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That's absolutely the lowest price I've ever seen on a 40" Sony LCD! And I've been tracking LCD prices for about a year. Crazy!

Sort of applicable to LCD projection. The image "dims" considerably as you get off-center-axis. Also, LCD projection offers really poor black level and contrast performance compared to other technologies. But they are also pretty darn cheap and offer fairly good performance in most other regards. So its just a matter of trade-off.

Is it in the ad? If its not in the ad, you can get there whenever you want. Early shoppers on BF have lazer-beam focus: they don't care what else is available or on sale, they are there for the model they came for. If it is in the ad, just not EB, you will be fine at 4am, unless you are in a pretty heavily populated area.

Makes sense. Retailers are trying to extend the madness to cover the whole weekend. I've heard rumblings about this happening at most of the big stores; the weekend ads will be "round 2."

If the number of people posting this question is a a sound metric, then it will be very popular indeed (even if its a hunk of junk).

You shouldn't expect the best deals to be online. Doorbusters, limited time deals, half-off specials--those types of things are known as "loss-leaders." They are intended to be sold at a loss just to drive people into the stores -- where they will presumably buy more stuff. Loss-leaders do most retailers no good online.

Concur. That Samsung TV is cheaper NOW at just about every other retailer, and Circuit City will have the same Panasonic plasma for $1999. CompUSA should stick their namesake... this is just embarassing.

You should be aware that you will have to sit about 3 feet away from a 1080p screen this size in order to be physically capable of discerning the difference between 720p and 1080p. Your eye is literally not physically capable of discerning the extra detail (it is far to fine) at any further distance.

Where's the "Nothing, their prices are too high and their advertised specials are garbage" option? For OP: every HDTV in the ad is a piece of crap. I tell you this because you seem to be viewing your purchase with a sense of "moment." Don't bother with the doorbusters, they suck. Save yourself the heartache and buy a good brand (Sharp, Sony, Samsung, Hitachi, Panasonic, Pioneer)--prices will probably still be better on BF than they are now, just not doorbuster good.

Do you actually have to have the coupon, or is the discount automatic? BTW: Thanks so much for offering to help!

The ad says that most deals will be available on THURSDAY at CircuitCity.com. So yeah, I'd say most will be online.

Those are both HD models. The Panasonic EDTV is the 42PD60U. Also, Panasonic doesn't make a consumer model that is 1080p. Any HDTV or EDTV will accept a 1080i signal, even if they then scale that signal down to the native resolution. And I guess I'm looking at a different ad than the rest of you, cause I ain't got no 13 pages... EDIT: Nevermind, found it. Not the one I got in the mail. If they are going to have the 42" for $1299, how much do you think the 37" model will go for? I've been looking for a 37" to 40" TV for the den.

Bah! Excludes electronics?! Idiotic...

Where did you see the $1299 price for that Panasonic plasma? Also, Panasonic is one of the best plasma brands you can get (at least that is widely available). Top plasma maker are (not necessarily in this order): Pioneer Panasonic NEC Fujitsu Runco

I don't think you can get the manufacturer's employee discount through a retailer. You can only get the retailer's employee discount -- but you have to work for the retailer. UNLESS Philips will reimburse you the amount of the discount. You should ask Philips before going to the store.