Thanksgiving might be today, but many of you are probably thinking way ahead to your Black Friday list and what stores you’ll be heading out to. Despite being a day to enjoy time with family and all the amazing food that comes with the highly appreciated holiday (and its four-day weekend for many), it’s also a time to start your holiday shopping and score everything on your Christmas gift list at discounted prices. But believe us, Black Friday is more than a day of shopping…it’s a day of strategizing, maneuvering and conquering and isn’t for the faint of heart. You have to be ruthless out there to make sure you get EXACTLY what you want. To help navigate this huge shopping day, we’ve provided some great spots that have the best deals. Some are (thankfully) online, while other will have you heading to the stores bright and early. Good Luck!

10. Logitech

Been eyeing a certain Logitech product lately? Well if you have, here’s your chance to buy it at a discount since they’re having a huge Black Friday sale! You can save up to 50% off on products like Logitech’s Mini Boombox, their diNovo Edge, a Wireless Headset and so much more! Jump on their site as soon as you wake up on Friday to score the great deals.

9. Costco

Known for their discounted bulk items, Costco is jumping on the Black Friday deals scene with their sale. Expect great deals on a variety of items that run the gambit from toys to tech, kitchen appliances and so much more!

8. Dell

For those in the market for a new laptop, Dell.com will is the perfect site to visit! With laptops starting at $299.99, you can never go wrong. The great thing is that you don’t have to wait in some stupid line and can ship from home. And with deals on desktops, TVs, digital cameras and printers, we think it’s a damn good deal!

7. Apple

Yes, Apple will participating in Black Friday madness, but don’t go thinking you’re going to score a laptop for, like, $700 or an iPad for $50 because you’re not. If interested, click on Apple.com Friday to get deals on various Apple products. Expect to see savings between $21-$41 on iPods, $41-$61 on iPad (depending on storage capacity) and $101 on Macs. Nothing too crazy, but hey, you’re still saving money and that’s what counts!

6. TigerDirect

Too lazy to get out on Friday? No problem since TigerDirect.com will have all the savings on some cool tech like TVs, laptops, digital cameras and more all online. A Sony Vio Corei i5 Llaptop will go for $599.99, 32-inch Hisense LCD HDTV will sell for $199.99 and an Epson Stylus NX430 all-in-one printer is half the price going for $59.99. You have to check the sight to see it all, and we’re pretty sure you’ll going to like what you see.

5. Newegg

Forget about all the mall madness and click on Newegg.com for all your tech needs. With special deals on Blue-ray players, cell phones and accessories, computer cases, and more, you seriously can’t go wrong. They have desktop computers as low as $289.99, an Olympus Stylus digital camera for $49.99, digital frames for as low as $29.99 and a ton more. These are just some examples of how cheap some of your most coveted gadgets will be.

4. Toys R Us

Pick up something for the kids (and some games, videos and more for yourself) at Toys R Us on Black Friday. You’ll be able to score on all the toys your kids have been nagging you for and then some. They have DVDs for as low as 9.99, popular video games for as low as $24.99 and a wide selection of toys and the like for prices that can’t be beat!

3. Target

If you’re a tough, rough and can handle the craziness of Black Friday, then venture to target to snag great tech that you’ve probably been wanting all year! They have a Nikon L105 12.1 MP digital camera for only $99, Memorex Pure Play iPod Dock for $29.99 and an extreme video rocker that’s normally $60 for only $32! Target is definitely a great place to get all your holiday shopping out of the way…but only if you’re brave enough!

2. Walmart

Walmart usually already has lower prices on the regular, but for Black Friday, expect nothing but jaw-dropping deals. They have a 65-inch for $998 (reg. $15,500), a Compaq laptop for $100 (reg. $198), a limited Edition blue Wii Console for $99.96 and an Xbox 360 4 GB Console with Kinect for $199.96 (a $299. Value). Not sure what’s up with their 0.96 cent thing, but hey, it’s cheaper than everybody’s 0.99 cents addition!

1. Best Buy

It seems that everybody is trying to score that Sharp 42-inch LCD TV at Best Buy that’s going for under $200 this Black Friday and are already camping out. But Best buy has more amazing deals like a digital photo frame that normally costs $60 for only $24.99, Sony’s Cyber-Shot DSCW570 that’s normally $159.99 for only $99, a Gateway Notebook for $149 that’s usually $300 and for those looking for a bigger TV, a 60-inch LCD HD TV from Sharp for only $799.99 that is normally $1,099.99.

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Everyone’s got to start somewhere. When getting new products, especially for the first time, most of us fail to do the proper research, and with good reason: we don’t have enough of a background to understand the product or service we’re researching. So it’s best to stick with bigger brands with safety options, like long warranty’s and the chance to return it for next to any reason. That’s partly why Costco is so popular.

