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Internet DailyTech Black Friday Deals Roundup
Brandon Hill (Blog) - November 20, 2007 12:45 AM
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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.