Set on the coast of Hawke`s Bay, Te Aratipi Station offers walkers on the farm views across the bay, from the Mahia Peninsula right around to Mt Ruapehu on a clear day. Read...

Black Friday is one of the only times you can score good savings on a VPN service throughout the year, and right now ExpressVPN has a deal that can’t be missed. One of our top VPNs overall, ExpressVPN is offering huge discounts of up to 81 percent off on its 12-month or 2-year plans. Currently, its Basic plan which comes with access to the all-star VPN is only $3.49 per month for the first year, or $2.44 per month for two years. The Advanced plan which comes with the VPN plus ad- and tracker-blocking, a password manager, and Identity Defender anti-theft tools is discounted to $4.19 per month for the first year or $3.14 per month for two years — a staggering 30 percent cheaper than its usual price. Additionally, its Prime plan which comes with all of the above plus a dedicated IP is only $6.29 per month for the first year or $5.24 per month for two years. While all of these discounts means you can snag any of ExpressVPN’s plans for all-time lows, I’m especially partial to the Advanced plan. The value here is just too good to pass up, particularly if you opt for a two-year plan. Getting identify-theft protection, a password manager, and advanced blocking for just less than a dollar extra a month is unheard of. ExpressVPN’s combination of excellent speeds, ability to unblock every streaming service, solid extra security features, and dedication to user privacy makes it one of the best VPNs around. Now that it’s at an all-time low price, I would personally snatch up this deal if I wasn’t already an active subscriber to ExpressVPN.  If you’re in the market for a new VPN, don’t wait to grab this terrific deal before it expires. ExpressVPN’s Black Friday special pricing is available now through the end of the day December 1. And if you want to see even more great VPN deals be sure to check out PCWorld’s roundup of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday VPN deals. Get the ExpressVPN Black Friday deal for up to 81 percent off Read...

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You can always count on Amazon Fire TV and Roku streaming devices to get Black Friday discounts, but Nvidia’s Sheild players? Not so much.  The good news is that both the Nvidia Shield and the Nvidia Shield Pro are getting Black Friday price drops this year—not huge price drops, mind you, but if you’ve been waiting for a Nvidia Shield discount, it’ll likely be a while before you see another.  The standard Nvidia Shield is now selling for $124.99 at Amazon, a 17-percent discount versus its usual $149.99, while the Nvidia Shield Pro is going for $169.99, also at Amazon and good for a 17-percent price drop.  Powered by Nvidia’s Tegra X1+ chip, both the Nvidia Shield and Shield Pro are favored by experienced cord-cutters for their raw processing power and support for AI-enabled 4K upscaling, not to mention Dolby Vision HDR and immersive Dolby Atmos audio.  The Nvidia Shield comes with 2GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, and a microSD card slot, making it ideal for smooth 4K streaming as well as cloud gaming via Nvidia’s GeForce Now service.  Upping the ante, the Nvidia Shield Pro boosts the RAM to 3GB, doubles the storage to 16GB, and includes a pair of USB 3.0 ports for external storage drives and other peripherals. The Sheild Pro also arrives with a built-in Plex Media Server, perfect for streaming your local medio onto your big screen and other local or remote devices.  Nvidia Shield discounts don’t come around all that often, but when they do, you shouldn’t sleep on them.  Both the Nvidia Shield and Shield Pro are 17% offView Deal Read...

