Traditionalists might balk, but the holiday shopping season is already underway. Skeptical? Head to your local department store and you'll be inundated by Christmas trees and ornaments. Bargain hunters, though, know that the real deals are more than a month away.
Black Friday, traditionally, is when retailers truly slash prices. Early birds can save hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars off of their holiday bills. Switched.com checked with a few elves, who gave a sneak peek at what you can expect deal-wise this year.
Blu-ray Players and Movies: Blu-ray is shaping up to be the biggest door buster of this year's Black Friday. de Grandpre expects at least one retailer will offer a Blu-ray player for just $49. Look for bargains on Blu-ray films as well, with last year's hit titles (such as "Iron Man") to fall as low as $5.
Laptops: With the proliferation of Netbooks this year, it's never been easier to find affordable portable computing, but Dan de Grandpre, CEO of DealNews.com says it will get even cheaper on Black Friday. Look for well-equipped Netbooks to sell for $199 – and basic 15" laptops to go for as little as $249.
HDTVs (Pretty big): The holidays are typically the best time to buy a new TV – and Black Friday is the time to do it. If you're looking for a normal sized set, you're in luck. Piper Jaffrey analyst Mitch Kaiser says he expects to see 32-inch LCD sets for as low as $299. GottaDeal.com is estimating 37-inch plasma and LCD sets will fall to $399 or less.
HDTVs (Really big): Need something bigger? How about a 46-47 inch LCD set for $599 – a 25 percent savings? Or a 52-inch LCD for $999? Dealnews says you can expect both. Plasma deals will be a little harder to come by, but a 50-inch set should run roughly $899.
HD Camcorders: You've wanted to shoot your child's school play in HD for a while, but haven't been able to spring for the pricey camcorder. This might be the year. Low-end, flash-based 720p models could drop as low as $60 (though you won't be able to zoom with those). Expect a high quality 1080p HD camcorder for $349.
GPS: While navigation systems have dramatically expanded their reach this year – even making it onto the iPhone – there's still a market for car-based systems. Dealnews predicts you'll be able to find a no-name entry-level system for $49, while a Garmin or Tom-Tom brand will be as low as $69.
Digital Picture Frames: Showcasing your digital pictures consistently gets cheaper. This year, skip the 7-inch screens and focus on the 8- or 9-inch ones, which should be available on Black Friday for as little as $30.
Monitors: Computer monitors might not be the sexiest of gifts, but they're usually welcomed with open arms – and they'll be cheap this year. Name brand 22-inch LCD models may go for as low as $99, while 24-inch models will drop below $150.
Memory: Don't know anyone who needs a monitor? External hard drives are always popular, since they're an easy way to back-up data. Dealnews expects a 1TB drive to fall as low as $49 this year. Gottadeal is looking for 8GB flash drives to hit $15.
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Klebbenator said 5:58AM on 9-25-2008
Did he just take a bite of that microphone?
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tommy korn said 1:39AM on 1-16-2009
awesome! but it will be really disappointing if it is not subtitled cuz i am a Deaf individual who also a very politically active youth. theres thousands and thousands of Deaf people who often leave behind from current events due to severe ignorance among media communities... however, i will be utterly pleased if it is subtitled so that way i could spread this exciting note to my deaf voting bloc
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PAT said 8:49AM on 9-25-2008
IS THIS WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES?
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
12/10/05-12/11/05 ABC Washington, DC
Appearance on "This Week" $10,785.
