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It was previously listed. They may have removed the item and reallocated the stock from WalMart.com to WalMart Stores. As far as quality is concerned, it's probably about the same as the 15" Magnavox for $248. We have 16 on order at my store. The 23" TV is a Symphonic -- cheap-ass brand of choice for Wal-Mart during the back-to-school and holiday season. We have 168 on order. You shouldn't have any problem picking up one of these. It took well over a week for us to sell through last years TV. As for the 42" plasma, I couldn't find anything in our inventory system on it under Tatung, Petters (Polaroid), or Funai (Emerson, etc.). No other supplier seems likely, IMO. Mind you, I don't have any method of checking a master database.

Are you looking for mass storage -- hard disk drive, DVD/CD burner? Are you looking for temporary storage -- Zip, floppy, thumb drive?

Assuming we're talking only about set-top units, then yes, they all have tuners. They will all record TV shows or anything else via A/V inputs (although many models lack component input, despite having component output). Most DVD recorder/VCR combo units have built in dubbing functions, but they won't work with copy protected videos.

I sucks something major... I've worked at WM for 5 years. I didn't have to work the last two BF's, but didn't get as lucky this year, though I did manage to get scheduled off for the Xbox 360 launch that Tuesday (I'm usually off weekends). Actually, it's not really that bad. It's just like any other day, just faster paced. There are two things I really hate about working BF: 1) missing out on all the good deals because I'm scheduled to work the morning shift. 2) it's impossible to keep store straitened and safe to shop during the sale. people love leaving random crap all over the floor or in the wrong place.

We haven't got the ads in at work yet. The best I can do is check SWAS reports (for home office purchased items) and search our inventory database by supplier. I can't do any of this until Monday because the computers won't let you log in if you are not scheduled for work and clocked in. I'm not even sure we're getting them here at this point, though I really hope we do. We're the largest WM in our area and we sell a lot of LCD's and projection TV's. The others in our area only carry 2 or 3 HDTVs, we have 25 models (that's more than we have standard sets!).

the 23" standard CRT set? We haven't received them yet at my store, but I'd be suprised if it isn't a Funai sub-brand (Emerson, Sylvania, Symphonic, SV2000). I don't go back to work until Monday so I can't confirm the brand until then. If I had to guess however, I'd say either Symphonic or SV2000.

Ilo is a WM house brand and are thought to be made for WM by Tatung As a WalMart employee that works in the electronics dept., I can confirm the Ilo plasmas are in fact made by Tatung. Ilo LCD's however, are made by Initial (26" model) or Tatung (23" model). I can't recall who makes the 32" model, but I'd guess Tatung because they also make the 15" and 19" pc monitors. Ilo DVD recorders are made by Cyberhome (DVD only) and Lite-On (DVD + DVR).