home : hot deals & information involving: Best Buy Friday, May 16, 2008last update: 1:30pm (EDT)
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- $10 off $75 in video games in-store
Not valid on game hardware, but a great deal if you're looking to buy some Playstation 3, Wii, or Xbox games in-store.
10% coupon for in-store purchases only.
Note, some BestBuy stores allow some room for negotiating the sale of HDTVs.
Rather than use a 10% coupon, you can try talking to the sales people about throwing in an extended warranty or an installation service for free with your HDTV purchase.
Also a 10% off in-store coupon is available for some products. Update (5/5):
The Dell 22" Monitor deal is sold out, and no longer available at the $200 price.
Also the PC Case for $30 is sold out.
Dell Inspiron 15" Laptop Computer for $500 in-store or $520 after delivery fee.
Dual Core T2370 CPU, 2GB memory, 160GB hard drive, DVD Burner.
It's about $50 to $150 less than what Inspiron Laptops and Vostro Laptops go for on Dell.com even after applying a coupon.
BestBuy.com
- Seagate 1TB Serial-ATA Hard Drive for $190
Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK 1TB (1000GB) internal Serial-ATA hard drive with 32MB-cache is on sale for $190 with free shipping today until sold out.
At a cost of $0.19 per GB, it's one of the best deals around for a large capacity hard drive.
Note, this hard drive is reported to run noisier than Western Digital drives, but its 32MB-cache and faster seek times should outperform Western Digital's 1TB drives.
Westinghouse 25.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor for $420 in-store and online.
Add $15 for shipping an online order, or use in-store pickup.
Most other stores sell 25" monitors for over $500.
Free $50 Gift Card from BestBuy for HD-DVD Player Purchases before Feb 23:
Finally, one company stepped forward to compensate people who purchased an HD-DVD Player before Toshiba officially pulled the plug on the HD-DVD format.
If you purchased an HD-DVD Player from BestBuy before February 23, 2008, you qualify to get a free $50 Best Buy gift card for each player you purchased.
The player must have been purchased from a BestBuy store or BestBuy.com to qualify for this promotion.
Eligible models are Toshiba HD-DVD Players and the Microsoft Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player.
Purchases made on or after February 23 will not be eligible for the $50 gift card.
Additionally, BestBuy will offer a Trade In Program for people who want to get some money back for their HD-DVD player, without the hassle of selling it on Ebay.
That Trade-In Program will not accept HD-DVD Players until March 21 (this Friday).
BestBuy
- 10% off in-store (expired)
Only valid on specific categories of items in-store, such as $399+ TVs, DVD players & recorders, home audio & speakers, flash and external hard drives (not internal drives), $149+ printers, networking products, mice, keyboards, graphic cards, software, media, portable music devices, $249+ digital cameras, and $279+ camcorders.
BestBuy.com
- HD-DVD Player for Xbox 360 for $55 online, $45 in-store
Microsoft HD-DVD Player for Xbox 360 is on sale for $50 online and in-store.
Add $5 for shipping, or use in-store pickup.
If you buy it in-store, try using a 10% off coupon to get it for $45.
Additinally, 5 HD-DVDs are free after mail-in rebate.
This is a great deal to play current HD-DVD releases in high-definition.
Be aware that movie studios will not release any future HD-DVDs, so you will be stuck with the current selection of HD-DVD movies on the market today at least until stores sell out their inventory.
Lots of HD-DVDs are currently on sale for $12 to $18 each at some stores.
Since this external HD-DVD drive uses a USB interface, PCPer.com and AVSForum learned how to use it with a PC running Windows XP.
Paired with HD-DVD compatible player software would provide high-definition movie watching through your PC.
Or the drive can be opened and installed inside a computer with a Mini ATAPI to IDE adapter.