With only days to go before Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan arrives at movie theaters, the soundtrack is now officially available at iTunes and Amazon.

The movie documents the adventures of reporter Borat Sagdiyev (AKA British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen AKA Ali G AKA Brüno), Kazakhstan’s sixth most famous man, who travels to the U.S. to make a documentary for the state-run TV network. Through encounters with unsuspecting locals, Borat manages to offend every person alive and make us laugh until we cry. The soundtrack captures some of the humor from the movie with favorites such as “In My Country There Is Problem (Throw the Jew Down the Well)” and a very different interpretation of “Born to be Wild“. Additionally, the album includes five audio skits from the movie while the actual CD also contains five minutes of exclusive video outtakes.

Borat (Soundtrack) | $9.90 (iTunes) | $12.97 (Amazon)

If you’ve visited the iTunes store, you probably noticed that they usually offer a track or two for free via a link on the front page of the store. Well, we did our research and put together this link which will get you to a “Free on iTunes” page listing all the current free music tracks and video clips. Since they change the list often, you may want to bookmark the link (right click on link and choose to add to favorites/bookmarks).

P.S. — If for some reason you haven’t tried it yet, you can download iTunes here

Link:  Free Music and Videos on iTunes

October is almost over so don’t miss out on these soon expiring coupons from Buy.com. Act now as all the coupons below expire on 10/31/06 and as always make sure you read all the terms and conditions.

Also, don’t forget that Buy.com sells books for 10% off Amazon’s prices.

Links:  

• $10 off $30 when you use Google Checkout
• $10 off $175 in all stores
• $5 off $50 on electronics, computers, and clearance items
• $5 off $50 on software
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• $5 off $50 on music, movies, and games
• $10 off $150 on computers
• $10 off $100 on bags, sports, and toys
• $15 off $200 on computers, software, home networking, digital cameras, and electronics
• 10% off Amazon book prices

We have three more Dell coupons to share with you. This time the really good deal is a Canon PowerShot SD500 digital camera which after the coupon comes out to a very cheap $210. We also have coupons for two Sony Camcorders — DCR-DVD505 and DCR-DVD405 — both of which record onto mini DVDs. Supplies are limited so these coupons will expire soon.

	30% off Canon PowerShot SD500 Digital Camera To redeem, click here and use coupon code HCBG2DTJZW00LH Expires earlier of 10/31/06 or 3000 redemptions
	30% off Sony DCR-DVD505 DVD Handycam Camcorder To redeem, click here and use coupon code Z$3V9XRRCC70WG Expires earlier of 10/30/06 or 140 redemptions
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Movielink is a legal movie download service that allows you to buy or rent movies to watch on your PC. For three days only (October 20-22), you can download all movie rentals for $1.99 or less. That is 60% off all of our hot new releases, classics, TV shows, and more.

Link:  All movie rental downloads for $1.99 or less at MovieLink

WalMart is taking pre-orders on Zune 30GB MP3 Players for $249.94 (retail price) with expected ship date of 11/14/06. We expect a mad dash for these so you may want to pre-order soon.

As we previously discussed, Zune is a portable media player which stores and plays music, videos, and photos. The device is built by Toshiba and includes a 3-inch screen, WiFi, and an FM tuner. Zune interfaces with the Zune Marketplace software which allows you to manage and download music and other content.

Zune is available in 3 colors:

Link: Zune 30GB MP3 Player on WalMart.com

Once again, Buy.com has extended its new customer coupons. All the coupons below now expire on 10/31/06.

• $10 off $175 in all stores
• $5 off $50 on electronics, computers, and clearance items
• $5 off $50 on software
• $5 off $50 on electronics
• $5 off $50 on music, movies, and games
• $10 off $150 on computers
• $10 off $100 on bags, sports, and toys
• $15 off $200 on computers, software, home networking, digital cameras, and electronics

After years of creating sleek black, grey, and white products, we recently noticed that Sony added color options to several lines of cameras and TVs. Now we know why.

Sony‘s latest marketing campaign focuses on what they’re calling My Style, where you pick from one of four color/personality combos which then promotes LCD TVs, laptops, headphones, MP3 players, and digital cameras all of which are in a design and style that matches the personality.

The four personalities are:

• Yellow – Described as “Contemporary culture, music and urban trends”. For this style, Sony is promoting high quality silver and black devices and cameras along with a Vaio laptop painted in yellow and red.
• Red – “Eye-catching patterns and a palette of colors to express my many moods”. Pink and red digital cameras and flowery designs.
• Green – “Rich or pastel colors, and simple, elegant patterns and shapes”. Classic silver and black products with some pastel colored MP3 players and laptops.
• Blue – “Streamlined functionality featuring modern or retro shapes and colors”. Black, blue, and silver products with very elegant and clean lines.

Again, the promoted products are all essentially the same, it’s really about the look of the various devices. I suspect this means that we should expect Sony to issue more styling options to its products. When you buy an LCD, for example, you will be able to pick a bezel color so you can match your style. It is also an attempt to push individuality, suggesting that there’s a Sony product to match various people.

We’ll keep track and see how far they take this campaign and we will of course update you on any developments.

Link: Sony My Style

This past week, U2’s Zoo TV Live From Sydney was re-released on DVD nearly 12 years after its first VHS release. In addition to the standalone DVD, U2 also released a limited 2-DVD version which includes the original concert DVD plus a second which includes bonus live tracks, mini-documentaries and the legendary Video Confessional. The DVD is mixed in Dolby Digital 2.0 (Linear PCM Sound), Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS.

Zoo TV (1992-1993) was a 157-show tour featuring a gigantic spectacle of music, video, television, and Trabants (old East German cars). Bono, The Edge, Larry, and Adam performed great tracks from Achtung Baby and Zooropa and several classics from the 1980s. The elaborate stage setup included 36 video monitors, several televisions, and 11 painted Trabants suspended in mid-air. The constantly changing monitors and screens rotated through images, art, and videos meant to create a feeling of information overload. Later in the show, Bono assumes the role of MacPhisto an over-the-hill rock star who has brought us the “evils” of music, TV, and war (MacPhisto, of course, looks like the devil). To get a flavor of the show, the bonus DVD features clips from the video confessional which fans used during the show. As U2’s Manager described it: “There were people who proposed to each other. There were people who confessed to adulterous liaisons. There were people who took their clothes off – that was quite common. Yeah, and there were people who made serious points. We used to edit them together in the afternoon before the show…. there’s a good sample of those on the DVD.”

U2 Zoo TV Live From Sydney – 2 DVD Limited Edition | Amazon | $15.99

Last week we told you about a great price on Toshiba’s XA1 HD-DVD Player. That player has a little brother and we found it at an even more affordable $395 on eCost.

The Toshiba A1 HD-DVD Player outputs HD resolutions of 720p or 1080i for both HD-DVDs and standard DVDs (upconvert) using its HDMI output. Other ports include S-Video, Composite, Coax Digital, Optical, Component, USB, and Ethernet. Audio playback uses built in multi-channel decoders for Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD (2ch), DTS and DTS-HD.

If you are ready to move up to the next level of digital entertainment, this may be a good affordable entry point.

Link: Toshiba A1 HD-DVD Player on eCost