Thanks for a totally useless answer. I was asking what other BF site he saw this rumor confirmed on, as it ha not appeared on the 3 I checked.

kingdude said:I just confirmed this OP....Its on other sites too.
And that makes it legit?

I was at the BF bestbuy last year.

You have to get there around 10pm and "sleep over" on the sidewalk.
Around 7am people from Bestbuy will ask what you are standing in-line for
and give you a ticket for it. (if it's a 20 or less per store item)

The ticket will say what part of the store the item is located.
So no need to run like crasy inside.


Q: What's so Black about this Friday?
A: Think about the old calculators that printed out on paper.
The ribbon have two colors, red and black.
As long the result is negative it prints in red.
Electronic stores run about a 15% margin, so you could
say that BF is the turning point when it starts printing in black.

BlackFire said:Any reason we can't just buy the tvs a few days before Black Friday, then get a pricematch on BF - saving ourselves from the hordes?

You can pricematch BUT if it's a special deal that the price is only good from 5am to 11am Friday you have to do it in that time window. If the price is good all weekend you can pricewatch anytime during the weekend. I have done this the last few years without a problem unless they make some kind of ammendment to their pricematch policy. Also last year a friend of mine went to buy the laptop they had on sale last year the Wednesday before Black Friday and was told they were out of stock on it. He went to Best Buy dot com and he ordered the laptop and picked in store pickup and the store he was at 30 min ago suddenly had stock just something to think about.

salehdidit said:mrredskin said:Stylin said:steveobb said:“The sweet spot in the market that everyone is gunning for is 50” sell for under $1,000,” Mr. Niven said. “That’s where we feel where laser TV, and that makes it affordable.”
I read that quote also, but the real question is: WHEN do they propose to hit that "sweet spot"? I highly doubt that the introduction of Laser tv will be a 50" for $1K. Would be nice but I do see it as unlikely.

more like impossible

once they ramp up production... nothing's impossible. if they could produce unlimited amounts, why wouldn't they? assuming plasmas and lcd's come to ~2k for a 50", then a l-a-s-e-r at 1k isn't too far fetched.

i'd be over a 50" for 1k like a ... well, insert your own PC quip here.

im seriously curious if you know what OLED TVs are, because it was almost *EXACTLY* how laser tvs are being presented now (just 2 years ago), and guess what, OLED TVs STILL ARENT OUT!!!

Which begs the question: Do we jump on BF deals or wait to purchase in 2007? LCD's usually drop about 20% 2 weeks prior to the superbowl, but the prices raise right after.

I still dont see where anyone has actually confirmed this. All I see is links to articles estimating flat panel price drops. Can anyone actually confirm that these are actually bf best buy prices and not some prediction?

I don't see anything confirmed , despite reading through this whole thread. One news source's speculation isn't enough at all. Analysis are nothing but guesses on where the market will go. "AMD would be stupid to buy ATI" And it happened anyways. There has been much more reliable news sources that have been wrong before.

So what is the purpose of this thread?

How does the HP 42" Plasma HDTV PL-4260 stack up to the Panasonic TH-42PX60U 42" Plasma HDTV? I'm watching for a great deal on the Panny, but if this HP stacks up, it would be a great deal.