(July 29, 2009) Buy a high-ticket electronics item like an HDTV today and you can be sure the salesperson will try to sell you an extended warranty that’s supposed to protect your considerable investment well beyond the length of time offered by the manufacturer. Adding a relatively inexpensive extended warranty seems like a no-brainer so [...]
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Extended Warranties: What You See Is Often Not What You Get: An HD GURU Investigative Report
July 29th, 2009 · 49 Comments · Blu-ray Players, DLP, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, Plasma
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On Line HDTV Stores Get Nailed For Consumer Fraud
June 27th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Blu-ray Players, DLP, Laser HDTV, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, Plasma
(6/27/09 by HDGURU®) The old adage “If the deal sounds too good to be true, it is” applies to purchases of HDTVs, camcorders, digital cameras and other consumer electronics on the Internet. This week the office of the NY State Attorney General concluded a settlement agreement with seven Brooklyn based e-tailers, making them pay $665,000 [...]
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Best Buy Bombshell!
March 21st, 2009 · 61 Comments · Blu-ray Players, DLP, DVR, LCD Flat Panel, News, Plasma
Bonuses Paid To Managers That Violate “Price Match†Policy, Former Employees Allege. US District Court Rules Class Action Against Best Buy To Proceed (3/21/09) The US District Court, Southern District granted a motion on 3/19/09 for Class Action Certification to allow Plaintiff Thomas Jermyn and any similarly situated NY State residents to sue Best Buy [...]
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Recession Pressures: National Retailers Not Honoring Sale or Price Match Policies. What You Can Do To Beat Them. HD GURU Investigative Report
March 16th, 2009 · 64 Comments · DLP, DVR, LCD Flat Panel, Plasma
These are tough economic times. Facing lower sales volume and declining revenue, some “big box†electronics retailers are apparently fighting back by not honoring their own pricing policies. After reading a recent report by laptopmag.com that cited Office Depot stores for ordering its sales clerks to tell customers that “sale†laptop computers were out of [...]
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Pioneer Makes It Official: They Are Exiting the TV Business + The HD GURU Answers Reader Email
February 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments · DLP, LCD Flat Panel, Plasma
Pioneer has officially confirmed last week’s HD Guru’s® article. Today in a press release, Pioneer revealed its decision to exit the TV business. Pioneer will shut down its US plasma assembly line by April of this year. The company will continue to produce home audio, car audio and navigation products as well as providing parts [...]
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Circuit City’s Liquidation Sale: Deal or No Deal?
January 17th, 2009 · 53 Comments · Blu-ray Players, Blu-ray Titles, DLP, LCD Flat Panel, Microdisplay Rear Projection, Plasma
Unable to find a buyer for its money losing chain of stores, by order of the bankruptcy court, today (Jan. 17, 2009) Circuit City began the liquidation of all of its merchandise in the 567 remaining Circuit City stores in the US. The HD Guru® visited the local Circuit City store in Hicksville, NY. Here [...]
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HD GURU’S 2009 PREDICTIONS
January 3rd, 2009 · 15 Comments · Blu-ray Players, Blu-ray Titles, DLP, Laser HDTV, LCD Flat Panel, Microdisplay Rear Projection, Plasma
The HD Guru welcomes in 2009 with forecasts on content, pricing and products. You can expect confirmation on a number of these predictions as early as next week when the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show begins in Las Vegas. (Photo above is a copy of an invitation emailed to CES registered press to see Panasonics’s [...]
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The Hottest Pre-Thanksgiving HDTV Deals
November 23rd, 2008 · 11 Comments · Blu-ray Players, DLP, LCD Flat Panel, Plasma
Update 2: Sears sale on the Panasonic Blu-ray player below has ended. Update-Sears had a one day on-line sale “today only” (11/23) on the Panasonic Blu-ray player model DMP-BD35 at $149.99 (was $299.99). Sears on-line is out of stock, but if you bring in a copy of the sale web page [ http://tinyurl.com/6ra8og ] and [...]
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