Brad

Moved to the Holiday forum as this has nothing specifically to do with Black Friday.

Yep, and your shirt was shipped Thursday :)

Sweatshirts won't happen this year. I'm much too busy with the BF site to handle that right now. Hopefully the interest is still there next fall and we'll try again :)

http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=82310

I don't remember ever posting these stores on the BF site in the last 2-3 years. That doesn't mean the ads aren't out early - just that we've never received them.

A better mobile version of the site (which will be located at www.gottadeal.mobi) will be launched early next year. For now, as Marcster said there is the "lite" version of the forum, and a "lite" version of the main site (http://mobile.gottadeal.com)

- free Radio Flyer wagon with a $100 purchase (while supplies last) - scratch off coupon distributed at the door (while supplies last)

- free photo album with any purchase (while supplies last) - scratch off coupon distributed at the door (while supplies last)

Again, this is not the complete ad (and may not even be legit to begin with). The full ad will definitely have many, many more items including toys.

Sorry, but you are incorrect (I seem to be saying that a lot in this thread, lol). HD-DVD does natively support 1080p (pretty much all HD-DVD titles out there have 1080p resolution - I just checked a bunch on my shelf to be 100% sure), and the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on drive also does support 1080p as well when using HD-capable outputs (VGA/HDMI/component) and actually has for about a year now since the Fall 2006 update. There are also a few games for the 360 which are native 1080p such as Virtual Tennis 3 and NBA Street.

It may be, however that model is not a true "full HD 1080p" HDTV as the resolution is 1280 x 1080, where full HD 1080p is 1920 x 1080.

I think dividing it up would be too much of a hassle for those who want to see all the deals as they'd have to continually go from one forum to another to view them all. We already have so many sub-forums right now that I don't think I want to add a bunch more. And to be honest there currently aren't that many new threads posted in that forum to begin with (something I wish would change - so post deals everyone!). Very rarely does the current day's threads go beyond the first page. So those are my thoughts, but if anyone else has anything to add, feel free to reply :)

If the price difference between a 720p and 1080p HDTV (with all other features being equal) is small enough, then yes, a 1080p model might be the better investment if it makes sense for you financially. Again, with smaller HDTVs you still won't see much of a difference with 90% of the things you will use it for. And also just to clear something else up, there really isn't such a thing anymore as a "720p HDTV" vs a "1080i HDTV". Pretty much all HDTVs these days do both 720p and 1080i. You only need 540 lines of resolution to do 1080i (because of the interlacing), where a 720p HDTV will have at least 720 lines and therefore be able to display 1080i. So the only 2 options for HDTVs are really 1080p and 720p/1080i. And nothing will happen to your account, lol - I just want people to be clear about all of this.

Uh, I better clear some things up since this post is wildly inaccurate... 1080p is not used at all in HD broadcasts yet - it's all either 720p or 1080i. 1080p is pretty much only useful right now for HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, Xbox 360 and PS3 video game systems. 720p and 1080i are both pretty equal as far as picture depending on programming. Some types of programming looks better at 720p, others look better at 1080i. Also, DVDs are 480p, not 720p. With most "smaller" (42" and under) HDTVs, you won't see very much difference at all between a 720p and 1080p HDTV, even if you are viewing 1080p material. And for broadcast HD, it really doesn't matter too much since it's not being sent at 1080p. This may change in the future, but for the next few years, 1080p is not going to be too important to the vast majority of HDTV buyers. Now of course if BF has a killer deal on a 1080p HDTV with a price very close to a comparable 720p model, that's a different story. But you won't be disappointed with a 720p HDTV at all.

What kind of radio? Tabletop, clock radio, portable radio?

The Sharp 42" and 46" LCD HDTVs will likely not be 1080p. Sharp makes many different models at those sizes, and at that price it's very doubtful that these will be anything other than 720p.

Like I said, this is nowhere near a complete ad. Sears usually has 400-500 items in their BF ad with 100+ tools items, many electronics, toys, etc... It could very well be part of the ad (Sears does usually have their ad leak earlier than most stores) or it could be either a fake or real non-BF Sears ad. If it's legit, I'd imagine the actual ad scans will find their way out in the next few days.

