Best Buy Kicks Off HDTV Super Bowl Sale (and other retailers)

tvpredictions.com ^ | January 23, 2011 | Phillip Swann

[Las Vegas Dave]

Washington, D.C. (January 23, 2011) -- Best Buy today kicked off a Super Bowl sale featuring 14 Sony High-Definition TVs. The sale is good from January 23 to January 29.

The Super Bowl, which will be played this year on February 6 in Dallas, traditionally is a driver of big-screen TV sales with consumers looking to upgrade their sets for the big game.

During the promotion, Best Buy is offering discounts on 14 different Sony sets, including a

* Sony Bravia 60-inch, 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV for $1,998 ($1,001 off the regular price) * Sony Bravia 55-inch, 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV for $1,499 ($800 off the regular price.) * Sony Bravia 55-inch, 1080p 3D 240Hz LED HDTV for $1,798 ($1,401 off the regular price.) * Sony Bravia 46-inch, 1080p 60Hz LCD HDTV for $763 ($86 off the regular price.) * Sony Bravia 46-inch, 1080p 3D 240Hz LED HDTV for $1,499 ($1,000 off the regular price.) * Sony Bravia 40-inch 1080p, 60Hz LCD HDTV for $599 ($50 off the regular price.)

Best Buy, which announced the promotion in today's newspaper circular, also says that it will offer free delivery of any HDTV priced at $999 or above; the retailer will also recycle your old set.

Among non-Sony sets, Best Buy is now selling a Panasonic 50-inch, 720p Plasma HDTV for $599, $200 off the regular price, and a Panasonic 58-inch 3D Plasma HDTV for $2,799, which is $600 off the regular price. The 3D set also comes with a free Panasonic 3D Blu-ray player and a Panasonic 3D 'Starter Kit," which includes two 3D glasses and a copy of Avatar in 3D Blu-ray.

Last Friday, Sears announced that it's also offering a Super Bowl promotion, selling a Zenith 50-inch, 720p Plasma HDTV for $549.99; a Sony 60-inch, 1080p, 120Hz LCD HDTV for $1,700; and a Samsung 40-inch, 1080p LED HDTV, bundled with a free Blu-ray player and wireless adapter, for $750.

[CodeToad]

“Does anybody have news about the release date for Panasonic’s 2011 models? “

Next week. Not kidding. This sale before the Super Bowl is always the final blowout for sales. Another FReeper who is a supply chain manager for televisions said to expect massive sales after this weekend as the newer models hit the shelves.

[diamond6]

Please tell me why you like the of brand...we”re shopping for a t. And our heads are spinning.

[diamond6]

LG brand...sorry.

[diamond6]

Sorry I’m on an iPod so I’m missing some letters when I type.

[mowowie]

I have the same Sony as you.
Nice TV

I have no idea how i’m going to get rid of it one it dies though.... :)

[Las Vegas Dave]

That TV is in our bedroom, on basic cable I can pick up about 10 or 12 HD stations. Std def is ok. My HD-DVD player displays a great picture on that TV, (BTW: that TV cost us close to $2k).

Nice feature is the SONY pro-duo photo card slot, great for viewing photos, the JVC does not have a card slot.

[Las Vegas Dave]

Check out the December 2010 issue of Consumer Reports for the latest reviews and brand ratings. If you don’t have the magazine, your local library should have a copy..

(My personal preference is SONY, for now.)

LVD

[DainBramage]

I have two vizio and I have not seen a better picture anywhere.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks. That’s what I figured because the sales are just now ramping up for the Panny 2010 models.

[SunkenCiv]

Holographic might be worthwhile — 3D tv, not so much.

[GreenLanternCorps]

“1080P .... Is that pixels? My husband and are stumped. Buying a tv has become very confusing.”

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Yes, in a manner of speaking. It refers to the resolution of the screen. That is the number of pixels horizontally on the screen.

A 1080p TV has 1,080 pixels vertically, and 1,920 pixels horizontally. This is described as 1920x1080.

The “P” stands for Progressive Scan, which means that the TV scans every line when it refreshes the screen.

A standard definition TV only supports 480i. It has 480 pixels vertically and 640 horizontally. This is described as 640x480.

The “I” means interlaced. Which means it is only scanning every other line when the picture is refreshed.

Here are some links:

http://reviews.cnet.com/hdtv-resolution/

http://www.tamblue.com/hdtv-resolutions-explained-480-720-1080-hdtv/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution

[diamond6]

Thanks for all your help. We are most grateful.