2010-04-17

2010-04-18: PC Fair 1

The annual fest is here again for the 1st tranche in the Klang Valley.

So today is the LAST DAY of this IT Fiesta in our capital

Here are some highlights.
27" Full HD LCD @ RM 1,100
32" Philips Full HD LCD (with USB support for RMVB!!!) @ RM 1,500
56" Philips super duper LCD with 21:9 aspect ratio (only one in the world) @ under RM 20k!
Memory prices not moving much. 8/16Gb thumb drives & SD cards in the RM 50/100 arena. U can imagine the MemStick Pros & CF prices!
HD prices still a bit sticky at about RM 300 for 1 Tb and RM 538 for 2 Tb. Looks like 1.5 Tb is best bang for da buck at RM 365.
800VA UPS for under RM 200
Buffalo 2 bay NAS below RM 300
Dlink has a nice Wifi-n router with 4 port GIGABIT for half da price of Airport Extreme! Woo hoo! Great for connection DROBOs or NAS with GIGABIT! No need eSATA / USB 2 or 3 / FW 800!
Projector prices down to RM 1,500 with free 6*6 manual screens. I know I'm eyeing the Viewsonic with 3D support (Superb! Who need's the baby sized 55" Samsung 3D TV @ over RM 15k?)

The usual suspects were all there:
A to Z PC / Camera brands (Nikon D90 with 18-105 kit plunges to below RM 3,500!)
Lots of DSLR trigger happy dudes snapping all the "booth babes" with the Chinese RPG online gaming ones sporting the best costumes.
Small techie shops, with Thundermatch stealing the limelight this year
All the telcos mashed into the last quadrant at Hall 5, just as u r about to exit.
Don't bother asking about HSBB @ Telekom stall. No difference in deployment. Just wait for 2010Q4 for further progress (Yawn!)

Photos here at PICASA