{"id":45017,"date":"2013-08-31T12:04:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T10:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=45017"},"modified":"2013-08-31T12:07:23","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T10:07:23","slug":"can-you-afford-south-africas-most-expensive-gadgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/hardware\/45017\/can-you-afford-south-africas-most-expensive-gadgets\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you afford South Africa&#8217;s most expensive gadgets?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s super rich have no reason to be content with a 10Mbps ADSL connection and a 47-inch LED TV. They can get access to the best gadgets and technology, as long as they are willing to fork out enough money.<\/p>\n<p>We assembled some of the best gadgets available in South Africa, and a great broadband connection to serve anyone\u2019s Internet needs.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Neotel 100Mbps NeoBroadband fibre<\/h3>\n<p>To really enjoy what the Internet has to offer, a really fast broadband connection is a must. Telkom is offering 20Mbps and 40Mbps residential VDSL products in selected areas at a reasonable price, and is trialling 100Mbps fibre to the home. But why wait when you have the cash?<\/p>\n<p>Neotel is offering 100Mbps uncapped NeoBroadband fibre to businesses at a price of <strong>R37,575<\/strong> per month.<\/p>\n<p>Here you do not have to worry too much about a fair use limit either \u2013 you can consume up to 15TB per month after which the speed will be throttled to 50Mbps.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45022\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Samsung-85-inch-UN85S9-SA-launch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45022\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45022\" alt=\"Samsung 85 inch UN85S9 SA launch\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Samsung-85-inch-UN85S9-SA-launch.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Samsung-85-inch-UN85S9-SA-launch.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Samsung-85-inch-UN85S9-SA-launch-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samsung 85 inch UN85S9 SA launch<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Samsung 85-inch UA85S9 UHD Smart LED TV<\/h3>\n<p>To make the most of the movies and TV series which you download in the highest resolution possible, you need a big high-resolution TV.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s 85-inch ultra-high definition (UHD) Smart LED TV will do the trick.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung first unveiled the UN85S9 at CES in January 2013, marketing it as the world\u2019s largest UHD television. The TV launched in South African in June 2013<\/p>\n<p>This TV is available at Cats Digital at a price of <strong>R399,999<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45018\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BW-804-Diamonds-5.1-Package-with-Rotel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45018\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45018\" alt=\"BW 804 Diamonds 5.1 Package with Rotel\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BW-804-Diamonds-5.1-Package-with-Rotel.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BW-804-Diamonds-5.1-Package-with-Rotel.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BW-804-Diamonds-5.1-Package-with-Rotel-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BW 804 Diamonds 5.1 Package with Rotel<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">B&amp;W 804 Diamonds 5.1 Package with Rotel pre-amp<\/h3>\n<p>To do justice to a home entertainment room with an 85-inch ultra-high definition (UHD) television, a good sound system is needed.<\/p>\n<p>The Bowers &amp; Wilkins 804 Diamonds 5.1 package with Rotel home theatre sound system should do the trick.<\/p>\n<p>It features a Rotel RSP-1572 7.1 surround sound processor\/pre-amp, Rotel\u2019s 5 x 250 watt power amplifier, and a setup with B&amp;W 804, B&amp;W 805, B&amp;W HTM4, and B&amp;W DB1 speakers.<\/p>\n<p>This system is available from Sound &amp; Image at a price of <strong>R219,990.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45020\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dream-Machine-2012-Maximum-PC-Silverstone-Temjin-TJ011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45020\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45020\" alt=\"Dream Machine 2012 Maximum PC Silverstone Temjin TJ011\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dream-Machine-2012-Maximum-PC-Silverstone-Temjin-TJ011.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dream-Machine-2012-Maximum-PC-Silverstone-Temjin-TJ011.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dream-Machine-2012-Maximum-PC-Silverstone-Temjin-TJ011-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dream-Machine-2012-Maximum-PC-Silverstone-Temjin-TJ011-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dream Machine 2012 Maximum PC Silverstone Temjin TJ011<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Extreme gaming PC<\/h3>\n<p>The &#8220;Dream Machine 2012&#8221; from Maximum PC featured the Silverstone Temjin TJ011 case<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDream Machine\u201d from Maximum PC featured the Silverstone Temjin TJ011 case<\/p>\n<p>When you feel like a bit of gaming using your new home entertainment system, you need to have the best gaming PC possible.<\/p>\n<p>Evetech offers custom built gaming PC services, and we built one which sports a Silverstone Temjin case, an Intel Core i7-3970X CPU, an ASUS Rampage IV Extreme LGA 2011 Motherboard, Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB DDR3 2400Mhz Gaming RAM, 3 x GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB 384bit DDR5 Cards In SLI, 2 x VECTOR 512GB SSD In Raid 0, and two 27-inch 2560\u00d71440 resolution LED monitors..<\/p>\n<p>This custom built gaming PC from Evetech will put you back <strong>R148,576<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45021\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Leica-M-Monochrom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45021\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45021\" alt=\"Leica M Monochrom\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Leica-M-Monochrom.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Leica-M-Monochrom.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Leica-M-Monochrom-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leica M Monochrom<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Leica M Monochrom camera<\/h3>\n<p>When leaving the house for a trip which may involve photography, you don\u2019t want to be caught with a lowly point-n-shoot or even a standard SLR camera.<\/p>\n<p>The Leica M Monochrom may be the camera to impress your friends. It is the first full-frame, 35 mm format digital camera designed exclusively, and without any compromises, for black-and-white photography.<\/p>\n<p>The Leica M Monochrom is available from SA Camera at <strong>R125,400<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45019\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Cannondale-Scalpel-Ultimate-29R-L-Black-20131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45019\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45019\" alt=\"Cannondale Scalpel Ultimate 29R L Black 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Cannondale-Scalpel-Ultimate-29R-L-Black-20131.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Cannondale-Scalpel-Ultimate-29R-L-Black-20131.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Cannondale-Scalpel-Ultimate-29R-L-Black-20131-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cannondale Scalpel Ultimate 29R L Black 2013<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Cannondale Scalpel Ultimate 29R L Black 2013<\/h3>\n<p>Staying fit is becoming a national pastime, and cycling has grown in popularity over the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>The Cannondale Scalpel Ultimate 29R L Black 2013 mountain bike will ensure that you can take on any terrain, and its distinctive Lefty fork will impress even cycling noobs.<\/p>\n<p>It is available from Chris Willemse Cycles at <strong>R129,999<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This article was <a title=\"Best gadgets and broadband for SA's millionaires\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/85347-best-gadgets-broadband-for-sas-millionaires.html\">originally published on MyBroadband<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on the world\u2019s rich elite<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The richest city in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/international\/38178\/the-richest-city-in-south-africa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The richest city in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mapping the world\u2019s billionaires\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/34363\/mapping-the-worlds-billionaires\/\"><strong>Mapping the world\u2019s billionaires<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The world\u2019s richest people\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/32799\/the-worlds-richest-people\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The world\u2019s richest people<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tech's youngest billionaires\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/32786\/techs-youngest-billionaires\/\"><strong>Tech\u2019s youngest billionaires<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big gaming rigs, massive TVs and ultra-fast broadband are just some of the things available to South Africa&#8217;s super wealthy &#8211; but they all come with a hefty price tag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":15631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[303,6550,26,305,6551,6549,261,52,1407],"class_list":["post-45017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-gadgets","tag-gaming-pc","tag-headline","tag-intel","tag-leica-m-monochrom","tag-millionaire","tag-neotel","tag-samsung","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45025,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45017\/revisions\/45025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}