The Crystal Ocean

It's Sale Time, upto 50% off some products

We're currently having a massive sale to make more room and we have some fantastic deals with as much as 50% off some products.

Call in and see how much you could save, but be quick, some of these products won't be around for long at these prices.

Roberts Solar DAB radio in stock

We have just received a delivery of Roberts new Solar powered'Eco Friendly'DAB Digital radio.

Some might think that a solar powered radio wouldn't work very well in the UK due to lack of sunshine but Roberts have worked with solar experts Freeplay to develop a system that allows the radio to work to 27 hours from a full charge. Just place the solarDAB on a window sill and it will recharge while your not listening to it.

BBC starts Freeview HDTV Test

The BBC has launch a trial of high definition TV broadcasts on Freeview in the Kent area.

The official roll out of HDTV programming is scheduled to start as early as 2009 though the initial transmission will be in the Granada region.

Roberts Digital radio half price

We have a limited number of Roberts Radio RD76 digital radios available at half price.

This retro style DAB radio is normally£100 but we have been able to secure a limited number at a fantastic price allowing us to sell them for only £50 each. Stocks are very limited so hurry down to our shop in Seaton.

This offer is limited to face-to-face sales only and is not available through telephone orders.

Digital UK: Independent shops give best advice for digital switchover

A recent survey by Digital UK, the organisation that is leading the digital switchover, has found that independent retailers provided a better service to customers than multiple stores such as Comet and Currys.

Digital UK's mystery shoppers found that"the standard of advice in independents was high".

Freesat

The BBC and ITV have announce a new satellite service called Freesat.

The new service will be available to 98% of homes in the UK, including the notoriously bad reception areas of Axmouth, Beer and Branscombe.

The service will offer a number of channels including high deffinition channels from BBC and ITV.

The HD receiver from Humax will cost£149.99 and standard installation will cost £80 which includes a dish if you dont allready have one for Sky and upto 5 mtrs of cable.

Initially, receivers are in short supply but we can take pre orders for the service.

Free 5 year warranty on Selected LCD televisions.

Seaton Electronics are pleased to be able to offer a free 5 year warranty with selected LCD and Plasma televisions for a limited time only.

We're backing the FSB's campaign to'Keep Trade Local'

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
has launched a campaign to'Keep Trade Local'andSeaton Electronics
along with our electrical retailers association'Retra'have added
their backing.

Scam warning for customers with websites

If you receive an official looking letter from a company called'Domain Registry of America'please ignore it and under no circumstances should you reply or send them any money.

What is the digital TV switchover?

Starting in 2008 and ending in 2012, TV services in the UK will go completely digital, TV region by TV region. This process is called digital switchover.The UK?s old television broadcast signal (known as ?analogue?) is being switched off and replaced with a ?digital? signal. Any TV set that?s not converted to digital when the switchover takes place will no longer receive TV programmes.
What are the benefits of digital TV?

Pink?

You might be wondering why our website has taken on a pink band.

Well, its to celebrate digital switchover which will be completed in the south west next year.

Dont forget that all of your television viewing and recording equipment will need to be upgraded to digital by switchover next year or you'll just get a blank screen.

Where has the online shop gone?

You may have come here expecting to find our online shop which has been running for a couple of years.

While running the shop we found that a large part of our time was being spent canceling fraudulent credit card transactions.

We have therefore decided to stop trading on the internet for the time being and devote our resources to our local customers where we can provide our usual outstanding levels of service.

We are looking into a link up with one of our major suppliers which should soon bring the online shop back but with our supplier handling the transactions and distribution of orders so watch this space.