• Dabs store has one of the best selections of electrical goods and home audio products of any UK Electronics store
• The Dabs Online Store has an outstanding collection of unique Electronics products - and the best prices!
• At Dabs, you'll find a strong commitment to great prices throughout
• The Dabs Direct team has an equally strong commitment to making your shopping experience fun - and also very affordable!
• At Dabs Website, as with any Dabs transaction, you'll find well-trained staff committed to quality service

The Electronic HP Care Pack Services (e-Care Pack) capability allows you to order, receive, update, and activate a wide range of valuable HP Care Pack Services over the Internet. Administered through the HP Services Network (CSN), it is a fast and simple process that enables immediate registration and service activation.

This service helps ensure that your new HP hardware or software is installed smoothly, efficiently, and with minimal disruption of your IT and business operations. Choose HP Installation and Startup Service when you need to cost-effectively obtain specialized expertise for a complex, one-time task; enjoy top performance right from the start; shorten your time-to-ROI.

The Zoom Lens EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM was developed as the successor to the EF28-70mm f/2.8L Featuring a new optical system design, the new zoom lens delivers an expanded zoom range with a 24 mm wide-angle focal length, ideally suiting it to digital image sizes, while also maintaining or improving on the outstanding image quality of the superseded model.

Moreover, the power of the focusing lens group has been increased to allow a minimum focusing distance of just 0.38 meters, the shortest in its class at the time, throughout the entire zoom range. The new EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM also features a circular diaphragm, to give better background blur, and utilizes only lead-free glass optics in consideration of the environment.

Maximize workgroup productivity and increase efficiency at a breakthrough price-performance combination with the HP Color LaserJet CM4730 multifunction printer (MFP) series. Featuring an integrated design that includes the award-winning HP EasySelect control panel, the HP Color LaserJet CM4730 MFP series provides a complete office solution with print, copy, scan-to-location, analog fax and document finishing capabilities in one easy-to-use device. With HP ColorSphere toner, produce professional results - and brilliant color - with every print. Built on the same award-winning platform as the HP Color LaserJet 4730 MFP, the HP Color LaserJet CM4730 MFP is the ideal workgroup class MFP for enterprises, public sector and medium-sized businesses.

Highlights of the HP Color LaserJet CM4730fm MFP - multifunction ( fax / copier / printer / scanner ) ( colour )

• Get more done with a fast first page out, print and copy speeds of up to 30 ppm for colour and black, two-sided printing at full speed, plus colour scanning. Send and receive documents by adding fax functionality with an internal 33.6 kbps analogue fax card[k1]. Facilitate document workflow with embedded send to e-mail functionality, and send to folder and fax with optional HP Digital Sending Software 4[k2]. Professional finishing solutions include a stacker/stapler[k3] and 3-bin mailbox[k4].
• Preserve your budget and still get the functionality you need with this surprisingly affordable MFP which also delivers a low cost per colour page. Control costs when you choose Original HP print cartridges, which feature consistent, high-quality performance that saves your business time and money. Get the benefit of colour with no cost penalty: Colour Access Controls let you monitor colour printing by user or even by application, and choose when and how colour is used in your workgroup
• Use, manage and maintain your device with HP's simple, award-winning Easy Select Control Panel. Take advantage of your MFP's features with an intuitive interface that clearly displays all available applications. Enjoy best-in-class networking through the HP Jetdirect Internal Print Server. Proactively manage your MFP and save valuable IT time with HP Web Jetadmin fleet management software. Original HP Color LaserJet print cartridges with built-in intelligence ensure trouble-free printing.
• [k1] Available with HP Color LaserJet CM4730f MFP, CM4730fsk MFP and CM4730fm MFP. [k2] HP Digital Sending Software 4 is not included, sold separately. Software is server based, server required. Trial included. [k3] Available with HP Color LaserJet CM4730fsk MFP only. [k4] Available with HP Color LaserJet CM4730fm MFP only.

