Is the summer really drawing to an end already? It only seems like yesterday that the kids were coming home from school with names written all over their shirts and the faint smell of burnt text books in the air.

Looking to leave compacts behind and get into DSLRs? You'll probably be looking for something from the lower end of the ranges and at a price you can afford.

We've picked out some of the best budget DSLR camera deals - but be aware that the prices are only correct as we hit the publish button and all external links are not our responsibility.

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Nikon D40

If you are looking for a budget entry-level DSLR but without sacrificing quality then you can't go too far wrong with Nikon's D40. It's got far more functionality than you could hope to find in a budget camera but it's also got a perfectly functional point and click ease that means you needn't get overly confused by apertures and ISOs.

Amazon are currently offering the Nikon D40 kit for a very reasonable £267 which includes a 18-55mm lens providing usability and versatility.

Amazon's £267 Nikon D40 kit

Canon EOS 450D

If you have a look around you can occasionally pick up the EOS 400D for a song, but bargains on Canon cameras are hard to find at the moment.

So we've plumped for the slightly more advanced 450D with a couple of lenses (18-55mm and 55-250mm) for £599 from Jessops

£599 Jessops offer for Canon EOS 450D with twin lenses

OlympusE510

If you look outside of the Canon-Nikon duopoly you can still get some nice cameras – and the Olympus E510 is a good example.

Park Cameras are offering the E510 – a 10mp snapper - and a 14-42mm lens for £350.

Park Cameras' E510 and lens for £350

Sony Alpha 300D

Sony are putting a lot of investment into their DSLRs, and this entry level offering is excellent for inexperienced photographers.

A few rough edges aside, this is a good camera – and Jessops are offering the A300D with an 18-70mm lens for £349.99. You can also get a half-price memory card and a free photo book chucked in.

Jessops Alpha 300D for £349.99

Samsung GX20

'Samsung', I hear you cry, 'do they make DSLRs?' Well actually they enjoy a special relationship with Pentax and the GX20 is pretty much the same as the Pentax K20D

Argos are offering the GX20 plus an 18-55mm lens for £650.

Three months ago when Freesat launched, store shelves across the land were quickly emptied.

This was especially true of stocks of HD receivers - a situation no doubt fuelled by interest in coverage of Euro 2008 football on ITV HD and BBC HD.

Yes, England failed to qualify but those lucky enough to snag a receiver still had the joy of marvelling at the sharpness of an exciting tournament presented in subscription-free 1080i-o-vision while sharing a beer with their suitably impressed mates.

Since then, it's become a bit easier to find a Freesat box online and on the high street and Panasonic has rolled out its none-too-shabby rangeof Freesat and Freeview equipped plasma TVs.

Freesat price deals are being offered largely by the main high street dealers at the moment.

However, with more receivers to come from Alba, Humax and Metronic over the next nine months, and Freesat pledging to add many more channels and HD programming in the run up to Christmas to further stoke consumer demand, expect more bargains as the nights draw in.

So without further ado - WotSat's deal of the week is:

Panasonic TH-42PZ81B (from Laskys)

Panasonic remains on the more dependable brands around when it comes to good quality TVs and with its first Freeview equipped models you get what you pay for – Full HD plasma sets with Freesat HD, Freeview and analogue reception built in.

A brace of impressive picture processing technologies includes 100Hz processing and intelligent frame creation for generating a stable and smooth picture and 24p support for accurate reproduction of movies playing from a Blu Ray disc.

Three HDMI inputs and component connectors means that while you have HDTV built in you still have plenty of options for connecting up other HD kit such as a games console or upscaling DVD player and an SD card slot lets you playback photos and even AVC HD video files.

Laskys is currently offering the 42in model (enough screen for most people's living rooms) for £1,039.39 (including VAT), the cheapest deal around and a steal when you consider the quality of the TV and the fact that a standalone Freesat HD box costs £120.

More details of price cuts for Freesat kit including standard definition and hi-def Freesat receivers can be found on the What Satellite and Digital TV blog.

We all love a bargain and there is no better time to find one than when a new technology is introduced.

With Intel announcing its new Centrino 2 platform earlier this week, dealers are keen to clear out their stock of older Centrino laptops. There is nothing wrong with any of this kit; it's simply no longer as cutting-edge as it once seemed. This means there are currently plenty of laptop offers from the big name brands out there. Which means...

Show me the laptop bargains!

This means there are some amazing laptop bargains – some as little as £280 – to be had at the moment. With that in mind, here are the top deals What Laptop magazine has seen alive and kicking on the internet.

We're not talking Netbooks here; we're looking at full-sized machines with the power and versatility to offer you plenty of computing power for the years to come.

So without further ado What Laptop's deal of the week is:

HP Pavilion G7035ea (from Tesco)

The supermarkets are a great place to increasingly find bargains, with Tesco offering the HP Pavilion G7035ea M540 for £299 (inc. VAT).

It's a 15.4-inch widescreen model. It comes with an Intel Celeron M 540 (1.86GHz) processor and 1GB RAM to make your tasks easy to run, while the 120GB hard drive offers plenty of space for files. It runs Windows Vista Basic, packs in a DVD rewriter and what's more, you'll also get 299 Clubcard points with the purchase.

What Laptop's blog tips three more of the week's best buys. Take a look at their further picks and keep checking back as they highlight the biggest bargains on the net.