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Troubled by your one and only option for purchasing one of Silicon Mountain's unique Allio HDTVs? No worries -- the company has just landed deals with ten more e-tailers in order to give you a litany of options when it comes time to purchase. Internet mainstays like Amazon, PC Mall, CompUSA, DataVision, TigerDirect and Safari Micro made the cut, all agreeing to offer the PC-in-an-HDTV that was recently loosed upon the unsuspecting public. Time to price compare, kids.

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Silicon Mountain gets Allio HTPC-infused HDTV into ten more stores originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>all-in-oneall-in-one pcAll-in-onePcAllioamazonbdblu rayblu-raybluraycompusadistributionhdhdtvHTPClcd hdtvLcdHdtvmedia center pcmedia pcMediaCenterPcMediaPcotherspcmallsalesSilicon MountainSiliconMountaintv pcTvPcWed, 26 Nov 2008 00:24:00 EST<![CDATA[HTC Touch Diamond surfaces at CompUSA]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/htc-touch-diamond-surfaces-at-compusa-with-quad-band-connecti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/htc-touch-diamond-surfaces-at-compusa-with-quad-band-connecti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/htc-touch-diamond-surfaces-at-compusa-with-quad-band-connecti/#comments
Oh, snap. Just the other day we were bemoaning the fact that the Touch Diamond sent to us courtesy of HTC lacked both HSDPA 850 / 1900 and GSM 850, but according to the product page at CompUSA, the version it's selling has all of those. Yep, a purported quad-band Touch Diamond is seemingly in stock right now for Americans willing to part with $779.99, but remember, all those bills nets you a 2.8-inch VGA display, HSDPA 7.2, Windows Mobile 6.1 and oodles of sexy. Go on, help HTC get one closer to two million this year.

[Thanks, Tom]

Update: Hey look, UKers can get in too. Just £463.99 including VAT. Thanks Leigh!

Update 2: For shame! HTC just pinged us and said this thing is the same as every other Touch Diamond, meaning that North American 3G is not supported.

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Oh, snap. Just the other day we were bemoaning the fact that the Touch Diamond sent to us courtesy of HTC lacked both HSDPA 850 / 1900 and GSM 850, but according to the product page at CompUSA, the version it's selling has all of those. Yep, a purported quad-band Touch Diamond is seemingly in stock right now for Americans willing to part with $779.99, but remember, all those bills nets you a 2.8-inch VGA display, HSDPA 7.2, Windows Mobile 6.1 and oodles of sexy. Go on, help HTC get one closer to two million this year.

[Thanks, Tom]

Update: Hey look, UKers can get in too. Just £463.99 including VAT. Thanks Leigh!

Update 2: For shame! HTC just pinged us and said this thing is the same as every other Touch Diamond, meaning that North American 3G is not supported.

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Apparently, not only is CompUSA rising from the dead like a horrific, zombified corpse, but now its guts are getting bought up and replaced by another retail behemoth. According to reports, Best Buy has just paid $13.5 million for 17 CompUSA store leases, ranging in time from three to 14 years and totaling 453,000 square feet. If the nightmare of CompUSA wasn't enough to haunt you in your sleep, the news that its now-defunct locations will be replaced with essentially more of the same should shake you to your very core. We imagine the Best Buy victory rap will be making the rounds again, you can jog your memory after the break.

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Best Buy snaps up 17 CompUSA leases originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 May 2008 08:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CompUSA died a sputtering, inglorious death, but Ohio-based Systemax (which owns TigerDirect) didn't shell out $30M to pick up the pieces for nothing: it's just announced that it's re-opening 15 US stores and opening a new one, 13 of which are in Florida. We're not sure why the Sunshine State faces the brunt of CompUSA's angry zombie wrath -- do retirees enjoy being ripped off?* -- but Texans and Puerto Ricans can join in the fun with four stores of their very own. These are all apparently open now -- anyone brave enough to check out the scene?

*Rejected asides: "Is this punishment for that Pitbull record?" "Guess you don't need braiiiiiins to pay these prices!" "Screw you, Mickey!"

[Thanks, Steven]

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So you're about to be laid off by your megacorporation that thoroughly mismanaged its position in the market and is giving you the shaft because of it. What's a CompUSA employee to do? We'd say adding your own photos to LCD product shots on the online store is as good a way as any.

[Thanks, Roberto G]

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CompUSA employees adopt subtle, dignified method of saying farewell originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, Quentin]

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Systemax salvages CompUSA brand, website, and up to 16 stores originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Would you check out this layoff slip CompUSA sent around? We know we shouldn't expect their director of HR to get all blubbery or anything, but it's like the corporation really is as soulless as it gets credit for. Like, you're really going to sit in your office in Texas and write a hundred word letter that instantly puts thousands of people out of a job, and the best you can do is "We thank you for your service to CompUSA, Inc."? Thanks for peppering in that "Inc." there, sure it made everyone feel great, but not even a personal anecdote or something? We're actually a little surprised they didn't finish it off with "and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out." Man, even in the throes of death CompUSA treats people like garbage.

P.S. -Upshot to the vultures in the audience, liquidation is beginning within the next week or two at certain stores, so keep an eye out for going-out-of-business carrion.