Full 1080p high definition with three SXRD micro-display panels for the ultimate home theater experience is what you get with the VPL-VW40 1080p home theater front projector. What makes it so special? For starters, nothing recreates the atmosphere of going to the movies like a projector. With images up to 300" and crisp and clear images from the BRAVIA Engine video processing system, you'll experience the true color and excitement that Hollywood intended. An All Range Crisp Focus (ARC-F) lens and Real Color Processor (RCP) that further enhances colors and images are also included for premium video quality. There's also an ultra-quiet fan and improved lamp life making this a lightweight, versatile projector that's sure to take your home entertainment to another level.

Highlights of the Sony VW40 900 Ansi SXRD 15.000:1 - Full 1080p High Definition

• SXRD 1920 x 1080p full HD panels
• BRAVIA Engine video processing system
• Advanced Iris 2
• Ultra quiet fan
• ARC-F (All Range Crisp Focus) lens
• RCP (Real Color Processing)

The D-Link xStack DXS-3326GSR is designed to meet the most demanding high port density fiber requirements. Each unit provides 24 Gigabit fiber slots, including (4) 10/100/1000 ports, and switching capacity of 128Gbps. D-Link xStack Switches can stack up to 12 units in a stack, providing up to 336 Gigabit ports, and up to 40Gbps of shared stacking bandwidth in a ring topology or 20Gbps of dedicated stacking bandwidth in a "star" topology. The DXS-3326GSR stacks with the other xStack Switches including the DGS-3324SR, DGS-3324SRi, DXS-3350SR, and DES-3352SR, providing unprecedented flexibility in a switch stack environment.

Highlights of the D-Link xStack DXS-3326GSR 26-Port L3 Switch

• High availability
• Network management
• Advanced enterprise features

Personal Translator has led the field in automatic translations for many years, and thousands of private and professional users around the world rely on its intelligent, advanced technology every day. World Edition includes all 7 available language pairs at an unbeatable price. The network solution of the program contains numerous specific functions which allow for teamwork in companies.

Highlights of the Linguatec Personal Translator 2008 Net World Edition 5 user

• Exceptional translation technology
• Minimal administration overheads
• Increased efficiency
• Always up-to-date when used on mobile systems
• High flexibility at low cost
• Enhanced export/import and filter functions

Brace yourself for the newest 2P half-height blade that provides power-efficient compute power, integrated iLO-2 management, expanded memory and I/O. Make a difference in your data center with HP ProLiant BL460c, which is optimized for space constrained deployments of high performance systems installations. What's more, the BL460c steps up the fault tolerant in a dense platform with mirrored-memory, online spare memory, memory interleaving, embedded RAID capability, and enhanced remote Lights-Out management.

The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 232 Tape Drive is one the newest LTO1 drives on the market and the fastest in HP portfolio. This affordable superdrive delivers enterprise-class backup capacity, performance, and reliability at a midrange price. With a compressed capacity of 200 GB per data cartridge and a compressed data transfer rate of 115 GB per hour, this LTO1 drive is read- and write-compatible with all first-generation Ultrium tape drives and media, and its media can be read by any LTO1, 2, or 3 drive from any manufacturer.

Despite its low cost, the Ultrium 232's rugged design delivers excellent reliability and includes many of the advanced features of its bigger siblings. The drive employs data rate matching to adjust to the speed of the host, reducing wear and tear on both the drive and media while increasing performance, particularly on slower systems. The Ultrium 232 supports HP StorageWorks One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR), taking the worry out of disaster planning.

