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Here's a listing of all the tech-related items that our readers are likely to be looking for this upcoming Black Friday. The list covers all the hot categories this year including LCD TVs, GPS devices, notebooks and storage gear.

A number of the items on the list this year can be found at numerous brick and mortar (B&M) locations, but in order to keep the trim the list as much as possible, only the store with the lowest price is listed.

For those of you that don't know, Black Friday (the dayafter Thanksgiving) is traditionally seen as the official start to theChristmas shopping bonanza. Most B&M retailers open their stores at 5 AM onFriday to crowds of people who often trample and fight each other in a mad dash to the season's hottest items.

LCD TVs
Digital Research 32" (720p) $449.99 @ Micro Center
Dynex 32" (720p) $449.99 @ Best Buy
Dynex 37" (720p) $629.99 @ Best Buy
Element 32" (720p) $399.99 @ Circuit City
HP 42" (1080p) $996.99 @ Best Buy
Olevia 32" (720p) $419.99 @ KMart
Olevia 37" (720p) $549 @ Target
Philips 32" (720p) $599.99 @ Best Buy
Polaroid 40" (720p) $699.99 @ Circuit City
Sharp Aquos 42" (720p) $799.99 @ Circuit City
Sharp Aquos 46" (1080p) $1,299 @ Circuit City
Sharp Aquos 46" (720p) $999.99 @ Sears
Sharp Aquos 52" (1080p) $2,199 @ Circuit City
Sony Bravia W-Series 40" (1080p) $1399.99 @ Sears
Sylvania 42" (1080p) $899.99 @ Sears
Vizio 52" (1080p) $1,889 @ Sams Club
Westinghouse 47" (1080p) $1,299.99 @ Best Buy

Plasma TVs
Panasonic 42" $899 @ Best Buy
Samsung 50" $1,399.99 @ Best Buy
Zenith 50" $999.99 @ Circuit City

GPS Units
Garmin nuvi 200 $169.99 @ Best Buy
Garmin nuvi 660 $399 @ Best Buy
Garmin StreetPilot C550 $329.99 @ Best Buy
Jensen 3.5" $99.97 @ hhgregg
Magellan Maestro 3100 $129.99 @ KMart
Magellan Maestro 3100 $129.99 @ Radio Shack
Magellan Roadmate 1200 $124.99 @ Circuit City
Mio C220 $99.99 @ Micro Center
Nextar S3 $129.97 @ KMart
TomTom One 3rd Edition $124.99 + $20 Gift Card @ CompUSA
TomTom One LE $119.99 @ Best Buy
TomTom One MapShare Edition $129.97 @ hhgregg

Desktops
Acer Desktop + 17" LCD + AIO Printer $229.97 @ Circuit City
eMachines Desktop + 17" LCD + Canon MP120 Printer $199.97 @ Best Buy

Notebooks
Acer AS3680 14.1" Celeron M 440/Vista Home Basic $299.99 @ Micro Center
Compaq Presario Pentium Dual Core/1GB/80GB/DVDRW/Vista Home Premium $299.99 @ Circuit City
Gateway 14.1" Turion 64 X2/2GB/250GB/Vista Home Premium $629.99 @ Best Buy
Sony VAIO 15.4" 1GB/120GB/DVDRW $399.99 @ Best Buy
Toshiba 15.4" Athlon 64 X2/1GB/160GB/DVDRW $449.9 @ Best Buy
Toshiba 17" Core 2 Duo/2GB/160GB/Vista Home Premium $799.99 @ Best Buy
Toshiba Satellite Athlon 64 X2 TK-53/1GB/120GB/DVDRW/Vista Home Premium $399 @ Circuit City

Video Cards
eVGA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB $99.99 @ Micro Center
VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 2600 512MB (AGP or PCI-e) $99.99 @ Best Buy
VisonTek ATI Radeon X1650 256MB PCI-e $49.99 @ CompUSA

Displays
Acer 22" Widescreen LCD $169.99 @ Circuit City
Acer 22" Widescreen LCD $169.99 @ CompUSA
Acer 24" Widescreen LCD $249.99 @ CompUSA
Envision 19" Widescreen LCD $99.99 @ Best Buy
Envision 22" Widescreen LCD $149.99 @ Best Buy
Samsung 22" Widescreen LCD $199.99 @ Best Buy

