HD Guru® obtained an advanced copy of Best Buy’s weekly circular (12/6/09-12/12/09).  It features a number of HDTV bundles consisting of select Sony HDTVs, a Playstation 3 (PS 3), a PS 3 game and a Blu-ray movie disc. You select from three game and movie disc titles (listed below). Best Buy (BB) claims a savings [...]
Entries from December 5th, 2009
Don’t Be Misled By Best Buy’s HDTV + PS3 Bundles
December 5th, 2009 · 16 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News
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The Best Cyber Week HDTV Deals
December 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Blu-ray Players, Blu-ray Titles, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, Plasma
The HD Guru scoured the web to find the hottest post-Cyber Monday deals on the best HDTVs. All these HDTVs have free shipping. Use the links below to check out the deals. (Note: These prices are correct as of publication. However, stores tend to raise prices as supplies diminish.) Updated 3:00pm 12/3/09 Updated 7:30pm 12/3/09 [...]
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Plasma TV “Burn-In”: Fact or Myth?
December 1st, 2009 · 51 Comments · News, Plasma
HD Guru continues to receive reader email asking whether modern plasma panels have “burn-in” problems. Given the amount of misinformation still spewed by uninformed salespeople, let’s take a fresh look at the issue. “Burn-in” and Image Retention Though often used interchangeably, “burn in”and “image retention” are two different plasma panel phenomena. Image retention (IR) [...]
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HD Guru’s Best Cyber Monday 2009 Deals
November 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Blu-ray Titles, LCD Flat Panel, Plasma
The HD Guru scoured Amazon’s “Cyber Monday†deals to give you a head start on the best HDTV and Blu-ray disc bargains. Scoop up these hot deals today (Sunday) before they’re sold out. Learn more about the HDTVs listed below at LINK We plan to update the listings when additional “hot deals” are revealed. Best [...]
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The Pitfalls of Black Friday: What You Should Know
November 26th, 2009 · 18 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, News, Plasma
(11/26/2009) The HD Guru responds to readers’ Black Friday Sale questions. Q: Walmart’s 32″ Emerson HDTV is on sale $248. Is it a deal or no deal? A: Any 32″ HDTV for $248 is an excellent price, however we have investigated Emerson’s warranty and it sours us on the purchase. Why? Most major (and some [...]
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The 10 Best HDTV Deals Under $1000
November 25th, 2009 · 11 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, News, Plasma
By Gary Merson (11/25/2009) The HD Guru evaluated all TVs listed, comparing them to the competition in order to verify top performance. Not surprisingly, all models making the cut are name brands, in order to assure you of excellent reliability and readily available parts and service, both during and after the warranty period in the [...]
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HD Guru Picks The 10 Best HDTVs You Can Buy
November 22nd, 2009 · 27 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, Plasma
By Gary Merson Edited By Michael Fremer (11/22/2009) Just in time for the holiday buying season, HD Guru lists, in no particular order, ten of the best performing HDTVs currently available. Prices listed are the lowest we could find on-line at the time of publication and they are linked to HDGuru’s Pricegrabber website. Last week, [...]
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Choosing The HDTV That’s Right For You
November 17th, 2009 · 23 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, Plasma, Reference Materials
By Gary Merson Edited by Michael Fremer Whether the day after Thanksgiving is called “Black Friday”because of the day’s heavy traffic or because it signals the beginning of the selling period when most retailers go from being in the red to being “in the black,†it unofficially marks the start of the holiday gift giving [...]
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