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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mdemarco23 said 2:25PM on 6-04-2009
1 freedom of speech. 2. Gastric bypass. Medical starvation. OBVIOUSLY Starving works. hear that fellow fatties STOP Eating so damn much! Think of what we we were made to eat?? and how often? How often our ancestors ate and what they ate. where it came from. Earth. NOT a lab. Hormones and high fructose corn syrup and every other lab created food and pesticide is whats killing people and making people HEFFERS! Remember meds that make big fat cows will make big fat people if you EAT them!!! DUH. As for all of you super skinny girls. What you are doing is more harm than good. fall in love with you. even if you don't believe your feelings Just love yourself! eat from the earth and your ass will chemically balance out. and you will feel wonderful. Its all jimmy jones kool aid people wake up.
Just wondering--- what did the man eat before dude taught him to fish?
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Legend9591 said 2:46PM on 6-04-2009
Where's 4chan?
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jimhk777 said 10:42AM on 6-06-2009
are you kidding?? O.o they put them on the list and all the channers will come running and flame this quite possibly lol besides... shush >.> there is no 4chan... #1 and 2 jeez newfgs
Makavre said 3:34PM on 6-04-2009
What about 4Chan ... ???
what a stupid list
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notallhere said 6:51PM on 6-04-2009
oops. i farted.
pardon me for the intrusion.
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treduce3232 said 4:04PM on 6-04-2009
skinny chicks are hotter then fat chicks and the fat chicks are jealous! thats why there's never any skinny babes complaining!
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ilovemychucks1 said 4:11PM on 6-04-2009
what the hell r u people talking about????????????????????????????;(;(;(;(;(
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Thirteenwindows said 5:14PM on 6-04-2009
Welcome to crazy America.Where u'll find plenty of assholes,idiots and losers.I still love America (the land)
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thatswhatyourmomsaidlastnight said 5:16PM on 6-04-2009
Where's 4chan!?
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jbjg24m said 3:45PM on 6-06-2009
damn, what a screenname !!!!! lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!
SELENE2906 said 5:19PM on 6-04-2009
EATING ORGANIC IS EXPENSIVE, A BAG OF ORANGES WITH ABOUT 6 ORANGES IS $4-$5.
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Roger said 8:46AM on 6-06-2009
As a life long obese person,my dream is that anorexia nervousa will turn out to be a bacterial disease..instead of psychological..so I can go contract it..I WISH I had a pathological fear of eating...I wish....I wish...!
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becca said 5:55PM on 6-04-2009
4Chan should be number one :)
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seekea76 said 6:18PM on 6-04-2009
Seriously people, who cares what he thinks about her. She probably has gained some weight, So what! There probaby are some fat girls mad at some skinny girls and there are some skinny girls starving themselves not because of them being fat, but because of retards that walk around making them think that how they see them is important. I have been around people that are skinny and they don't like it cause they think it makes them look gross and there are some that think they are fat. Everyone walks around here judging and have not yet looked at self. Yea she may be fat but the one typing may have a limp, or 3 fingers or one ear. Come on man there are more things in this world right now to be worried about. we have N. Korea testing missiles. Everyone needs to rethink some things.
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jpgoodrow said 6:24PM on 6-04-2009
What's dangerous is how far up Obama's rump the media has parked their crooked noses while refusing to ask any tough questions or provide any real scrutiny.
Now that's dangerous...
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weirdnessmagnet said 7:11PM on 6-06-2009
This list is a joke. Where's Westboro Baptist Church's 'God Hates Fags' site? Or any of dozens of neo-nazi sites? Oh, how about those fun-loving homegrown terrorists known as PETA?
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Master Burns said 4:54PM on 6-07-2009
Controversy is that attraction of the curious.
- Lbizzle
You should def check this out too its called an Electronic Cigarette
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mani.v86 said 12:22PM on 6-08-2009
atleast speech is better than physical assault or vilontation ..... nt like australian ppl who believes in fight and to hurt others beatin indian students dosent means that they are superior or better then indians .. indians hv seen so much ov violance that they don wanna hv more .
beatin one indian by 7 aussi is nt bravery ...indians hv seen one man took 7000 lives that is terror .... so i request all the aussi bro dont make a simple guy another terrorist .... what ur doin now .. who knows it came back to u in different manner dat u never expected ov...
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