Storage
LaCie 500GB 3.5" External $79.99 @ CompUSA
Maxtor OneTouch 500GB 3.5" External $79.98 @ Staples
Seagate 320GB 3.5" SATA $59.99 @ Best Buy
Seagate 500GB 3.5" External $79.99 @ Circuit City
SimpleTech 250GB 2.5" External $129.99 @ Best Buy
Western Digital 160GB 2.5" External $69.99 @ Best Buy
Western Digital 400GB SATA $59.98 @ Staples
Western Digital 500GB 3.5" External $79.99 @ Staples
Western Digital 750GB SATA $199.99 @ CompUSA
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA $99.99 @ CompUSA

Cases
Antec Nine Hundred ATX Case $69.99 @ CompUSA
Antec Nine Hundred ATX Case $69.99 @ Micro Center

Consoles & Accessories
Microsoft Xbox 360 Premium + Guitar Hero II w/guitar $349.99 @ Best Buy
Sony PS3 40GB + NBA '08 + Open Season Blu-ray $399.99 @ Best Buy
Sony PS3 80GB + 10 free Blu-ray movies instantly + 5 free movies via MIR $499.99 @ Wal-Mart

Digital Cameras
Canon Digital Rebel XT + 18-55mm + Canon 75-300mm + Canon Case & Accessory Kit $699.97 @ Best Buy
Canon Digital Rebel XTI + 18-55mm + Canon EF 75-300mm $879.98 @ Circuit City
Kodak 6MP + 5.6" LCD Photo Frame $99.99 @ Best Buy
Nikon D40 + 18-55mm + Nikon 55-200mm $649.99 @ Circuit City

MP3 Players
Insignia Sport 2GB + Sony Bluetooth Headphones $129.99 @ Best Buy
Microsoft Zune (Brown) $99.99 @ CompUSA
Microsoft Zune (Brown) + Black Leather Case $99.99 @ Radio Shack
SanDisk Sansa 2GB $34.99 @ Best Buy
SanDisk Sansa e280 8GB $89.99 @ Costco

DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray Players
Philips Upconvert (1080p) DVD PLayer $49.99 @ Best Buy
Samsung BD-P1400 (1080p) Blu-ray Player $377.99 @ Circuit City
Samsung Upconvert (1080p) DVD Player $74.99 @ Best Buy
Sony BDPS300 (1080p) Blu-ray Player + $100 Gift Card Instantly + Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray $499 @ Best Buy
Toshiba HD-A3 (1080i) HD DVD Player $149.97 @ hhgregg

Although this list is quite comprehensive, if there is a category that you find lacking or if you simply want to add your own deals that you have found along the way, feel free to post in the comments section.

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PS3 deal...
By therealnickdanger on 11/20/07, Rating: 0
RE: PS3 deal...
By pattycake0147 on 11/20/2007 10:31:36 AM , Rating: 2
Nope, it's Walmart. The deal is one of their "Secret Specials", or whatever it is that they decided to call it.


RE: PS3 deal...
By PuravSanghani on 11/20/2007 11:55:57 AM , Rating: 2
I bought a PS3 from Wal-mart about a month back. Wal-mart has a 90 day return policy so I'm wondering if they will let me pick out the 10 free movies based on that fact.

Purav Sanghani


RE: PS3 deal...
By mdogs444 on 11/20/2007 12:00:17 PM , Rating: 1
No they wont. Stores will not do price matching for Black Friday sales.


RE: PS3 deal...
By phusg on 11/20/2007 12:47:46 PM , Rating: 2
Not sure what you mean by price matching but surely he can just take his PS3 back under the money back guarantee and then buy a new one that includes the offer?

Obviously it would then make more sense just to let him have the free discs, but I'm sure they'll make him jump the hurdle of having to bring in the PS3 to discourage it.


RE: PS3 deal...
By mdogs444 on 11/20/2007 3:31:28 PM , Rating: 2
Thats what I meant - he wont be able to bring in a reciept and say he wants the current deal (since he bought his w/in 90 days). He will have to return his on like wednesday, then go back and stand in line on friday to buy a new one, and get whatever discs are left over.

What i mean by price matching is that you cannot buy one of the tv's today at regular price, then show up to the store on friday and try to get them to reimburse you the difference from the black friday sale.


RE: PS3 deal...
By Hawkido on 11/21/2007 1:03:07 PM , Rating: 2
Wal-Mart Electronics return policy is 45 days, and some products only 15 if it is opened or not at all if it is opened... They have a sign hanging. Also, Try taking your PS3 back and they will simply hold you up at the returns counter till the PS3 80 GB's are sold out. Then what you will have to get a 40GB in it's place. Look, I used to work at Wal-Mart when I was younger... They have plans in place for all of these occasions, now if they say sure we will let you trade it out on the promotion then it's because they are dumping a dead product. But usually the March Madness and Black Friday deals use special UPC's or limited supply items that are not the regular fare at the stores, that way they cannot be comped because they are not the same item as you purchased there less than 90 days ago.