Highlights of the HP STORAGEWORKS ULTRIUM 232

• Affordable capacity: HP Ultrium half-height tape drives provide superdrive capacity at a low price, and the fact that these drives use widely available industry-standard media makes their overall cost of ownership even lower
• Affordable performance: High capacity goes hand-in-hand with high performance. The Ultrium 448 can fill an Ultrium 2 data cartridge with 400 GB of compressed data in 2.5 hours, while the Ultrium 232 can back up 200 GB of compressed data in less than two hours (assuming 2:1 data compression)
• Enterprise-class reliability: The design of HP Ultrium half-height tape drives is leveraged from HP's outstandingly reliable full-height Ultrium tape drives, incorporating features such as data rate matching, soft load, and simple tape path to make these drives as dependable as their bigger siblings
• Compact form factor: HP pioneered Ultrium half-height tape drives in 2001, and still makes the only half-height LTO-1 drives on the market. Their compact form factor means these drives fit internally in most servers and take up less space in rack environments
• Investment protection: HP Ultrium half-height tape drives are fully read-and write-compatible with all Ultrium tape drives from HP and other manufacturers, allowing for flexibility in deployment. And when you choose an HP Ultrium tape drive, you're buying from the leading manufacturer of LTO tape drives
• Simple disaster recovery: All HP Ultrium tape drives support HP StorageWorks One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR), a unique firmware design that works with your backup software to ensure that, when the worst happens, you can recover your data quickly and completely with the touch of a button
• Complete solution: Included in the box is a single-server copy of HP OpenView Storage Data Protector and Yosemite TapeWare software, allowing you to implement sophisticated data protection features or an easy-to-use backup application, as your needs dictate
• Active head cleaning: HP Ultrium tape drives perform their own automated cleaning that increases head life and greatly reduces the need for using the cleaning cartridge

Combining concentrated 1U compute power, integrated Lights-Out management, and essential fault tolerance, the DL360 is optimized for space-constrained installations. High technologies provide a high performance system ideal for the full range of scale out applications. Additionally, the DL360 G5 steps up the fault tolerance in an ultra dense platform with redundant power, redundant fans, mirrored memory or online spare memory, embedded RAID capability, and full-featured remote Lights-Out management

Enterprise Hardened embedded Linux operating system (No additional software to install or per-user licensing requirements)

Advanced System Design

• Custom ReadyNAS microprocessor offers high performance with low power consumption

• Typical 75 Watt Power Consumption with 4x750 GB Drives (A 20 AMP Rack = 30 1100's or 90 Terabytes of Storage!)

• 1U form factor & 12 inch depth facilitates back-to-back mounting

• Power saving mode with additional scheduled startup and shutdown

• Sequenced HDD Power On

• X-CHANGE - Rapid system board replacement module

• Automatic online firmware updates

Highlights of the NetGear ReadyNAS 3TB Dual Gigabit Rackmount Network Storage NAS

• 4 Hot Swappable 750GB HDD in a ultra-short 12 inch 1U rack mount design;
• HDD are initialized and system is pre-configured in RAID 5 mode for immediate use;
• X-RAID technology plus RAID 0, 1, 5.

Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 is the gold standard in complete Windows system recovery with the ability to restore systems in minutes, not hours or days, even to dissimilar hardware or virtual environments. Now it includes flexible offsite protection and enhanced data recovery capabilities, integration with Symantec security and systems management solutions and support for Windows Server 2008.

The fi-5220C image scanner with dual interface capability (Ultra SCSI and USB 2.0) expands the market for production scanning. These features will insure Fujitsu's customers' productivity well into the future.

Create visually rich, engaging content for virtually any media - print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile - using the tightly integrated tools and services in Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection software.

Express yourself freely and stay in the creative flow, no matter what the medium for your design, thanks to numerous new features and improvements in Creative Suite 4 Master Collection. Design across media more efficiently and effectively using simpler ways to complete common tasks and innovative approaches to moving from one medium to another. What's more, this software works with enhanced creative professional services that enable you to collaborate online with colleagues and clients, find answers to technical questions, create and share color harmonies, and more.

The HP StorageWorks MSL6000 Tape Libraries provide centralized backup to a single automated device, freeing valuable IT resources for more strategic work. Ideal for medium to large IT networks with or without a storage area network (SAN), experiencing uncertain data growth. The MSL6000 Tape Libraries provide change without chaos, simplicity without compromise, and growth without limits to meet even the most demanding IT network requirements. The MSL6000 Tape Libraries offer maximum flexibility with best-in-class offering for drive technology including the new HP LTO Ultrium 960 tape drives.

