A few trips to Fry's... spending amounts to be confirmed once I find recepits:

5/20
Nothing like spending a romantic 40 minutes at Fry's. No, I'm not kidding. Somehow my special someone managed to stick by me for the better part of an hour at the Palo Alto Fry's. Fortunately for me, she embraces my inner (?) retail / technology geek and kept herself sufficiently entertained.

Anyway, it's their 20th Anniversary Sale and the parking lot was pretty packed. Of course, the two things I went there for, the Sharp XR-1S projector ($650-150 rebate) and Audigy 2 ZS Gamer ($100 - 60 rebate) were both sold out. Not really surprising. What *was* surprising was that they still had the Olevia 27" LCD TV ($700) in stock. Lots of people looking at it, including me. In the end I passed as a) I have a 24" LCD on the way (Dell 2405FPW) and b) I'll save some pennies for a larger 50" plasma to go with the HTPC. Oh, cute incident: J took a look at a Daewoo 42" plasma, excited and actually looking to buy it. Unfortunately she had been looking at the price for the stand and not the screen. If the moment were a cartoon, you would have seen little hearts leaping from my head.

Quick swings through other areas didn't really reveal much. They don't have docking cradles for Treo 650s or Jabra 250 bluetooth headsets in stock. Buffalo networking endcap was understocked and the LCD video was off.

Lots of other random deals, including one on the 400gb Seagate. $230 - 40 MIR. I finally jumped on this as I desparately need more storage for the machine in the living room. I also grabbed all of my missing MST3K DVDs and Mean Girls, which I've been told is pretty interesting. Also bought a 1gb SD card for the new Treo and a bag of PREMIUM CUT Teriyaki Pemmican. What makes it premium cut? I have no idea. I sense no difference and, in fact, it tastes worse. Given the new 'shiny silver blocky extreme' font, I suspect they're just trying to lure in more buyers with the same product.

Total Time Spent: 40 minutes
Total Money Spent: ~ $560

5/something
I've been setting up a HTPC with Windows Media Center Edition 2005. I initally tried to just install the ATI HDTV Wonder but the product is finicky with just a digital tuner save for some software hacks, so I ended up getting the Hauppauge PVR-150 analog tuner to accompany the digital card. Seems to work okay. Not much else to report on this trip.

Total Time Spent: 10 minutes
Total Money Spent: ~ $120

5/something-earlier-than-the-post-above
Ran in to get a birthday gift for a friend. Got Season 5 of Star Trek the Next Generation on DVD. It's actually getting more difficult to find them nowadays.

Total Time Spent: 5 minutes
Total Money Spent: ~$110
posted by Steve at 7:23 PM

Chronicles my trips to Fry's Electronics

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