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Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD Player For $199

It was only a couple days ago that the Toshiba HD-A2 being on sale for $197 was a good deal, but Best Buy’s raised the stakes and put the newer Toshiba HD-A3 on sale for $199. Best of all, Best Buy still has the 7 free HD DVD deal with any Toshiba player. Yes, it’s…

Best Buy Matching $99 Toshiba HD DVD Player at Walmart

The bloodbath has begun. Best buy is matching Walmart’s $99 sale on Toshiba’s low end HD-A2 HD DVD player. They’re sold out online but local pickup might work for you. I can’t help but wonder how much is lost on these players. If any, since they’re heavily based on DVD tech. And what is Blu-ray…

Some Retailers Selling Xbox 360 Pro Bundle

Wow, with no official announcement, the Xbox 360 Pro Bundle is already on sale at (at least) one Best Buy and apparently GameStops around the US. The $350 pack gets you a standard Xbox 360 Premium along with the excellent racing game Forza 2 and so-so action game Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Essentially, you get the…

FCC Fines Retailers $96,000 For Selling Analog TVs

Radio Shack, HH Gregg, FYE, Fred Meyer Stores, Ultimate Electronics and Boscov’s all got smacked with fines totaling almost $100K because they sold analog TVs that were not properly marked with a warning sticker saying that they would basically stop receiving signal (at least, not without a cable box or other kind of assistance) when…

Sonos Launches ZoneBridge Plus Napster and Best Buy Music Stores

In a raft of announcements, Sonos today confirmed the existence of the $99 ZoneBridge 100, and launched two more PC-free music-store options on the system, including Napster and Best Buy’s new Digital Music Store. The cute little ZoneBridge is actually the best part of the news to me: rather than paying for a $350 ZonePlayer…

Best Buy Leaks First TiVo External HDD?

Earlier last week we brought you news of a TiVo update that provides eSata support with officially licensed HDDs. Well, Best Buy seems to have done the dirty once again, leaking what appears to be the first TiVo supported hard drive. https://gizmodo.com/another-tivo-update-brings-official-esata-support-and-b-311697 Other than a 500GB capacity, a $219.99 price point, a telltale name of…

Best Buy Stops Selling Analog Sets, Signaling End of an Era

On October 1, Best Buy ordered any unsold analog TV sets to be pulled from shelves, never to be sold again. This is happening a solid year and four months before the Feb. 18, 2009, end of analog broadcasting, but there’s no time like the present. Is it an upsell opportunity for the big-box retailer?…

Best Buy and Microsoft Get No Love From Supreme Court on Racketeering Charges

The Supreme Court ruled today that Microsoft and Best Buy would have to face a lawsuit alleging fraudulent sign-up of MSN customers, a crime that violates the Mafia-busting RICO anti-racketeering act. Here’s the backstory: In return for a $200 million strategic investment from Microsoft back in 2000, Best Buy promised to sign up customers to…

Xbox 360 Core With HDMI Coming 9/1?

Either this Best Buy listing is wrong, or there’s a $349.99 version of the Xbox 360 Core with HDMI coming in September 1. We’re leaning towards wrong listing since the box shows a Premium (the DVD drive is silver) and the price is of a premium, but who knows what’s going on in Microsoft’s stable.…

Get a free 19-inch HDTV when you sign up for DirecTV HD at Best Buy. [Best Buy]

Best Buy and Liz Claiborne Hooking Up to Make Electronics Accessories for the Girls

Liz Claiborne’s jumping into bed with Best Buy to design a collection of “electronics accessories for women.” Since they’re for women, naturally the entire collection is composed of bags and totes for things like laptops, cameras and MP3 players. We’re going to go out on a hunch and guess there’s going to be a fair…

Best Buy Adds “Halo 3 Tax” to Xbox Peripherals

With the Halo 3 ad blitz starting, Best Buy is getting into the excitement in a special way: a price increase that the Internet has already dubbed the “Halo 3 Tax.” Probably timed more with the recent Xbox 360 price drop, Best Buy is now listing various peripherals for $3 above MSRP—mostly batteries and charging…

Best Buy Drops Xbox 360 HD DVD Price to $149

Best Buy has dropped the Xbox 360 HD DVD price yet again, down from the not-yet-a-week old price of $179 to $150. The five free movie deal is still intact as well, as long as you order before September 30. However, the player looks like it’s sold out now with no store pickup available. [Best…

LG BH100 Hybrid Disc Player Plus 10 Free HD DVD or Blu-ray Discs!

I rarely use exclamation points in my headlines, but this deal seems too sweet not to. I’m talking about a LG Super Blu hybrid disc player that can play back HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs for $1200, plus any combination of Ten in stock HD DVD or Blu ray discs, for free. https://gizmodo.com/first-review-lg-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-hd-dvd-player-ve-231149 Good job,…

Video Proof of Geek Squad Stealing Porn

Click to viewThe Geek Squad, Best Buy’s tie-wearing, Beetle-driving, and now porn-stealing tech group, was caught transferring pornographic images from a customer’s machine. The sting was orchestrated by The Consumerist, who give a play-by-play of how they set it up. Check it out, it’s work safe. Be sure to give it a Digg while you’re…

Phantom Burglary Ring Targeting Tech

There’s a group out in Tulsa who does whatever it takes to get their haul. They cut open ceilings and walls, rappel down surfaces, disable security systems—even climb through air ducts—and manage to make off with $60,000 to $400,000 per strike. And all without leaving a trace of their identity. Sound a bit like the…

Sonos At Best Buy But Price Still Too High

The good news is that the previously snooty Sonos is now in a sales-distribution channel that might reach working (or collegiate binge-drinking) stiffs like us. The bad news is, the cost of a starter kit—Sonos Bundle 130 (BU130) with ZonePlayer 80 (ZP80), ZonePlayer 100 (ZP100) and Sonos Controller (CR100)—is $999. Believe it or not, that’s…

The World Hates the Geek Squad

According to the American Dentists Association, the US Mime Artists Syndicate and this Random Good Stuff T-shirt, 9.99 out of 10 US citizens hate Geek Squad. Apparently the statistical error works for Geek Squad and doesn’t even love itself. In fact, not even Jesus loves them. Me neither. Pushy retailers [Random Good Stuff]

Blockbuster and Best Buy Opening Online Movie Stores

The online movie biz is about to get a pair of newcomers now that Blockbuster and Best Buy are joining in on the fun. Lionsgate CEO, Jon Feltheimer, let the news out a little early in a conference yesterday. Here’s what to expect. Blockbuster has been wanting to get online for awhile now, and although…

How to Expedite Geek Squad Issues the Consumerist Way

Giz readers (or their families) have probably had more than a few dealings with Best Buy’s Geek Squad, so that’s why we’re pointing you to this consumerist post on how to get stuff resolved. The Geek Squad CEO dropped them a line on how to get your service-issue complaint directly to him and other execs…