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
11/26/05-11/27/05 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $1,595
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
10/22/05-10/22/05 Kentucky Democratic Party Cincinnati, OH
Speech to the Kentucky Democratic Party $1,198
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
09/01/05-09/03/05 European House Cernobbio, Italy
Participation in and speech to the Ambroseti forum titled Business Strategies: The Scenario for Toda... more $2,922.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
06/12/05-06/12/05 NBC Miami, FL
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $115.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
05/21/05-05/22/05 Suffolk University Boston, MA
Suffolk law commencement speech $1,881.69
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
04/22/05-04/23/05 Democratic Party of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Speech to the South Carolina Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner $1,388.90
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
02/27/05-02/27/05 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $1,450.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
02/16/05-02/19/05 HBO Los Angeles, CA
Appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher" $6,585.45
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
02/05/05-02/05/05 Democratic Party of Virginia Richmond, VA
Speech to Virginia Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner $1,880.28
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
10/19/04-10/19/04 United Nations Foundation Boston, MA
Participation in "The People Speak", an election forum sponsored by the United Nations Foundation $314.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
09/30/04-10/03/04 Forstmann Little and Co. Aspen, CO
Senator's participation in Forstmann Little, and Co. conference; foreign policy discussion on Americ... more $17,554.98
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
09/18/04-09/19/04 ABC Chicago, IL
Appearance on "This Week" $374.83
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
09/02/04-09/06/04 Ambrosetti Lake Como, Italy
Ambrosetti's conference titled Intelligence 2004 on the World, on Europe, on Italy $12,239.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
08/01/04-08/01/04 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $1,074.45
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
06/23/04-06/23/04 Pennsylvania Democratic Party Harrisburg, PA
Speech to the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's Legislative Caucus and the Pennsylvania Democratic Par... more $3,119.17
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
05/21/04-05/21/04 NAACP Columbia, SC
Speech to the South Carolina State conference of the NAACP $1,300.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
05/16/04-05/17/04 Northwestern University Chicago, IL
Commencement speech at Northwestern University School of Law $1,416.59
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
05/16/04-05/16/04 NBC Chicago, IL
One-way air fare from Washington, DC to Chicago, Ill. for an event subsequent to an appearance on "M... more $765.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
05/08/04-05/08/04 Jackson Country Democratic Committee Wilmington, DE
Speech to the Jackson County Democratic Committee 17th Annual Truman Days Banquet $676.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
04/25/04-04/25/04 ABC Washington, DC
Appearance on "This Week" $647.29
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
04/11/04-04/11/04 CBS Fort Myers, FL
Auto service in Fort Myers area for appearance on "Face the Nation" $330.75
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
03/24/04-03/24/04 CNN Wilmington, DE
Travel from Washington to Wilmington following appearance on "Larry King Live" $638.06
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
03/20/04-03/21/04 ABC Washington, DC
Appearance on "This Week" $1,594.58
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
03/17/04-03/18/04 Hibernian Society of Charleston Charleston, SC
Speech to the Hibernian Society of Charleston's annual banquet $1,542.80
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
02/13/04-02/15/04 Association of Trial Lawyers of America Orlando, FL
Speech to the Association of Trial Lawyers of America winter conference $3,830.02
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
02/05/04-02/08/04 U.S. Spain Council Inc. Miami, FL
Speech to U.S.-Spain Council forum $3,366.40
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
01/22/04-01/26/04 World Economic Forum Davos, Switzerland
Attendance at the World Economic Forum annual meeting $2,058.58
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
11/07/03-11/08/03 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
Speech to the Syracuse College of Law Alumni Association's annual Distinguished Service Award dinner $2,148.93
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
10/11/03-10/12/03 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $6,983.90
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
08/29/03-08/29/03 HBO Los Angeles, CA
Appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher" $8,410.75
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
08/28/03-08/31/03 National Foundation for Women Legislators Las Vegas, NV
Speech to annual conference of the National Foundation for Women Legislators $2,927.50
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
08/23/03-08/24/03 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $2,979.50
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
07/20/03-07/20/03 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $1,438.20
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
05/25/03-05/25/03 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $1,438.20
