Update 3/28/09 In Bold Update 3/31/09 In Bold Best Buy’s weekly sale circular for Sunday 3/29-4/4 features the following 2009 Samsung models LN32B530, LN46B550, UN40B600, UN46B7100, UN55B7100, PN42B450- All of these “sale” models are priced at full retail (MAP). The PN50B450 is $100 lower, however, this appears to be a MAP price drop, not a [...]
Entries from March 26th, 2009
2009 Samsung HDTV Prices Leaked
March 26th, 2009 · 32 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, Plasma
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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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2009 HDTVs Force Deep Price Cuts On 2008s
March 9th, 2009 · 10 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, Plasma
Do you like to save money? Now is a great time to buy a new HDTV. Due to current economic conditions, vendors and retailers are sitting on huge inventories of 2008s and must move them out to make room for the 2009s. The result? Unprecedented deep discounts and factory price markdowns on closeout 2008s are [...]
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Panasonic 2009 Prices Leaked Part II: The Z1 Plasma and More-HD Guru Exclusive
March 4th, 2009 · 18 Comments · Plasma
In our last article, HD Guru leaked Panasonic’s pricing for its mid-end 2009 plasmas and all of its LCD flat panels. Below, HD Guru covers the rest of Panasonic’s 2009 HDTVs, including previously unreleased prices on its top of the line models. Z1 Series The Z1 (pictured above) is Panasonic’s most advanced HDTV. Available only [...]
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2009 HDTVs Are Shipping Now-Buy A Closeout Or Wait For the New Model-Panasonic Prices Leaked
March 2nd, 2009 · 8 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, Plasma
Last week, HD Guru was first to provide pricing and availability information on Sony’s 2009 HDTV line. Later today, Sony will officially issue some of the same information to reporters at its product line show. While others publish last week’s news, the HD Guru has uncovered yet to be released pricing and availability information on [...]
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Plasma Tech Lives:LG Will Continue To Produce Plasma TVs and Panels
March 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Plasma
Shortly after the HD Guru reported Pioneer’s decision to exit the TV business, a handful of consumer electronics websites have misinterpreted Pioneer’s actions as the death of plasma displays. These stories typically cite skewed statistics or claim companies that never manufactured a single plasma panel have shuttered their plants. Late last week some bloggers referred [...]
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