The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 Tape Drive represents HP's third-generation of LTO tape drive technology. Positioned as the highest capacity drive in the StorageWorks family, the Ultrium 960 features an 800 GB compressed storage capacity using new LTO 3 media. By doubling the capacity of current Ultrium drives, HP customers now require fewer data cartridges to meet their storage needs, significantly reducing their IT costs and increasing their ROI. The Ultrium 960 also features a compressed data transfer rate of 160 MB/s. Using a new 16-channel recording head, an Ultra320 SCSI interface, and increases in media tracks and bit density, the HP Ultrium 960 sets a new performance benchmark as the world's fastest tape drive.

Symmetra PX, three-phase input / three-phase output (3: 3), is a single unit, composed of modular components. This modular architecture provides the foundation of building and scaling near-continuous availability power systems with a flexible range of power capacity. The Symmetra PX packages the high availability requirements of easy power and runtime scalability into a very small footprint. Combined with the complete line of APC data center protection software and accessories it provides the four most critical elements of total data center protection.

The new Canon XM2 camcorder has the latest technology and many useful sound and picture adjustments and enhancements to cater for a variety of shooting situations and preferences. Its highly sensitive 3CCD unit achieves 540 lines horizontal resolution and super low light performance. A new Super Pixel Shift provides a wider dynamic range for movies, reducing vertical smear, and gives 1.7 mega-pixel high-resolution digital photos. The camcorder's professional L-Series fluorite lens provides 35mm and broadcast TV quality. It can deliver extremely sharp images and high magnification with less color aberrations.

An Optical Image Stabilizer keeps the image steady with no loss of quality. And video recordings made with the Canon XM2 will sound as good as they look with the "Direction Accurate" microphone giving accurate stereo ambiance and less mechanical background noise. The microphone frequency has three modes to match recording conditions (normal, voice, windscreen). Manual adjustments on the XM2 include buttons for color and light adjustment, such as Color Phase, Color Gain, Camera Sharpness and Setup Level. Other features are Zebra Pattern, to indicate overexposure, Interval Timer, to record at selected times, and Clear Scan, to record a CRT monitor. A Custom Key can be used to assign functions used frequently. The new Canon XM2 digital camcorder is the ideal choice for recording broadcast or web content, making educational videos or registering an event like a wedding.

The HP ProLiant DL185 G5 is a 2U, dual processor server designed for quality, performance and flexible deployments to meet the needs of the emerging markets, SMB market and corporate scale out.

The DL185 G5 meets the computing needs of emerging markets, SMB customers and corporate scale out by delivering the latest technology such as, PCI-Express, and HP ProLiant Lights Out 100 Remote Management.

Finish jobs quicker using HP's fastest multifunction color laser printer. Give your team the advantage of high-quality color printing with copy, scan and optional fax capabilities in one device. Manage all your printing with HP management tools.

Highlights of the HP Color LaserJet CM6040f MFP - multifunction ( fax / copier / printer / scanner ) ( colour )

• Accelerate through your day
• Easily manage printing and imaging
• Exceptional color quality
• Features that rise above the rest

Large groups and power users can expect results - the HP Color LaserJet CP6015 Printer series is HP's highest performing and most versatile color laser printer. Get more done with fast print speeds for both black-and-white and color - up to 40 pages per minute (ppm), letter.

Whether you're printing general office documents, spreadsheets, sales and marketing pieces, posters, or architectural drawings, this printer meets your needs. Print documents from letter size all the way up to 12.6 by 36 inches, and weights from 16 to 58lb. Complete jobs with less interruption with an input capacity of up to 2,100 sheets, and produce more in-house with options such as stapling, stacking, and booklet making.

High-quality, consistent color is crucial when you rely on stunning visuals to convey your ideas and concepts. That's why the Xerox Phaser 7760 color printer is the designer's choice. It offers brilliant color, blazing speeds and easy-to-use features that make the most of everything you print.