[Thanks, CompUSA Employee]

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CompUSA sends out layoff letters: bad service extends to employees, too originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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RIP, CompUSA: 1984 - 2008 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rumor: CompUSA going out of business in January originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>compusariprumorWed, 05 Dec 2007 18:12:00 EST<![CDATA[HTC's Advantage X7501 lands at CompUSA website]]>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/htcs-advantage-x7501-lands-at-compusa-website/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/htcs-advantage-x7501-lands-at-compusa-website/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/htcs-advantage-x7501-lands-at-compusa-website/#commentsYou knew this beauty was coming, and you've even had ample time to stare it down and get acquainted, but now you can get that mousing finger ready as the HTC Advantage X7501 has snuck onto CompUSA's website. Currently listed as "Coming Soon," the sale page doesn't lend any hints as to when it'll actually be available to purchase, but we are assured that it'll run $899.99 whenever that time does come. As expected, it'll come pre-loaded with Windows Mobile 6 Standard, a 624MHz CPU, built-in 8GB hard drive, miniSD expansion slot, integrated GPS, Bluetooth / WiFi, a three-megapixel camera, TV / VGA outputs, and just about everything else you'd need in a UMPC / cellphone hybrid. Hold tight folks, it's almost here.

[Thanks, Naval]

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CompUSA has been trying to turn itself around for a while now -- it closed a ton of stores earlier this year and has generally been pretty aggressive in trying to cut costs. No matter how bad things get, though, sometimes a company's gotta bite the bullet and do the right thing by its customers, and it looks like the $269 CompUSA is holding back from Texas consultant Terry Heaton might end up costing it a lot more than it anticipated. Seems as though Terry purchased what he thought was a Canon A630 from one of the stores CompUSA was closing back in March, but when his step-daughter opened the box a few weeks ago, it was empty. Assuming he'd get a refund, Terry drove to the nearest CompUSA, where he was told that all liquidation sales were handled by a third party and not CompUSA, and that he would have to contact CompUSA's attorneys to secure a refund. Undaunted, Terry then wrote a letter to CompUSA's CEO, whose "Executive Care" assistant replied and said that Terry should have been more careful to inspect the box when he purchased the camera, and that the prominent ALL SALES ARE FINAL signs around the store and on the receipt weren't just for show. That's pretty callous, if you ask us -- while we're always extra-careful when we buy clearance items, we can't imagine CompUSA (or its liquidators) knowingly marked an empty box with a $269 price tag, and we can't imagine seeing that price and thinking the box might be empty. So come on, CompUSA -- let's see some customer friggin service, okay?

[Via LostRemote, thanks, James]

Update: Heaton got his cash back! Well, in the form of a gift certificate, which kind of sucks, but still, we're glad for him.

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[Via CNET]

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LG BH100 HD DVD / Blu-ray hybrid player in the wild and on sale originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Via CNET]

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LG BH100 HD DVD / Blu-ray hybrid player in the wild and on sale originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Via GameSpot]

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bundlecompusacrimedealfiascohdtvmadnessplaystation3pre-orderps3sonySat, 18 Nov 2006 11:39:00 EST<![CDATA[CompUSA to sell Vista Business this month]]>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/13/compusa-to-sell-vista-business-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/13/compusa-to-sell-vista-business-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/13/compusa-to-sell-vista-business-this-month/#commentsIf you're one of those folks who prefers to purchase things, you know, the ol' fashioned legitimate way (as opposed to using the seedy underbelly of the internets), it looks like you'll be able to get your hands on a copy of Windows Vista earlier than the scheduled January 30 release date. Microsoft has just inked an exclusive deal with CompUSA to sell you a licensing agreement for Windows Vista Business, letting your run it on up to five computers for $300 full or $200 as an upgrade from XP. That means you'll be able to get Windows pipin' hot just as the big corporate clients will -- starting November 30th.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>compusamicrosoftosvistaMon, 13 Nov 2006 21:27:00 EST<![CDATA[Truth in advertising: Compusa's I-O Data AVLP2/DVDLA "HD DVD" Player]]>http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/30/truth-in-advertising-compusas-i-o-data-avlp2-dvdla-hd-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/30/truth-in-advertising-compusas-i-o-data-avlp2-dvdla-hd-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/30/truth-in-advertising-compusas-i-o-data-avlp2-dvdla-hd-dvd-pl/#commentsOh goodness. Take a look at this and tell us if you are as disappointed in Compusa as we are. On the bottom left of page 11 in their weekly sales-ad, lists a HD DVD player for only $199. Sounds like a great deal but if you do a little more research, the I-O Data AVLP2/DVDLA isn't a HD DVD player. You may remember that we covered the player a few weeks back It does, however, play both DiVX-HD and WMV-HD discs, but not standard HD DVDs. In fact, it doesn't even up-scale standard DVDs to high-def! We are sure that some over-zealous writer at Compusa miss-read the specs, but that isn't any excuse. Compusa is one the nations premier retail technolgy store and this should not have made it to printing press.

So we repeat...THIS IS NOT A HD DVD PLAYER.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>advertisingcompusadtvhdhd dvdHdDvdhdtvio dataIoDatatvSun, 30 Jul 2006 14:15:00 EST<![CDATA[CompUSA is going to start selling Mitsubishi HDTVs]]>http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/23/compusa-is-going-to-start-selling-mitsubishi-hdtvs/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/23/compusa-is-going-to-start-selling-mitsubishi-hdtvs/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/23/compusa-is-going-to-start-selling-mitsubishi-hdtvs/#commentsCompUSA is expanding their HDTV lineup with Mitsubishi. Starting on March 26th, they are going to offer three of Mitsubishi's microdisplays in the majority of their stores. The sets are already on their website - you have to search for the 1080p WD-52627. The best part though is that Mitsubishi is teaming up with CompUSA for a March Madness promotion, so you know what that means. HDTV giveaways!

Check out this link for more details, but from the look of things, anyone can enter and you do not have to buy anything. Good luck!

CompUSA is going to start selling Mitsubishi HDTVs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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