With TVs though, trusting big brand names like Samsung or Sony often comes with a steep price. Television sets can range from overpriced to what were you thinking in no time. There is no better way to make your wife into a zealous rage than by attempting to explain how a 42” TV could possibly cost $2,000, when you’re supposed to be saving up with a baby on the way. I mean, really. Think of the children!

Perhaps with the Sceptre E420BV-F120 42” LED-HDTV, picking a big brand name isn’t the best bet.

The E420BV-F120 42” LED-HDTV – or F120 for short, because who in the hell came up with such an atrocious name – is a 42” 1080p LED backlit display. It’s not the fanciest, nor is it the biggest set you can find, but it has plenty of inputs. Because the one thing you don’t want to be left without is the proper input options for whatever you use around the media center.

The F120 has one of everything – cable/antenna, component, composite, S-video, VGA + audio, and even a USB, all on top of 5 HDMI inputs. This means you can hook up up-to 11 video sources into this TV at once, which is fabulous. It was for me during my testing, in which I had all of the following connected simultaneously: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Apple TV, Logitech Revue, an OnLive microconsole, a desktop computer, a capture card, and occasionally my laptop. Every bit of hardware I had spewed across my media center had its place.

Add on top of that a standard Auxiliary, RCA and SPDIF audio outputs, and any stereo headsets you have can keep that pleasure watching on the down low, so you don’t wake up the baby. Unfortunately the SPDIF is coaxial, which will send an analog surround signal to some surround speakers systems. A digital fiber cable would have been an infinitely better option. Lacking a digital audio-out is a real shame, especially with the tinny soundbar, which barely kept me on the edge of my seat when watching The Dark Knight or Inception, or playing Crysis 2. Even with my sophisticated sound system being forced to have dozens of wires just for audio, especially when HDMI is so prevalent, is beyond a nuisance.

Of course, if sound and video quality are the most important thing for you when it comes to a new television set, then the F120 may not be for you. Audio quality is lacking and, as mentioned, there’s no fiber out. Video quality is decent, but not great. After calibrating (and yes, you’d better take some time to calibrate this set before having a housewarming for the new TV), you’ll immediately notice light bleed from the backlight, pixilation in DVD playback and most upscaled video, and otherwise blue blacks. SD quality video isn’t a big deal if you have an HD cable box and generally stream in HD, but if you still haven’t made the move then this set is definitely not for you. For 720p and 1080p video, images are clear and sharp, though colors are dim and the dark blacks are uncomfortable.

A note on light bleed. Light bleed, as you can see in the image above, is when the backlight shines through the edges of the screen. This makes images too bright, which is especially harmful to darker images on the screen. Picture a film with plenty of low-light scenes, and imagine them brightened around the corners because of the TV. The F120 does exactly that, and as you can see in the light bleed pattern above, this is more than an annoyance. It’s a severe headache. It is hard to see the backlight bleeding through on brighter video and games, and the more color used also tends to help (black and white video suffers, for example), so if you play a lot of video games, the light bleed isn’t going to be a big deal. For movie and TV viewers, it is more prevalent, but once again depends on the content.

But let’s take a step back and get back to the baby. You’d really better be careful with the F120. Even with the circular base the TV doesn’t sit in place very well, especially with all of those cables you have plugged in on the bottom or left side of the TV. It wobbles back and forth, and I wasn’t too comfortable with how easy the display is to move. Wall mounted, the F120 is fine…otherwise, be wary of junior doing this.

As a new TV, especially a first TV for a high-tech house with plenty of HD devices, the Sceptre E420BV-F120 42” LED-HDTV is a good set to have. It’s got enough ports for almost anything, excluding outputting digital surround audio. For HD content, video quality is decent and certainly good enough for a starter TV or as a step-up from an SD set. But if you’re looking to replace your current HDTV, still watch a lot of SD content, don’t necessarily want to wall mount (and have a safety issue) and want a good soundbar, then the F120 is one TV you should pass on. However, I have no doubt new buyers will be happy with the F120 even with its light bleed and average video quality because of its simplicity, many available ports, ease of use, and low price.

The Sceptre E420BV-F120 42” LED HDTV is available for purchase from Amazon for $699.99.

No show captured the eccentricities of New York like the Larry David-created sitcom Seinfeld. Helping to define America’s view of New Yorkers, the series gained endless fans over its nine season run. Though it wasn’t the first show to assert the rudeness of Gotham’s citizens, its characters are selfish to a fault–not that there’s anything wrong with that. Self-obsessed comedian Jerry Seinfeld is joined in the cast by his neurotic ex-girlfriend, Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus); his chronically lazy pal, George (Jason Alexander); and Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards), who takes the sitcom cliche of the weird neighbor to impressive new heights. Despite their faults (or perhaps because of them), they’re some of the most hilariously watchable characters in television history. The entire series is presented here.

