Sadly I just learned that the much anticipated Draytek 2820Vn has been delayed by a few weeks and now isn’t likely to arrive in Australia until late March/early April. 
The good news is there’s a whisper that non-combo versions of both the 2820n & Vn models might be available as well soon for those who don’t need the wireless adapter and would rather save a few dollars.
I’m expecting pricing to be announced within the next few weeks sometime on all of these.
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D-Link DGL-4500 — 802.11N Xtreme N™ MIMO Gigabit Gaming Router |
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D-Link DIR-451 — 3G Mobile Router for UMTS/HSDPA Networks |
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D-Link DKT-USBN — DIR-635 + DWA-140 wireless USB adapter combo |
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Netgear WNDR3300 — Rangemax Dual Band Wireless-N MIMO Router |
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Netgear WNR3500 — Rangemax Wireless- N Gigabit MIMO Router |
| Wireless Adapters | |
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Netgear WNDA3100 — 802.11n Rangemax Dual Band Wireless-N USB 2.0 Adapter |
| KVM | |
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D-Link KVM-121 — 2-Port KVM Switch With Audio Support |
| Powerline | |
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Netgear HDX111 — 200 mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter |
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Netgear HDXB111 — 200 mbps Powerline kit (Contains 2 x HDX111) |
Channel 7 and Foxtel have finally come to an agreement to allow Foxtel to re-transmit Seven’s digital broadcast including electronic program data so now at last we can set our IQ boxes to record channel 7 programs. This should go live for cable subscribers within the next few weeks but satellite subscribers might have to wait for a bit over a year yet at this stage.
More at news.com.au
This news comes sadly a little late for me. The channel 7 analogue reception was so woeful at my house I just upgraded my media centre to digital so I’d have access to an EPG (electronic program guide) and a reception worth recording. (Seven was the only channel without program data on my Foxtel IQ box and it seemed like 90% of the stuff we wanted to record was on Seven).
Meh. It was worth the upgrade anyway. The picture is absolutely glorious, but now I have a new problem. It seems the digital broadcasts have some sort of copyright protection* built-into them so you can only view recorded programs on the PC or device that recorded them in the first place so now I can’t play them on my office PC. I used to do this all the time to catch up on the shows I’d missed during the week while other family members watched their programs on the plasma in the loungeroom using the Media Centre PC or Foxtel box.
If anyone knows a way around this please let me know.
I’ll be interested to see how the new Linksys Media Centre Extenders go in this regard too.
*Update: It seems it’s not copyright protection causing me problems playing over a network but some kind of decoder issue. See the solution in the XPMediaCentre forums.
This week at OzTechnologies I’ve got a couple of clearance specials happening to make way for new lines -
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Telequip DSL002E1 inline ADSL filter. Reduced to clear at just $7.70 each. |
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Telequip DSL009 Inline Filter Socket for Wall Phones. Reduced to clear at just $8.80 each. These are unique in that they replace a wall mount socket and they don’t have a replacement so grab them while they last. Once they’re gone they nearest equivalent will be the DSL018 2+ which clips over an existing wall mount socket. |
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One only DI-704P left reduced to $67.10. Routers with parallel port print servers are becoming scarce and you could even use this just as a print server. At this price I don’t think there’s a cheaper one. |
Also on special at the moment:
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Billion 7300G wireless modem. Was $107.80 Now $99.00 |
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Billion 7401VGPM Wireless ADSL Modem with VoIP. Was $163.90 Now $148.50 |
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Billion 7404VGPM Wireless ADSL modem with VoIP (More features than the 7401VGPM including 2 FXS ports) Was $209.00 Now $195.00 |
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Billion 7404VGOM Wireless ADSL modem with VoIP & VPN Was $265.10 Now $235.00 |
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Draytek Vigor2800G Wireless ADSL modem with 3G support. Was $269.50 Now $259.00 |
Don’t forget also that there’s discounts across the board for anyone who signs up with PeopleTelecom using my Agent ID Q16. Click here for more info. If you do sign up and need to buy a modem please email me for an even sweeter deal on that purchase. 
Note: Prices are only valid today only and may vary later. Click the images for current pricing.