RE: PS3 deal...
By AlphaVirus on 11/20/2007 10:49:34 AM , Rating: 2
15 Free movies, that is alot.
At $15 each, thats $225 savings.
At $30 each, thats $450 savings.


RE: PS3 deal...
By mdogs444 on 11/20/2007 10:56:52 AM , Rating: 2
To me....

The point is not that you saved $250-350 on a PS3. Its that you spent regular price, while getting a bunch freebie movies in which most of them people would never pay for. I say most - because there are a few OK ones. But I dont think most people would spent retail for any of the 5 free movies, much less any of the 10 free from walmart.

Just my $0.02.


RE: PS3 deal...
By theapparition on 11/20/2007 11:09:04 AM , Rating: 2
The advantage of the 10 in-store movies is that you can pick any that you like, unlike the short list on the 5 free MIR movies. The bad side, as you correctly stated, is that Walmart doesn't have a good selection of BR, and you'll be lucky to find different 10 titles at all. So is it a deal if you get something for free that you don't want and won't use???

That's the main reason I'm not hopping on the deal. The Best Buy, pick 3 deal was much better, since you had access to their entire online catalog of HD-DVD movies.


RE: PS3 deal...
By mdogs444 on 11/20/2007 11:12:24 AM , Rating: 2
Ahh i didnt realize you can pick anything. but then again - im sure they will have a very limited selection since they dont want to just give away what would be their profits on good movies.


RE: PS3 deal...
By therealnickdanger on 11/20/2007 11:18:37 AM , Rating: 2
I could swear Best Buy was offering something similar... anyway, yeah being allowed to pick 10 movies from Wal-Mart's stock would be horrible. The Wal-Marts closest to me have a terrible selection of HD-media, maybe 6-12 titles at most.


RE: PS3 deal...
By Hawkido on 11/21/2007 1:14:44 PM , Rating: 2
They are dumping the warehouse of the Blu-Ray titles that aren't moving real fast... Wal-Mart is going to an all HD-DVD line-up (plus the PS3 40GB of course). They will be dumping the warehouse of all BR titles and players.

Which I think is a bad idea as I would rather have the BR player instead of the HD-DVD player (even tho it is cheaper). I am a Blu-Ray fan but this is the way it is going to happen... after Christmas you will see Wal-Mart drop Blu-Ray. Unless the price of the BR players come way down.

Wal-mart cannot sell Hi-Def players because people down't know which to get. If WM chooses to only sell BR players then KMart will sell HDDVD players and undercut their prices. So walmart drops the more expensive player, removing doubt from the consumer's mind and then they make a purchase, also they drop the BR titles from the shelf so as not to confuse the consumer. The common Joe will not even realize there is a competing format as it isn't offered at WM which is the only electronics store that is in every town in America and most of the world. Face it, if there is only one Electronics store in your town then it IS a Wal-Mart, if there are 2 electronics stores in your town then you have a Wal-Mart and a (Pick any other store). The market has decided, and it is not in BR's favor. Price will be the deciding factor in the Hi-Def format war.


RE: PS3 deal...
By PitViper007 on 11/20/2007 12:21:56 PM , Rating: 2
Actually I went to Walmart yesterday and counted the BD movies that would fall into this promotion. There were twenty total (in the store I went to) that met the requirements for them to be part of the ten free movies. Not too bad considering.


RE: PS3 deal...
By mdogs444 on 11/20/2007 12:27:54 PM , Rating: 2
But what are the titles?


RE: PS3 deal...
By theapparition on 11/20/2007 3:12:15 PM , Rating: 2
Really? Compare that to my local target which has over 50 titles, and best buy that has way over 100. I don't consider the HD version of Rattatoui (<-sp?) or any cartoons for that matter as a good selection. And if someone gave me Spiderman 3, I'd get better use out of it as a drink coaster. Out of the rest, I already have a good selection of titles, so not interested in what's left.

If you can find 10 that you want, then go for it.


RE: PS3 deal...
By bighairycamel on 11/20/2007 11:10:34 AM , Rating: 2
Well I hear Walmart is bumping up their Blu-ray library for this sale, so I bet I could easily find 10 I would end up buying anyway eventually, but that's just me. Just cause most of the 5 free MIR movies suck doesn't mean that the Wal-mart stocked ones will all suck.


RE: PS3 deal...
By AlphaVirus on 11/20/2007 12:30:14 PM , Rating: 3
If you pick 5 movies that you like and the rest are all suck movies, pick the ones that would cost the most and resell them for cheaper. Ebay, amazon, craigslist, etc, I am sure you can find someone willing to buy it if you are selling it cheaper than the stores. Brand new resells dont lose value.


