Thursday, November 27, 2008
Vizio has announced lower prices for some of their HDTVs including a few Black Friday deals. Here are the details:
Vizio’s Costco Black Friday Deal
The Vizio 37-inch VW37L 1080i LCD HDTV will be on sale for $499.99 at Costco for Black Friday weekend (11/28-11/30) while supplies last. The VW37L has 2 HDMI connections, 5500:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and weighs 55 lb. LCD Buying Guide has a review up of the VW37L, rating it a 78.5 out of 100, which appears to be a pretty average rating for their site.
Link to official Vizio VW37L page.
Link to our review of buying an HDTV at Costco.
Other Vizio Deals
Vizio 32-inch VP322 720p Plasma HDTV $437.00 at Walmart effective Wednesday. It’s a new everyday low price, so no rush.
Vizio 42-inch VS420 1080p LCD HDTV $698.00 at Sam’s Club locations nationwide while supplies last for the Holidays. Pretty sweet deal also.
Vizio 32-inch VOJ32LF 1080p LCD HDTV $559.99 (yawn) at Sears nationwide through Sunday, 11/30/08.
Link:
Official Vizio press release.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
The entire list of Wal-Mart Black Friday deals has finally been released. It looks like Walmart may have some of the best deals for Black Friday. The standouts are what we listed previously: a Samsung 50-inch 720p Plasma for $798, Magnavox Blu-ray player for $128, and an Xbox 360 with Guitar Hero 3 and guitar for $199. An asterisk (*) means it’s a doorbuster deal, good only for the early hours.
HDTVs
- Emerson 32″ LCD HDTV $388.00*
- Polaroid 42″ 1080p LCD HDTV $598.00*
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Samsung 32″ LCD HDTV $498.00
- Samsung 40″ 1080p LCD HDTV $798.00
- Samsung 42″ Plasma HDTV $698.00
- Samsung 46″ 1080p LCD HDTV $1,098.00
- Samsung 50″ 720p Plasma HDTV w/ 2 HDMI Inputs $798.00*
- Sansui 19″ LCD HDTV $178.00*
Blu-ray Movies
- Blu-ray disc: American Gangster $15.00*
- Blu-ray disc: Indiana Jones Crystal Skull 2-Disc Special Edition $15.00 *
- Blu-ray disc: Iron Man Ultimate 2-Disc Edition $15.00*
- Blu-ray disc: Kung Fu Panda $15.00*
- Blu-ray disc: Shooter $15.00*
- Blu-ray disc: Transformers 2-Disc Special Edition $15.00*
Miscellaneous
- Magnavox Blu-ray Disc Player $128.00
- Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray Player $198
- Xbox 360 Arcade Bundle w/ Guitar Hero 3 Game & Guitar $199.00*
A PDF of Walmart’s official Black Friday ad can be found here.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
WalMart.com has some nice value bundle deals on sale leading up to Black Friday. A standout is a sweet Playstation 3 bundle for $488 (see below). Head on over to Wal-Mart.com to check out their pre-Black Friday value bundles.
$488
PlayStation 3
Sony Blu-ray remote
2 Playstation games of your choice
4 Blu-ray movies of your choice.
Not a bad deal, considering the PS3 goes for $400 by itself.
Link: Playstation 3 Wal-Mart Holiday Bundle.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
*Update* The entire list of Walmart HDTV deals can be found here.
Wal-Mart’s Black Friday deals brings us the cheapest Blu-ray player yet, the Magnavox NB500MG9 for $128. There are two other HDTV-related deals:
50-inch Samsung 720p plasma HDTV $798

Xbox 360 ($199) w/ Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock game and wireless guitar.
Via CNN.com.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Costco has a few in-store HDTV deals for Black Friday 2008. If you’re looking for a huge LCD this Christmas, Costco may be your place. The deals require coupons. Here’s a link to a scan of the coupons from bfads.net. The coupons are good for November 28, 29, and 30. Check out the deals below.
| Picture |
HDTV |
Coupon |
Ad link |
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Vizio 37-inch LCD HDTV |
$100 off |
Link |
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Sharp Aquos 65-inch 1080p LCD |
300 off |
Link |
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Sharp Aquos 52-inch 1080p LCD HDTV |
$300 off |
Link |
Friday, November 14, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Radio Shack, king of cables and cords, has a few HDTV-related deals for the 2008 Holidays. The standout bargains are a Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray player for $199.99 (CNET rated the BD-P1500 a 6.8 our of 10) and a 50-pack of blank TDK DVDs for $8. Here’s a look at all of Radio Shack-s Black Friday HDTV-related deals:
Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray Player $199.99 (regular price $299)(link)
iLive Sound Bar $79.99 (regular price $129)(link)
AOC L32W861 32″ LCD HDTV $399.99 (regular price $599.00) (link)
TDK 50-Pack of 16x DVDs $7.99 (regular price $27.99) (link)
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Sam’s Club’s Black Friday 2008 deals were just released, and their HDTV-related items are a bit underwhelming. There is one bright spot, a Sharp Aquos 1080P 52-inch LCD HDTV for $1384.00. The Aquos is a solid television, although we’d like to see a couple hundred more bucks knocked off.
Here is the entire list of HDTV-related Black Friday deals:
- JVC 32-inch 720P LCD/DVD Combo TV $598
- Phillips 42-inch 1080p LCD HDTV $898
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Sharp Aquos 52-inch 1080p LCD HDTV $1384
And some Blu-ray discs:
- A Clockwork Orange Special Edition Blu-ray $10.87
- Battle Of The Bulge Blu-ray $10.87
- Dark Territory Blu-ray $10.87
March Of The Penguins Blu-ray $10.87
- Out For Justice Blu-ray $10.87
- The Aviator Blu-ray $10.87
- The Searchers Blu-ray -$10.87
- Under Siege 2 Blu-ray $10.87
- Wyatt Earp Blu-ray $10.87
Link:
Sam’s Club.com
Dell Home (link) will have some HDTV-related deals for Black Friday. The most impressive is an XBOX 360 Arcade with 7 games, including Rock Band 2, for just $199. Wow. Check out all of Dell’s HDTV-related Black Friday deals below:
Sony BDP-S350 Blu-Ray Disc Player $249.99. This is a great player, but K-mart has same model for $180 on Thanksgiving Day. (Link.)
Sony HDX275 Home Theater System $229.99. 5-disc DVD/CD changer. 1000 watts. iPod dock. DVD upscaling to 1080p. HDMI interface.
Sharp LC42SB45U 42″ 1080p LCD HDTV $779.00. This is Sharp’s bargain line of LCDs. Not a bad price. Sears will have a 46-inch Sharp Acqous 1080p LCD for $900. (Link.)
XBOX 360 Arcade With 7 Games Including Rock Band 2 $199.00. The Arcade bundle includes 6 packaged games like Feeding Frenzy, Luxor 2, Boom Boom Rocket, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Uno, and Superstars Tennis. The real value is the addition of Rock Band 2, which is $60 on its own. Doesn’t come with instruments, however.
Via BlackFriday.info