This Sears list was posted on a grocery coupon forum. The person that posted it doesn't have the actual ad in hand, and this simply can't be the entire ad (plus there is a lot of important info missing about many items), so until it's confirmed with an actual ad, we won't post it on the Black Friday site, but here it is anyway for now... And if you are just visiting the forum for the first time today to see the Sears ad, welcome! Take a look around the largest Black Friday forums on the internet! Be sure to register for a free forum account soon however because very soon these Black Friday message boards will go back to being members-only and the only way in will be with an account. Home Fashion/ Household Goods 350 thread count solid color sheets = $29.99 3 piece luggage sets = $19.99 Down Alt. comforters w/bonus pillows = $29.99 Kenmore 1.0 c.f. microwave = $30 Home Electronics 1gb memory card = $4.99 5.6" digital frame = $29.99 Olevia 52" LCD = $1,299.99 GPS = $129.99 Hitachi 42" 720p Plasma = $599.99 Sharp 42" LCD = $799.99 Sharp 46" LCD = $899.99 Home Appliances Kenmore washing machine = $199.99 Apparel Apostrophe Turtlenck Sweater = $9.99 Apostrophe Wrap Sweater = $9.99 Bold Spirit Down = $39.99 Bold Spirit Velour Separates = $9.99 CE Baby Cable Mock Sweater = $9.99 CE Baby Cable Crew Sweater = $9.99 CE Chenille VNeck Sweater = $9.99 CE Embroidered Fleece Crew = $9.99 CE Fleece Crew & Pant = $5.99 CE Holiday Sweater = $14.99 CE Tnecks & Mocknecks = $4.99 CE Chenille Shawl Colored Sweater = $9.99 CE Velour Pullover & Pant =$9.99 Classic Elements Stadiums = $29.99 Covington Crew & Mock Neck Novelty Sweater = $9.99 Covington Soft Acrylic Mock = $9.99 Covington Layered Sweater = $9.99 Covington Layered Sweater = $12.99 Covington Wool Peacoats = $39.99 Covington Women's Plus Embroidered Layered Sweater = $19.99 CRB Fair Aisle Sweater = $14.99 FI Beaded Sweater = $17.99 Metaphor Satin Wrap Top = $14.99 Outerwear Leather Scuba = $49.99 Junior Character Fleece = $12.99 Junior PID Sweaters = $12.99 Junior Printed Fashion Top = $9.99 Junior Screened Roll Leg Pants = $9.99 Junior Screened T's = $7.99 Canyon River Blues Tops & Fleece = $9.99 Lands' End Spectatular = 30% off Children's Apparel Bubble Jacket = $14.99 Carter's Sleepwear & Playwear = $7.99 Character vest & hoodie = $14.99 Dresses = $16.99 Footwear Women's Covington Boots = $14.99 Tools 6 piece 19.2V combo kit = $139.99 CR Quiet Glide Chest & Cabinet = $199.98 Accessories Cold Weather accessories / gloves = $1.99 Cubic Zirconia Tennis Bracelet = $9.99 Diamond accent w/gemstones bracelet = $9.99 Sporting Goods BoFlex Extreme Home Gym w/Leg Developer = $699.88 Pro-Form XP Weightloss Treadmill = $499.99 Sportlines Solo Watch heart rate watch = $19.99 Stability Ball (55-65-75 CM sizes) = $5.99 Christmas 7.5 ft. Madison Pine w/800 never-out lights w/rotating stand = $99.99 36 ct. Glass Ball ornaments in assorted colors = $9.99

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http://www.gottadeal.com/images/storelogos/DaleandThomas.gif Our friends at Dale and Thomas Popcorn have given us $20 gift cards to give away every week through the end of the year! * Each week we'll have a new giveaway that will start on Monday and will end at midnight ET on Sunday night. Giveaways will be posted in different sub-forums each week, so you'll have to look around to find it. * Each week's contest will have a different theme as well to keep things interesting. You must enter each week separately - entries do not carry over week to week. * At the end of each week, we'll select a winner who will receive a $20 Dale and Thomas Popcorn gift card. THIS WEEK'S CONTEST: Reply with a creative use for popcorn that does not involve eating it. Good luck to all :)

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The "Most Wanted" list feature is also now working. It uses your shopping lists to determine which are the most popular items at each store this year: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/MostWanted This page is updated in real-time.

Hey, that was me! Don't be giving Marcster any undeserved credit And just an FYI, in the future, rather than posting in the thread when someone spams, just report the post. Don't bump the thread anymore. We'll get the reported post notifications much sooner than we'll see your reply in the thread. But this thread has been dealt with, so feel free to make fun of this guy as much as you want

The "My Shopping List" feature is now available on the BF site: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/ShoppingList As always, you must be a registered forum member (and be logged in) to create/edit your shopping list. Like last year, you can now include a personal note for each item on your list (such as who you are buying it for, etc...) as well as a general notes area for other notes you'd like to save with your list. If you have any problems with the shopping list feature, please send me a PM. Thanks :)

story about Canadian shoppers crossing the border for BF: http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_15475.aspx and just ignore the other BF sites listed at the end. those are the copycats who claim to have ads first even though they have GD watermarks all over them, lol