Currys Ireland are advertising the Canon EOS450D Digital SLR for €749.99 - stating that buyers are saving €100 Euro at that price.

You can save another €130 Euro (€230 in total) if you buy online from Pixmania Ireland . Delivery charges are €13.90 anywhere in Ireland - so it’s still a saving of €116 on the Currys Ireland price.

The Canon EOS 450D was commended at the TIPA awards for its high performances, user-friendliness and ease of use, is packed full of technologies and special features. Its 12.2-megapixel CMOS sensor takes lifelike shots at rates of 3.5 frames per second, and its large focusing range picks out details from a distance. The EOS 450D includes a self-cleaning system, which uses three different techniques to dislodge dust from the sensor, and it has a DIGIC III processor to guarantee well-balanced, vivid colours in all your shots. The EOS 450D is easy to handle and use thanks to its 3? LCD screen, which is great for direct shooting, and it comes complete with an 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens

The Sony PS3 80 Gb was launched last week in Europe - Irish gamers can buy it online with delivery to Ireland for €390.90 Euro   from Pixmania .

The Playstation 3 80 Gb is  contains a Blu-ray disc player , 4 USB ports, a high-resolution multimedia interface, a wireless network connection (WiFi), The PS3 also comes with  HDMI connections, which are ideal for HD televisions, and is compatible with  Memory Stick, SD and Compact Flash. It can even read video files in MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (PS/TS), H.264/MPEG-4 and MPEG-4 SP formats, as well as audio files in ATRAC (.oma, .msa., .aa3), AAC (.3gp, .mp4), MP3 and WAV formats.