Buy.com is kicking off the new year by offering big sales on last year’s best products (movies, books, DVDs, software, games, electronics, and computers). The list of items includes many popular products such as a 50″ Philips HDTV Plasma ($700 off), the SanDisk Sansa e260 4GB Digital Multimedia MP3 Player ($106 off), Sony Ericsson unlocked phones like the P990i ($45 off), the rocking Guitar Hero II game and guitar ($9 off), and Lost (Season 2) DVD ($17 off). These deals expire on 1/31/07.

Link:  Best of 2006 Sale at Buy.com (expires 1/31/07)

Here is the latest round of deals from Best Buy including free shipping and 10% off and all TVs over $499 and 15% off select digital cameras and camcorders.

Links:  

• Up to 10% off all TVs $499 and up plus free shipping
• Up to 15% off select digital cameras
• Up to 15% off select camcorders plus free shipping
• Up to $200 off on select notebooks
• Up to 15% off select DVD players and recorders
• $215 off select HP and Compaq PC packages
• 3 DVDs for $30, or 6 DVDs for $50

For the next 24 hours, AOL Video is offering users on free downloadable movie. These movies usually sell for $9.99 or $19.99. We don’t have a list of all the movies, but so far AOL mentioned Spider-Man 2, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and Jack Frost as three of the thirty movies you can pick from.

The movies are in Windows Media format and would require Windows XP with Internet Explorer and Window Media 10 support. You will have 24 hours (ending 12/3 at 6 AM EST) to complete the download. Once downloaded, you can view the movie on your PC and transfer it to one other PC and two Windows Media devices.

Update: Talk about a broken service… We understand that AOL’s video plugin doesn’t work in IE7, but at least let us download the movie and watch it on our standalone Windows Media player. Considering how Microsoft pushed out IE7 (1/3 of our IE users are now IE7), AOL may be missing the boat here.

Link:  Free Movie from AOL Video (expires 12/3/06 at 6 AM EST)

Netflix has just launched a new affordable $5.99 per month price plan which will allows you to rent one DVD at a time with no more than two rentals per month. Like Netflix‘s four other plans (ranging from $9.99 to $23.99), as a new member you receive a 2-week free trial.

If you are not familiar with Netflix, it is the world’s largest online DVD movie rental service, offering 5.7 million members access to 65,000 titles. For the early adopters out there, Netflix offers many movies in the new Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats. The concept is pretty straight forward. You add movies to your queue and you will receive these movies (up to the number you’re allowed to have at a time) via mail for free, usually within one business-day. Once you’ve watched a movie, simply reinsert it into the prepaid return envelope and mail it back. Once they’ve received your return, they will ship out a new movie. There are no due dates, no late fees, no shipping fees, and no commitments (meaning you can cancel at any time).

Here is an updated chart listing all their current price plans:

Link:  Netflix

Wal-Mart‘s “Cyber Monday” deals are really a post-Thanksgiving week-long sale on 51 select items ranging from cookies, to toys, to DVDs.

Looking through the list, we’re drawn to the DeLonghi Steam Cappuccino Espresso Machine for only $39.87, which would go well with the Starbucks Holiday Favorites for $18.22. You can pick up 3 PS2 or Xbox games (from a select list, of course) for only $25. As for gadgets and electronics, there’s a Visco 37″ Widescreen LCD HDTV for $798, a Philips 3 Megapixel Retro Style Ultra Digital Camera for a mere $49, a Kodak 5 Megapixel EasyShare V570 Dual Lens Digital Camera for $218, and a Garmin StreetPilot i5 GPS for $289. Take a look and see if anything sparks your interest.

Link:  Post Thanksgiving “Super Online Specials” at WalMart.com (expires 12/1/06)

Good Morning. Black Friday is finally upon us!