The iRecord Pro is an all encompassing personal media recorder that literally has all angles covered.  From recording audio and video directly to your PC or Mac to your iPhone or PSP, the iRecord Pro also allows for unattended timed recordings.  The amount of specs on this thing is plain staggering and it should provide everything you need given the scenario.

The iRecord Pro will also charge any connected iPod.  For more information check out the iRecord Pro website and it’s available now for $260.

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J&R, via Amazon has the Sony DCR-DVD650 DVD Handycam Camcorder for $299.99 – $50.99 instant savings + $0 S&H = $249 shipped! This camcorder records directly to DVD, has a 2.7-inch LCD, one touch disc burns, USB 2.0 interface, 60x optical zoom and can also record on to Sony’s memory stick.

Generally speaking 9 month incubation periods are reserved for humans and other mammals, but it looks like iLuv is willing to make an exception for their 9-inch portable digital media player, the i1166.  If you recall it was announced back at CES last year and was even awarded a Best Innovation award from the show.  Now it will finally go on sale this October for $269.99.

iLuv Announces Availability of the i1166 9” Portable Digital Multimedia Player
for your iPod and DVD/DivX
– The Perfect Solution For Travel Entertainment

i1166 Features DivX video playback and a Digital Panel with Enhanced Resolution for Media Viewing for iPod & DVD, SD / MMC / USB Slot, Digital Photo Frame Capability

PORT WASHINGTON, NY – (September 28, 2009) – iLuv, the leader in innovative audio solutions, is proud to announce the availability of their best 2009 invention from a new line of enhanced and creative products, the i1166, 9” Portable Multimedia Player for iPod and DVDs. The “CES Best of Innovation 2009” award winner in the Portable Multimedia Accessories product category, the i1166 features an iPod-friendly user interface (UI) and brings hours of widescreen personal multimedia entertainment to travelers starting mid October 2009 at www.i-luv.com for the MSRP of $269.99.

“We are confident that the i1166 will blow away every gadget lover’s expectations with what it can do and get tremendous attention from the holiday gift buyers. There’s virtually nothing it cannot play! We proved that we listen to our customers’ need by upgrading the picture quality, enhancing the playback solutions, and building it user-friendly” says Howard Kim, iLuv Marketing Manager.  “I can proudly say we’re introducing the most advanced portable multimedia player up to date.”

Features for Your iPod
Play video content of your iPod on the 9” widescreen digital TFT LCD
Full control of your iPod with user friendly graphic interface
Charge your iPod when docked (with AC adapter)
Compatible with iPod touch 2nd generation, iPod nano 5th generation, iPod nano 4th generation, iPod touch, iPod nano 3rd generation, iPod classic, iPod with video

Features for SD/MMC, USB and DVD Player
Watch your favorite movie or TV show files on SD/MMC memory card or USB flash drive
DivX® certified
Play DVD videos on the widescreen digital TFT LCD
Enhanced user interface with detailed controls
Convenient OSD (On-Screen Display)
Multiple subtitle, angle, and audio functions and fast motion playback
Supports 3 power sources: AC, DC and Built-in Li-Polymer rechargeable battery
Playable Media: Audio CD / VCD / SVCD / DVD / CD-R / CD-RW / DVD±R / DVD±RW / DivX / MP3 / WMA / JPEG
Connectivity includes two 3.5mm stereo headphone jacks
Dimensions (W x H x D) 11” x 6.1” x 1.9”
Remote Control included

For more information on product specifications as well as pricing and availability please visit www.i-luv.com.

About iLuv:
iLuv is a brand of jWIN Electronics Corp. dedicated to developing IT peripheral products, unique audio video products and accessories for portable media players and other personal entertainment devices. The iLuv i1166, iMM9500, iMM183, iSP200 and i303 were recognized as CES Innovations 2009 Design and Engineering Award Honorees including the “Best of Innovations 2009” for i1166 in the Portable Multimedia Accessories Product category. This follows on iLuv previously winning two CES Innovations awards in 2007 and three in 2008. For more information on iLuv, please visit www.i-luv.com.

What a tight little package this is.  Lacie’s new USB-powered portable dvd burner may be just what you need of you have and older Mac or PC without one.  Weighing less than a pound and standing only an inch tall it can probably fit into a laptop bag.

It will burn DVD’s at x8 and CD’s at x4 in a variety of formats, and comes with Toast 9 Basic for Mac systems and Creator Suite 10 with LightScribe for Windows.  The Mac version will cost $120 with the PC version costing $90.  Also bundled with the package is a power sharing USB 2.o cable.

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