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
05/19/03-05/19/03 Emerson College Boston, MA
Commencement speech to Emerson College $7,536.55
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
05/14/03-05/14/03 ABC Washington, DC
Interview on ABC News $170.85
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
05/05/03-05/05/03 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $294.05
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
05/01/03-05/04/03 World Affairs Council of Northern California Monterey, CA
Participation in the annual conference of the World Affairs Council of Northern California $1,674.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
04/05/03-04/05/03 ABC Washington, DC
Appearance on "This Week" $245.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
02/27/03-02/28/03 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
Speech at Loyola University $1,399.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
02/04/03-02/04/03 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on NBC's "Today Show" $147.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
01/29/03-01/29/03 CBS Washington, DC
Appearance on CBS News's "The Early Show" $103.56
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
05/19/02-05/19/02 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
Commencement speech to Syracuse University College of Law $275.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
04/15/02-04/15/02 Jewish Federation of Greater Miami Miami, FL
Speech to Greater Miami Jewish Federation $700.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
01/31/02-02/01/02 World Economic Forum New York, NY
World Economic Forum conference $927.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
09/29/01-09/30/01 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $1,040.70
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
09/08/01-09/09/01 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $1,942.99
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
08/28/01-08/28/01 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Cleveland, OH
Ticket for round-trip air travel between Philadelphia, Pa., and Cleveland, Ohio plus ground transpor... more $1,100.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
06/16/01-06/17/01 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $419.76
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
04/07/01-04/08/01 ABC Orlando, FL
Appearance on "This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts" - travel was one-way. $2,447.50
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
02/10/01-02/11/01 Association of Trial Lawyers of America New Orleans, LA
Speech to ATLA's mid-winter convention $3,109.75
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
01/06/01-01/07/01 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $775.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
10/22/00-10/22/00 Lawyers Alliance for World Security Boston, MA
Speak and participate in a public forum on "Debating National Security, Building Weapons or Alliance... more $1,693.33
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
10/18/00-10/18/00 Columbia University New York, NY
Speech on "The Supreme Court at a Crossroad" for the Maurice Rosenberg Annual Memorial Lecture $236.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
09/23/00-09/23/00 NBC Washington, DC
Appearance on "Meet the Press" $4,300.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
06/09/00-06/10/00 Coca-Cola Co. New York, NY
Speech to the French-American Business Council's annual meeting - senator was in New York on Foreign... more $687.00
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
03/23/00-03/26/00 Tulane University New Orleans, LA
Two speeches to university students. One to a constitutional law class, and one to a combined Americ... more $803.49
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
03/09/00-03/12/00 American Enterprise Institute Paris, France
Air fare for senator's spouse to accompany Sen. Biden to the New Atlantic Initiative conference on B... more $4,252.03
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
03/03/00-03/03/00 Stanford University Palo Alto, CA
Speech to a conference on international reactions to the U.S. ballistic missile defense system $1,268.75
Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)
01/13/00-01/16/00 Electronic Data Systems Corp. Scottsdale, AZ
Sen. and Mrs. Biden traveled to Arizona for the senator's speech to A.T. Kearney's global business p... more $4,775.00
GIFTS:
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9/14/2005 Iraq 3 x 5' rug $250.00
12/8/2002 Saudi Arabia One night lodging and meals Not Listed
12/6/2002-12/7/2002 Iraq One night lodging and meals Not Listed
4/23/2002 Vietnam Needlepoint picture of a bowl and flowers $100.00
1/10/2002 United Nations Transportation by air from Islamabad, Pakistan to Kabul, Afghanistan Not Listed
4/19/2000-4/21/2000 Colombia Lodging at Presidential Guest House; accompanied President on aircraft from Bogota to Catagena and on round trip to a Colombian national park; transportation from Cartagena to Port of Spain, Trinidad Not Listed
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justice said 2:36PM on 9-25-2008
You call him a politcal activist, you forgot one word ( democratic) political activist. If your going to report get the facts !
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Dan said 10:38PM on 9-25-2008
I cannot take Michael Moore seriously after he thought Gore won in 2000 even after several news recounts still showed Bush won. Plus even if you take politics out of the equation Moore is still a liar which is too bad because he does have a talent at making people laugh. Can we have a documentary director that is good and truthful?
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