If you’re looking for a Chromebook that’s a touch fancier than your standard fare, you’ve come to the right spot. The Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is PCWorld’s pick for the best high-end Chromebook, and right now it’s on sale for just $599 at Best Buy. That’s $100 off for a model with a high-refresh-rate touchscreen, a 2-in-1 form factor,  and a zippy MediaTek Kompanio Ultra processor. View this Best Buy deal In our review and testing, MediaTek’s Kompanio Ultra 910 chip made short work of multitasking. The snappy performance is partly thanks to its active cooling fan, which helps the laptop stay cool under load. It’s also a bit bigger than other models with the same hardware, giving it more space to disperse the heat. The display’s pretty nice, too. It isn’t OLED, but the 1920×1200 resolution makes for a sharp and colorful picture, and it’s protected by Gorilla Glass. The 120Hz refresh rate elevates the display further, making it feel super responsive. Other neat features include punchy audio, long battery life (around 15 hours of real-world use), Wi-Fi 7 connectivity (yay for future-proofing!), and a sturdy chassis.    If you want a Chromebook that’s fast and polished, the Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is an easy one to recommend. Don’t sleep on this Black Friday deal because it won’t stick around forever! The Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is now $100 offBuy via Best Buy Read...

LG’s Ultragear 45GX900A-B OLED monitor is designed for gaming from the ground up, with a massive 45-inch ultrawide panel that won’t destroy your framerate thanks to some clever panel work. Normally $1,700, today you can get it new from eBay for just $799.99. That’s as much as you would have paid for a 27-inch OLED a couple of years ago. At 45 inches diagonally, this monitor is almost as big as the biggest OLEDs on the market. But with a semi-standard 21:9 aspect ratio and a 3440×1440 resolution, it’s actually driving the same amount of pixels as most 34-inch screens. So while you won’t get the amazing density of a 4K or double-1440p monitor, like this one, you’ll be able to hit its maximum 240Hz refresh rate without absolutely crushing your gaming PC. It’s an excellent “sweet spot” if you’re looking for an incredible OLED picture without sacrificing performance. The display has some other goodies as well. The 800R curve of the panel is dramatic, much more so than the usual ultrawide, and it’s packing USB-C video with 65 watts of power delivery. That makes it a much better companion to a laptop, gaming or otherwise, than some OLED monitors. And, speaking of which, LG is offering a two year warranty on the OLED panel, something you may not get if you go for a refurbished model. eBay is offering this one for $999.99, already a pretty good price, but if you add the coupon code “CYBERWEEK20” at checkout you can take off an additional 20 percent. That brings it down to $799.99, and I’m seeing free shipping to my Pennsylvania home. If I was in the market for an OLED monitor this Black Friday, this is the one I’d scoop up. But if it’s not quite what you’re looking for, we’ve got plenty of other options in PCWorld’s monitor deals roundup. Get a 45-inch OLED ultrawide gaming monitor for $800View Deal Read...

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If you’ve been waiting for an unbeatable deal on a budget laptop this Black Friday, here it is. Right now, you can get a new Asus 16-inch laptop, complete with the latest Ryzen processor and 16GB of RAM, for just $349.99 at Best Buy. That’s $400 off the retail price. This isn’t refurbished and you don’t need a trade-in or coupon—it’s just a fantastic deal. View this Best Buy deal The Asus Vivobook 16 is definitely a budget model, though with a $750 starting price it’s not exactly fantastic competition in that range. But the spec list is everything you need in a basic laptop, with the 16GB of DDR5 memory drawing my eye in particular. (That’s the least I would recommend for Windows 11 in 2025.) The AMD Ryzen AI 330 is also darn good at this price, offering quad-core performance and Radeon 820M graphics for some light gaming capabilities. With a 15.6-inch 1920×1200 screen and a 4.14-pound weight, it’s not a small laptop, but it makes up for that with a full-sized keyboard and plenty of ports (including double USB-C, double USB-A, and full-sized HDMI). But the battery isn’t amazing for the size at 42 watt-hours, and this laptop does not have a touchscreen. All that said, it’s getting really hard to find a new Windows laptop with a decent processor and 16 gigs of RAM under the $500 mark. This Asus design should handle pretty much anything a regular user can throw at it, so long as you don’t need high-end media creation or heavy 3D gaming. I doubt you’ll find a better deal today if you’re hunting for the cheapest capable Windows laptop. If it’s not quite what you’re looking for, check out PCWorld’s picks for the best Black Friday laptop deals. Get an Asus Ryzen laptop with 16GB of RAM for just $350Buy now via Best Buy Read...