Leading off is the mother-of-all retailers – Wal-Mart. Below you will find a link to their Black Friday sales page which will list all discounted items for today. Here are some sales we wanted to highlight:

Viore 42″ Plasma HDTV with Built-in Digital ATSC/NTSC Tuner $988.00	i-Dog Interactive Music Companion, White $10.00
1 Carat Diamond 14kt White Gold Basket Stud Earrings $573.00	“Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back” and Bonus Graphic Novel $9.72
RCA 5 GB LYRA Micro Jukebox Grey $88.72	Farberware 20 Piece Cookware Set $59.92
Kodak 6.1 MP Easyshare C633 Digital Camera and Printer Dock Bundle With Travel Bag $189.74	Venturer 6.2″ Portable DVD Player $49.87
Fisher-Price Power Wheels Dora Volkswagon Beetle Ride On $75.00	Superman Returns Superman Figure $15.00

Wal-Mart Black Friday Sales:  

• All Sales
• Toys
• Electronics
• Home
• Clothing
• Jewelry
• Music
• Movies

Online book, music, and movie store Alibris (pronounced “uh-LEE-briss”), known for bringing together the inventory of thousands of independent sellers and merchants around the world, is offering three coupons: $4 off $40, $10 off $100, and $25 off $200. All three coupons expire 11/30/06.

To get a good sense of the kind of store Alibris is, just look at the list of top used books posted on the front page. It’s an eclectic mix which includes “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”, Steve Irwin’s “Crocodile Hunter”, and “The Chicago Manual of Style”. With low prices and used books, you could pickup all of these and a few more and then apply a coupon. Alot of books for a low price — sounds like a good deal to me.

Links:  

• $4 off $40 or more; To redeem, click here and use coupon code GOBBLE4 (Expires 11/30/06)
• $10 off $100 or more; To redeem, click here and use coupon code GOBBLE10 (Expires 11/30/06)
• $25 off $200 or more; To redeem, click here and use coupon code GOBBLE25 (Expires 11/30/06)

With the release of Casino Royale, the 21st James bond film, Sony has launched a line of limited edition Bond-branded “James Bond 007 Spy Gear“.

Those of us who don’t work for MI6 can join the ranks of the Double-0 by purchasing a 1GB James Bond 007 Micro Vault USB Flash Drive or a James Bond 007 Cyber-shot® DSC-T50 Digital Camera. If you really want to raid Q’s laboratory, Sony is offering two black aluminum attaché cases, one containing a lightweight VAIO TX notebook PC, a privacy screen, and a Cyber-shot digital camera, while the other holds a pocket-sized VAIO UX notebook PC, a Bluetooth GPS receiver and a Cyber-shot digital camera. Both cases come with en exclusive welcome letter and a serialized acrylic photo certificate. Unfortunately, neither case contains the keys to the Aston-Martin.

Here is the product lineup:

James Bond 007 TX Spy Gear bundle	James Bond 007 TX Spy Gear bundle
Sony James Bond 007 Cyber-shot DSC-T50 Digital Camera	Sony James Bond 007 1GB USB Micro Vault

The 2006 Midterm Elections have finally arrived and its our day to exercise our civic duty and vote and shop. Here are our election picks (no: candidates, yes: The Candidate).

For the best news coverage (real or fake) we recommend The Daily Show’s “Midterm Midtacular” which promises to bring humor, sarcasm, and reality to this election season. I’m sure The Colbert Report will have its own unique perspective on the day’s results. If humor is not your thing, then check out the latest Political Podcasts where politicians share heir thoughts on today’s political happenings.

If you prefer the calmness and serenity of a book then settle in and enjoy the many political books that are currently on the New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers List. But, if you still crave some visuals, then explore alternate political realities found in The West Wing, 24, and The Candidate. For a behind the scenes look at the political process, don’t miss The War Room and Journeys With George.

Our Election Picks:  

• The Daily Show’s “Midterm Midtacular”
• The Colbert Report
• Political Podcasts
• New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers List
• The West Wing
• 24
• The Candidate (Video Download)
• The War Room
• Journeys With George
• Songs for Election Day (iTunes Playlist)