The color you want is the color you get. This printer features technologies and software that allow you to specify and control the output color, so the results match your expectations. You get consistent color accuracy, sharp images, and crisp text, from the first page to the last.

When it comes to printing important projects on time, you need both quality and speed. The Phaser 7760 printer is designed for high volume printing and offers impressive print speeds, efficient processing and other time saving features. You get the consistent quality you need, when you need it.

Your busy office or graphics department needs a reliable printer that's easy to operate, requires minimal maintenance and won't slow you down. Simple setup and easy-to-use features of the Phaser 7760 save valuable time and free you up to focus on your work, not your printer.

Highlights of the Xerox 7760V_DX A3 Colour Laser Printer

• Print quality for the graphic artist
• Outstanding performance and media flexibility
• Unparalleled printer intelligence and ease-of-use

Designed for the new c-Class BladeSystem enclosure, the HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for c-Class BladeSystem (GbE2c) provides a full set of industry standard Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2 features, sixteen internal downlinks, five uplinks and two internal cross-connects in a single low-cost blade solution. The GbE2c dramatically reduces cabling, power and cooling requirements compared to stand-alone switches, allowing you to realize the full cost saving capabilities of the HP c-Class BladeSystem.

This L-series is a professional f/1.4 wide-angle lens with an aspherical lens element to correct aberrations. With an innovative floating system, which enables a high picture quality to be obtained over the entire focusing range you can be confident that you get the best pictures time after time. Autofocusing is also quick and quiet with rear focusing and ring USM. To get even more out of this lens a full-time manual focus is also available, picture quality and Canon innovation go hand in hand.

The Firebox X Core X550e UTM Bundle provides all the components of a comprehensive unified threat management (UTM) security solution, along with the best support and maintenance offering in the industry, for complete protection. Each bundle includes the X550e firewall/VPN, one-year subscriptions to Gateway AV/IPS, spamBlocker, and WebBlocker, plus one year of LiveSecurity Services.

Microsoft Windows Server R2 Enterprise Edition is the premier platform for business-critical applications. Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition builds on the standard features found in the Windows Server 2003 R2 family by adding features designed to increase the reliability scalability, security, and manageability of enterprise applications.

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 is a collection of updates and security enhancements to the current Windows Server 2003 operating system. Service Pack 2 (SP2) tightens security of your Windows Server and improves its performance and reliability.

Recreate a truly cinematic experience. The VPL-VW60 builds on the outstanding success of the VPL-VW50 delivering more features, technology, brightness, and sporting three SXRD chips enabling significantly improved native and dynamic contrast for inky blacks and amazing depth of picture. With the highly advanced BRAVIA Engine full digital processing system producing lifelike colors and razor-sharp details, this projector has the power to thrill. Gaze at the awe-inspiring, 300-inch image (measured diagonally) and you'll instantly change the way you think of home theaters. This projector redefines big-screen high definition, with astonishing 1080p video resolution capability that has to be seen to be believed. And with BRAVIA Theater Sync technology, the VPL-VW60 home cinema projector can be controlled with one-touch ease from the included remote control.

D-Link is an industry pioneer, market leader, designer and true manufacturer of networking communications and digital home electronic products. Excellence in manufacturing, innovation and a commitment to quality has allowed D-Link to produce cutting-edge, high-performance products within standard-based technologies. The company continues to offer the best value in the connectivity market today by combining high-quality products with the most affordable price point.

The 3Com Wireless LAN Controller WX1200 is ideal for moderate sized, complex, wireless environments, looking to streamline security while centralizing WLAN administration and Radio Frequency (RF) management.

Used in combination with the 3Com Wireless Switch Manager, the 3Com Wireless LAN controller WX1200 can centrally manage up to 12 3Com wireless LAN Managed Access Points using local or external RADIUS authentication. With only a few keystrokes, administrators can change parameters for multiple managed access points, eliminating the time-consuming task of individually configuring each device, and providing simple setup.

Innovative Identity-Based Networking services based on user identity instead of ports or devices, allows uninterrupted roaming and wireless voice over IP.

