Comments on: Christmas In August? Best Buy’s Big HDTV Price Drop

By: herbert J Fellows

herbert J Fellows — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:53:29 +0000

I have looked all over the web for info on Samsung panels. Do you know if they are 8 bit or 10 bit (looking mostly at the ln40b650 and 630, but others also).

ONe website has a samsung tech that refuses to answer the question!! I can only assume they are 8 bit because if they were 10 bit, they would be telling us. What do you know?

By: x_acto

x_acto — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:01:04 +0000

Will HD Guru include on its reports whether the plasma TV set has any cooling fans, and if so how many and where they are located.

For example the TC-P50V10 has 6 cooling fans (4 on top and 2 on the bottom back) while the TC-P54S1 has none.

Similarly, comment on the noise produced by such fans when they’re tunning at max speed (unit is hot in a hot room).

I believe if HD Guru starts including the information about the cooling fans it would be the ONLY site on the web to have such information.

By: Homer

Homer — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:54:36 +0000

Does it make the content better?

By: steve

steve — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:11:44 +0000

I work at an independant tv store and have been doing so for over 5 years. We have had these prices for the past two weeks. The original price is marked up. You could get these prices any day of the week just by asking. Acctually in most of these tvs there is still over 10% profit for most retailers. Exspect lower prices as the holidays aproach.

By: Jimmy Kibbles

Jimmy Kibbles — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:15:53 +0000

I have to agree with Chance. I live in Canada and it’s bloody hard to find certain products, not to mention the latest electronics. I either have to pay exorbitant shipping & duty fees to order from the US or purchase from a local store or B&M retailer at marked up prices, where I also have the luxury of exchanging the TV should any problems arise. I hope these deals blow their way north of the border cause I’m going to get ripped off either way, so I might as well save a couple hundred bucks in the process.

By: AC

AC — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:32:51 +0000

I must say BB has dropped their prices dramatically over the past few weeks but it’s not enough. When I was looking in purchasing the Samsung LED LCD UN46B7000/7100 at the beginning of the month, I was researching them every where from e-stores, local retailers and directly from the manufactures and all where between $2600 – $2100. So I decided to downgrade to a 40 inch instead as the 46” was too high for my budget. BB had the UN40B6000 for $1800 vs Fry’s UN40B7000 at $1600 so it was an obvious choice. 3 weeks later (this week) Fry’s dropped their price down on the UN7000 to $1400 for the 40” and $1600 for the 46” and includes the Samsung BD-P1600 Blue Ray Player (worth $225) for free so I decided to return my 40” and get the 46” for the same price I paid for the 40” and received a free blue-ray player. BB has the same TV for $1799 but with no Blue-ray so how is that a good deal when Fry’s is dropping their prices below BB and includes a Samsung BD P1600 Blue Ray Player?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:49:58 +0000

You can look at Best Buy price history here: http://camelbuy.com/

It makes it easier to decide if you’re really getting a good deal or not.

By: Marco

Marco — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:28:07 +0000

There are no deals here… Recession times … U want LCD screen deals check out dealmac.com new egg, tiger direct costco, Hd Guru should give real deals and not sponsored fake ones. Buying a screen over $1000 does not seem like a deal these days when you can find blue ray players @less than $200

By: Chance Stevens

Chance Stevens — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:32:55 +0000

I’m pretty confused at why everyone is attacking HD Guru. He made a great point. The prices are big drops from where they were and what the MSRP is for several of these models.

Will you always get the lowest price by shopping at Best Buy? Probably not.

Why would people still shop there despite what people have said? There are a few reasons, 1) because it’s close and if you can’t/don’t want to wait for shipping you can get it the same day. 2) rewards – you can save money by shopping at stores like Best Buy through their reward program. 3) Sometimes you can actually get a deal. It sounds impossible, but it does actually happen.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:47:03 +0000

Tracking weekly ads is exactly what we do. Due to a combination of factory to dealer incentives and recent price drops, a number of HDTVs on sale now ARE at the lowest price of the year.

If you read the copy, you would have learned how readers can use these new low prices as a base line to negotiate with their local retailers, since many B&M stores wouldn’t price match etailers.

And yet, these prices still don’t compete with e-tailers, and are most certainly not the lowest prices of the year. Go pull up the deal BB had earlier in the summer, bundling Blu-ray players with 46″ TVs for less than the prices above. $1500 for a 46″ is NOT, NOT NOW, NOT EVER, a deal.

In order to use these “new low prices” to negotiate for a deal you’d have to actually post some new low prices. Did Best Buy pay for this article? You should be ashamed to defend this crap.