Correction
By vailr on 11/20/2007 9:38:48 AM , Rating: 2
Re: Western Digital 500GB 3.5" External $79.99 @ Circuit City
Correction: @ Staples




RE: Correction
By vailr on 11/20/2007 9:40:49 AM , Rating: 2
CompUSA:
Acer 22" Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor $169.99
Acer 24" Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor $249.99


RE: Correction
By vailr on 11/20/2007 6:10:06 PM , Rating: 2
Re:
Western Digital 400GB SATA $59.98 @ Staples
Western Digital 500GB 3.5" External $79.99 @ Staples

Corrected:
Western Digital 400GB SATA $59.98 (after $30 MIR)@ Staples
Maxtor 500GB OneTouch 4 External $79.98 (after $40 MIR)@ Staples


RE: Correction
By JohnnyCNote on 11/21/2007 8:03:51 AM , Rating: 2
quote:
Maxtor 500GB OneTouch 4 External $79.98 (after $40 MIR)@ Staples


What's the word on these Maxtor drives? I've been checking a lot of online reviews and most are pretty negative. However, that could mean that owners who're satisfied aren't writing, and that those who've had problems are, making it seem as if the drive has more failures than it really does.

I'd like to add one to my satellite receiver . . .


RE: Correction
By throughhyperspace on 11/21/2007 11:46:26 AM , Rating: 2
I manage a mom and pop type repair shop and in my experience Maxtor has failed at almost a 2-1 clip over every other brand combined. That may be slightly skewed because of the amount of Dells I've seen, as for years they used Maxtors exclusively. Now that Seagate bought Maxtor, its not always easy to tell which ones are Maxtors with a Seagate label.

Hitachi is another I am nervous about. They've seemed to have a run of pretty high failure rates recently. I've stopped using them because of it. And, of course, they got into the business by buying the "DeathStar" line


RE: Correction
By theapparition on 11/22/2007 10:26:09 PM , Rating: 2
Everyone has thier favorites, but I completely agree. Out of all the hard drive failures I've ever had, or that have been in my companies computers have almost all been Maxtor. One Seagate and two IBM's. Not a single WD has ever failed for me. This is over 15 years and probably over 1000 drives. I'll only stick with WD until I see otherwise.

Even though I was good friends with some of the Maxtor people in Colorado, their designs were terrible. Seagate shut them down and only bought them for thier manufacturing facilities in Asia. I'd stay away from Maxtors. Most new designs are seagate, but since I don't know, I avoid Seagate too.


RE: Correction
By theapparition on 11/22/2007 10:26:57 PM , Rating: 2
BTW,
Target has the 500GB WD external for 87 with no rebates.


last year
By psyph3r on 11/20/2007 7:40:36 AM , Rating: 2
I gave in and got a ~TB of space for 250$ last year at Best Buy. Unfortunately, two of the four 250 gig drives failed within a week. I'm not sure if I am going to do that again. Unless it was just due time, considering I've never had a drive fail on me in 7 years. These sales seem great for people without internet...a day where RL costs as much as I pay everyday. Otherwise, I'll just head over to newegg. great list btw




RE: last year
By Master Kenobi (blog) on 11/20/2007 7:45:52 AM , Rating: 2
Yea, but then again most B&M Stores are pricey to shop at. I buy almost everything thru Newegg or Amazon these days. Even clothes :P


RE: last year
By Funksultan on 11/20/2007 8:09:14 AM , Rating: 2
Amen to that! I wish someone at the usual bargain websites (FW, SD, XP) would start a thread on where are the best ONLINE Black Friday deals. I'm past the point where I'm gonna stand in line for hours on end to save $100 on a LCD, but getting up early and clicking? I think I can swing that. ;)

D


RE: last year
By Ringold on 11/20/2007 1:47:26 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
but getting up early and clicking? I think I can swing that. ;)


Hell yeah. Get some turkey down, get the family business taken care of, and settle in to a nice long night of what ever your preferred MMO poison is.

Then, when the time approachs, log out, do your shopping, and hit the sack, knowing that it's in the hands of the FedEx gods at that point.

If there are any early online sales, that'll be my gameplan.


RE: last year
By Spartan Niner on 11/20/2007 6:30:47 PM , Rating: 3
I'll probably be flamed for saying this, but I've started to shy away from Newegg on recent purchases. Their "deals" aren't as good as they used to be and I've had worse CS than in the past. Their dead pixel policy on LCDs and refund fee of 15% are also infuriating. However I will say that their CS is still much better than most of the competition.