Centralized security management features include Mobility Domain architecture, allowing controllers and switches to share databases, adding a new level of user and group access control to network resources. Sharing user-specific security policies between WLAN controllers and switches can result in a consistent enforcement of user and group attributes across the WLAN as the user roams.

Highlights of the 3Com Wireless LAN Switch WX1200

• Ideal for moderate sized, complex, wireless environments, looking to streamline security while centralizing WLAN administration and Radio Frequenct (RF) management
• Used in combination with the 3Com Wireless Switch Manager and 3Com Managed Access Points, users can remotely configure and manage the WLAN, removing the need for IT expertise onsite
• Can centrally manage up to 12 3Com wireless LAN Managed Access Points using local or external RADIUS authentication
• Innovative Identity-Based Networking services based on user identity, allows uninterrupted roaming and wireless voice over IP
• Comes with a 1 year hardware replacement warranty for peace of mind
• Centralised security management features include Mobility Domain architecture, allowing controllers and switches to share user-specific security policies between WLAN controllers and switches

The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 Tape Drive represents HP's third-generation of LTO tape drive technology. Positioned as the highest capacity drive in the StorageWorks family, the Ultrium 960 features an 800 GB compressed (2: 1) storage capacity using new LTO 3 media. By doubling the capacity of current Ultrium drives, HP customers now require fewer data cartridges to meet their storage needs, significantly reducing their IT costs and increasing their ROI.

The Ultrium 960 also features a compressed (2: 1) data transfer rate of 160 MB/s. Using a new 16-channel recording head, an Ultra320 SCSI interface, and increases in media tracks and bit density, the HP Ultrium 960 sets a new performance benchmark as the world's fastest tape drive. For customers that continually experience shrinking backup windows, the Ultrium 960 is the ideal direct-attach backup storage solution for enterprise and mid-range server, as well as entry-level hard drive arrays.

Highlights of the HP Ultrium 960 Rack-Mount

• 800 GB Capacity: The Ultrium 960 tape drive is a high capacity drive that stores 800 GB on a single cartridge with 2:1 compression
• 160MB/s Performance: The world's fastest tape drive with sustainable data transfer rates to 160MB/s at 2:1 compression
• Data Rate Matching (DRM): Allows the tape drive to dynamically and continuously adjust the speed of the drive, from 27MB/s to 80MB/s, matching the speed of the host or network
• LTO Open Standard: Drive technology based on an open standard that provides for media compatibility across all brands of LTO Ultrium products
• Server Compatibility: Qualified on HP ProLiant, Integrity, 9000, NonStop, and AlphaServers platforms, as well as many servers from other leading vendors such as Dell, IBM, and Sun
• Software Compatibility: Extensive list of supported backup and archiving software applications from HP, CA, VERITAS, Yosemite, Legato, Tivoli, and many more
• Support for WORM Media: Able to read and write to new Write-Once Read-Many (WORM) HP Ultrium Data Cartridges
• Management and Diagnostics Software Included: HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools software provides a single application for managing and troubleshooting your tape drive, media and configuration
• Backup Software Included : Includes a single-server version of Yosemite TapeWare XE (CD) and HP OpenView Data Protector (license)
• One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) Supported: Firmware-based disaster recovery feature that can restore an entire system using a single Ultrium 960 tape drive and data cartridge

Designed for basic data protection, the HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader provides cost-effective, easy-to-install unattended backup. In a rack or on a desktop, it provides up to 6.4 TB of compressed storage capacity in a compact 1U form factor. The 1/8 G2 can hold up to eight data cartridges to accommodate a week's worth of backup. In order to easily manage your media, standard features include a bar code reader and two removable 4-slot magazines. Manage the autoloader from across the room or across the globe with the web-based remote management interface.

Information technology professionals rely on HP quality to ensure maximum productivity. As the power of applications, processors, memory adapters and storage devices increases, high-end computer users are seeking ways to optimize their system performance. HP provides leading solutions, adding new levels of performance, availability, flexibility, and management.