGA, some NCAA, NHL. Sirius has NFL, NHL, some NBA, some NCAA. Music programming is about equal - some prefer XM, some prefer Sirius. There are rumors that Sirius is going to be raising rates by $2/$3 per month, so that's something to consider. XM has much better hardware as their technology is about a year ahead of Sirius.

The thing is, in the vast majority of cases doing the upgrades at Dell is a rip off. You are better off buying this machine as is (maybe upgrade the screen for $29) and then do the HD/RAM upgrades by yourself IF YOU NEED THEM (which most people will not, at least not right away). Sell the HD/RAM that comes with it and replace it with stuff you buy elsewhere for cheaper. The cost of your upgrades is much much less doing it that way. For example, they want $145 to upgrade to the 60GB 7200rpm model. You can get one of those for pretty much the same price elsewhere, so the upgrade isn't really worth it as for the same price you could get both. Same thing for the RAM. As for Lenovo, they are like the other companies. They want market share but they don't have deals to back it up. We get contacted by HP begging us to promote their offers like we do for Dell, but their offers don't sell. Simple as that.

Now if only Dell would release a new 12" model with the Core Duo to replace my 700m :)

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