BUT, I still buy most of my parts elsewhere for cheaper than the 'egg. And Amazon is great for just about anything else, especially as a college student. Amazon's Marketplace helps me resell my textbooks at the end of a semester as well :)


RE: last year
By Lazarus Dark on 11/20/2007 8:14:28 PM , Rating: 2
Last year I picked up the 37"1080p Westinghouse for 900$ plus 60 shipping and no tax on JR.com. Sweetest deal of my life.

I've quickly grown accustomed to it though. That 47" westy at BB is a pretty sweet deal. I've seen it instore. *drool*


Xbox 360
By imperator3733 on 11/20/2007 10:14:12 AM , Rating: 2
Anyone know if its possible to get that Xbox 360 deal without Guitar Hero and if so how much the price would drop?




RE: Xbox 360
By zombiexl on 11/20/2007 10:45:16 AM , Rating: 2
Nope, its a bundle deal. Probbaly just tryign to get rid fo all the GH2 stock.


RE: Xbox 360
By zombiexl on 11/20/2007 10:46:01 AM , Rating: 3
damn lysdexia and the lack of an edit button.


hard disks
By Oregonian2 on 11/20/2007 3:24:08 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
Western Digital 750GB SATA $199.99 @ CompUSA


Fry's has had these on sale for $179 at about a 50% duty cycle for the last month or two. Likewise for frys.com for the same price, once with free shipping, but even without it isn't much (and they actually have a REALLY nice way of packing them so they will get very little G-force hits on them). Don't know if they're on sale now, but they have been a LOT lately. And they work nicely. Just installed one into my backup server machine (where usually only old computer parts go) -- got lots of space now. :-)




RE: hard disks
By Oregonian2 on 11/20/2007 3:25:08 PM , Rating: 2
P.S. - Fatwallet's black friday forum has a fellow with a black friday spreadsheet that's HUGE for about every store imaginable.


RE: hard disks
By Haltech on 11/20/2007 4:52:10 PM , Rating: 2
even newegg is at 179ish


Sharp Aquos 46" (1080p) $1,299 @ Circuit City
By zombiexl on 11/20/2007 10:49:06 AM , Rating: 2
seems to be the only cheap deal on TV's. Others can be found online around those prices all year.

All thsese stores must have too much 720p overstock.




By zombiexl on 11/20/2007 10:53:19 AM , Rating: 2
Actually I may be wrong, depending on which of the 5000 versions of the aquos it is..


rebates rebates rebates
By Screwballl on 11/21/2007 12:22:58 PM , Rating: 2
As every starts shopping, remember that most of the deals you see are also needing a mail-in rebate so you will spend almost twice as much than the advertised price and will be required to send in a rebate which you are not always guaranteed to get back... so it is really deal???




RE: rebates rebates rebates
By Screwballl on 11/21/2007 12:33:04 PM , Rating: 2
wow not sure what happened but that got butchered...

As everyone starts shopping, remember that almost all of the deals you see are also needing a mail-in rebate so you will spend almost twice as much than the advertised price and will be required to send in a rebate which you are not always guaranteed to get back... so is it really a deal???


Don't forget Walmart...
By ultimatebob on 11/20/2007 8:31:07 AM , Rating: 2
They have a bunch of good deals on cheap TV's and GPS's this year as well. Blackfriday.gottadeal.com has a complete list.




HD-A3
By pattycake0147 on 11/20/2007 8:56:34 AM , Rating: 2
hhgregg has the Toshiba HD-A3 for $149.97, $20 cheaper than Sears.




Buy Buy Buy Buy Buy
By TITAN1080 on 11/20/07, Rating: 0
RE: Buy Buy Buy Buy Buy
By jtemplin on 11/20/2007 10:08:29 AM , Rating: 2
pepperoni and green peppers mushrooms olives chives


Another noteworthy notebook
By thestereotype on 11/20/2007 11:29:17 PM , Rating: 2
Best Buy has the Toshiba A135, 15.4", Celeron M 530/512MB/80GB/Vista Basic + Canon MP210 $229 @ Best Buy
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9999...




That HP 42" 1080p TV
By aftlizard01 on 11/21/2007 8:11:38 AM , Rating: 2
Looks like a really sweet deal if it is as quality as their monitors have been, definately going to check that one out.




just in heads up
By ajb1391 on 11/21/2007 8:12:11 AM , Rating: 2
I don't know if anyone's seen this website:

http://bfads.net

Its a very detailed listing with all the major department stores' Black Friday. They also have scanned images of all the flyers...

I meant to post a few days ago, but better late than never, right?




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