Manni(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 17th January 2001, 14:11
Does anyone know how much Encore 450`s are @ Gamestation?
After posting a thread on the hardware forum I got told that they were displayed in the Birmingham @ 150 quid. But when i rang the Nottingham branch to confirm this they told me they were 169.99!
Does anyone know how much they are supposed to be selling them for? I even calculated 150 & VAT(@17.5%) and it still comes to more than 170, so guess it cant be the VAT.
Can anyone who`s bought this player from Gamestation confirm the price? Also if you have purchased one from here what firmware version was installed on it, 3.3e i hope?
RE: Gamestation
clayts(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 17th January 2001, 19:28
Manni, even if it isn`t 3.3e, Encore can arrange to send you the firmware by CD, or e-mail so you can burn it yourself (see http://www.area450.co.uk under `What`s New`).
Funnily enough, I heard this thing about the 450 being £149 at Gamestation too, and then someone said they got theirs for £130 (Think it was on this site)!
So I popped into the self-same branch (Nott`m - do you live here too then?) yesterday, but there were none on display and the poster that included an excellent review had disappeared.
That said, they are still offering it for £30 less than Encore Direct, who are out of stock til early Feb ! If you do buy from Gamestation and the firmware version isn`t 3.3e, you can get hold of it very easily !
This item was edited on Wednesday, 17th January 2001, 19:29
RE: Gamestation
Manni(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 18th January 2001, 11:52
Thanxs Clayts,
I know about the firware upgrade stuff, but have heard that it can freeze up the player sometimes(like the old flash back method for macro disable),and so prefer 2 have it already on. I want to have it for more than one day before i have to ring Encore to unfreeze it.
I`m actualy in Reading at the mo, where its also 169.99, but got mates in Notts who can pik it up 4 me.
I`ve also rang the Derby & Brum branches who r still doin them 4 150. Wat the hell is goin on???
The mystery continues!!!
Manni
RE: Gamestation
clayts(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 18th January 2001, 23:49
Manni
These Gamestation guys just dunno what they`re doing !!!
The new firmware doesn`t lock the player up fortunately, but what it does do is set all the player settings to default. Should only take a few seconds to sort out that bit, tho`
Good luck - if you get one for £150 can you let me know so I can update my website - thanks matey !
Clayts
RE: Gamestation
JohnnyM(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 19th January 2001, 14:18
I picked up a silver Encore DV450 from Gamestation in the Arndale Centre, Manchester. It only cost me £149.99! They had an avdert in the window of the shop with a price of £169.99 as well!!
Anyway, the guy behind the counter said they had a whole stack left as well. The machine has firmware version 3.3d. No problems at all with the player!
