While everyone else is busy passing the stuffing and fighting over the drumstick, you could be securing a good deal on new home theater equipment like an HDTV, Blu-ray player or speaker system. When it comes to the web, Thanksgiving day is just another shopping day.
Consumer Reports says that 70 percent of holiday shoppers will be buying electronics -- with many shoppers actually buying for themselves. Maybe that's because there are so many good tech deals to find this year. Instead of scrambling to find your favorites while in a post-turkey haze, we've gathered up five deals that you should be thankful for this holiday.
Rather than fretting over those 3 AM Black Friday lines, start clicking now and you'll be done by the time others are waking up from their turkey-induced comas. The following five deals are available right now...
Instead of visions of sugarplums, we have visions of HDTVs dancing in our heads. Now we can have them dancing throughout the home, too. Best Buy is offering Samsung's 32-inch LN32B360 for the low-low price of $377. It's 720p, but the TV also features Wide Color Enhancer2 technology, two HDMI inputs, a PC input, and two built-in 5-watt speakers with SRS TruSurround HD Sound.
You may love being cheap, but Definitive does not. Maybe that's why this slick speaker sounds so awesome. Also, despite packing in three 4.5-inch tweeters, two 4.5-inch drives and another four 3.25-inch drivers, it's pretty compact. Instead of spreading the wealth of sound around your living room, this one unit uses Spatial Array technology to create the sound of five separate speakers. Back to the cheap, though: We've found a deal that allows you to have it both ways. Amazon is rocking this unit for $399, which is 50 percent off the list price.
Nothing says, "I love you," like a giant TV -- or at least like someone getting a giant TV for Christmas. This 40-inch LCD HDTV features a full 1080p picture, a 40,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, a super-fast 6 ms response time, and SRS TruSurround HD audio. The two HDMI inputs make it easy to hook up a Blu-ray player or home theater system. At $599, this is a nice TV at a nice price.
Not everyone has heard of this brand. Know who has? Best Buy -- it's equivalent to their store brand. That's not to say this baby is bad. At last look, there were plenty of happy customers. Maybe that's because for $99, this unit not only plays Blu-rays, but also streams Netflix. Add in a 1GB USB drive, and you've also got BD Live. Other features include Wi-Fi support via an optional adapter. Also, click on the "Get a free movie" link on the product page to, well, get a free Blu-ray movie- either Transformers: Return of the Fallen or Watchmen, sweetening this sweet sweet deal even further.
Three presents are definitely better than one. It's even better when one of those presents seems like a freebie. If you buy up Onkyo's HT-RC160 receiver, Paradigm's Cinema 90CT 5.1 speaker system and Paradigm's LS-30 speaker stands all at once, all via Amazon, you'll get a nice little surprise at checkout -- the whole kit and kaboodle for $885, which includes free shipping. Make sure to ride the shopping wave all the way to the end, though. You won't see the final price until right before you confirm the order.
