Cow Bell Deals: Samsung BD-P1400 For $269

Well I had posted about this player a few days ago, with Amazon.com dropping the price of this Blu-Ray player to $298. Well it looks like they want to give you an early Christmas gift, by dropping the price of the Samsung BD-P1400 even more. Amazon is now selling the player at $269, which is the best "please buy our player" offer that Blu-Ray has, and it still qualifies for the 5 free movies.

Just be aware that it only has HD profile 1.0, which means that it doesn't have picture in picture support. But it does have 5.1 audio and an Ethernet jack for firmware upgrades. And it has just as many good games for it as the Playstation 3.

[Amazon via Gizmodo]

CB Deals For Apple Refurbished Gear

If you're an Apple head and looking for some holiday gear, you might want to checkout these refurbished goodies. It seems that Apple is trying to clear the house of refurbs, and are offering good deals like 30GB ipods for $159 and MacBook Pros for $1,399. The best thing about these is that Apple's refurbs are almost like getting a brand new one.

[Apple]

Samsung BD-P1400 For $298

It was only a matter of time before Blu-Ray responded with a price slash of there own, but with the price cuts of HD DVD it's not surprising. The Samsung BD-P1400 is the first Blu-Ray stand alone player to drop under the $300 mark. The fairly well spec'd player was retailed at $549 and sold for $499, but Amazon has it on sale for the low price of $298.

So you might be wondering if it's lacking where it counts?

No worries. This baby has 1080p24 support, Dolby Digital Plug / True HD, DTS HD, HDMI 1.3, 1080p DVD upconversion, and comes with 5 free movies. I still might be in the HD DVD camp like Fred is, but I have to say that this is a nice player for the money. Now if we can get both format players under $200, I think we might have a war.

[Amazon via Engadget]

CowBell Deals: Xbox 360 HD DVD $129

If you have an Xbox 360 and are looking to pick up an HD DVD attachment player, you are in luck my friend. Toys R Us is having a very nice sale on the HD DVD that normally retails for $179 for only $129. It comes with "King Kong" and it also qualifies for the five free HD DVD movies when you purchase a new HD DVD player.

I tell you my friends, if you're still on the fence about which next gen console to buy, Xbox is doing their best to push you over to their side this week.

[ToysRUs via Gizmodo]

Cow Bell Deal: Tivo Series 2 For $49.99

If you've haven't joined the Tivo revolution simply because you thought it was just an expensive VCR, then it's time to get off the pot my friend. Tivo is offering their 80-hour series 2 dual tuner dvr for only $49.99 when you sign up for one of their plans, that's $200 off the normal price.

That's not bad at all.

And let me tell you, Tivo is nothing like your broke ass tape winding, dust collecting VCR. Tivo is the ipod of DRV's, and absolutely nothing beats the user interface. It can find your favorite shows, record the entire season and if you like, only record the first runs. If your away on vacation and you remembered that you wanted to record 'The View', you can jump online and tell your Tivo to record it.

It's very cool!!!

[Tivo]

$10 Off Games $30 And Up At Best Buy

Although today is Cyber Monday, and there are a ton of great deals to be found on the net. Best Buy is still trying to get your butt into their brick and mortar, by way of savings. Just print this coupon out and you can get $10 off any game $29.99 and up, no matter what platform. The deal only goes until November 28, so you better get crack'n. This coupon only works in-store, so don't waist your time trying to enter this into their on-line store.

[coupon via Gizmodo]

Apple Black Friday deals

All this talk about Black Friday and not a peep out of Apple? Well that should have been our first clue that they were up to something. Check out what they have on their on-line store:

Macbook:
Save $101.00
$1048.00

iMac:
Save $101.00
$1148.00

ipod nano:
Save $11.00
$138.00

ipod shuffle
Save $11
Free Laser engraving
$68.00

ipod Classic:
Save $31.00
Free Laser engraving
$228.00

There are more goodies on the site so go check 'em out. [Apple]

Cow Bell Deals: Buy $200 HD DVD Player, Get 10 HD DVD Movies Free

Amazon is trying to make sure that you come to them first for Black Friday. This time they're offering 10 HD DVD movies when you purchase a Toshiba HD-A3, HD-A30 or HD-A35 player for $199.99.

How cool is that!!!

Of course you have to jump through a few hoops for it, but nothing crazy. You can find out all the details after the jump.

Courtesy of Crunchgear.

American Express My WishList Starts Nov 27th

More gadget deals have made their way to the CB, and these look very good!!

If you're familiar with American Express holiday "My WishList" deals, you know that every year they put up some good stuff. Problem though is that demand always out weighs the supply, and the good stuff always sells out fast. The deals go from November 27 to December 13 and you have to go to the site and "try" to purchase certain gadgets on a certain day, and yes, with an American Express card. There are of course limited supplies, so don't hold your breath on these. There are a ton of items, but here are a few that stand out to me:

Panasonic 42" 1080p HD Plasma TV
Available on My WishList: November 30
WishList Price: $700 (Retail Price: $1,999)

Dell XPS M1330 Notebook
Available on My WishList: December 3
WishList Price: $900 (Retail Price: $2,079)

Xbox Elite Game System and Five Games
Available on My WishList: December 11
WishList Price: $300 (Retail Price: $649.99)

BMW K 1200 R Sport Motorcycle
Available on My WishList: December 4
WishList Price: $5,000 (Retail Price: $17,000)

There are many more gadgets, but we can't list them all. So hit the cut to see more goodies, and happy hunting!!!

official website. [Amex My WishList via Gizmodo]

More Best Buy Black Friday Deals

A little bit more of information has made its way from the Best Buy "Black Friday" list. This time with the combo Toshiba laptop and printer at a price of $229, which isn't bad for an entry notebook. The specs won't blow your pants off, but it's a good deal for a gift to a student. Check the bullet points:

• Intel® Celeron® M processor 530, 512MB DDR2 SDRAM, 80GB hard drive and high-speed wireless LAN
• Windows Vista Home Basic, double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW drive, 15.4" TruBrite widescreen, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, CD/DVD media controls and 5-in-1 bridge media adapter
• Canon PIXMA MP210 all-in-one photo printer, copier and scanner with ChromaLife100 and dual color gamut technologies

There some other gadgets here, but nothing that's going to 'shock and awe' you.

Bonus Doorbusters - In Store Only [Best Buy via Crunchgear]

Cow Bell Deals: Sam's Club Black Friday Stuff

This is a great time for geeks on a budget.

The uber mega-store Sam's Club has had some of it's 'Black Friday' list leaked, and so far as gadgets are concerned it's not bad. The savings are being split between their Brick& Mortar stores and the on-line store. First up in the in-store stuff is the 42-inch Sharp Aquos LCD (no model number given) for $866, and there is an 52-inch Vizio LCD for $1889. They also have a Samsung DVD camcorder that normally sells for $250 going for $200. And for your drinking pleasure, the walk-in wine vault is yours for only $20,000.

What a bargain!

[Sam's Club, Sam's Club via Gizmodo]

Amazon "Customer Votes" Deals Are Amazing

If you're interested in a Wii for $79, you might want to head on over to Amazon.com. They have a 1000 up for grabs at that price, also with a 1000 PS3 for $139, and Xbox 360s for $99. Doesn't sound right does it? Well there is a catch.

You have to vote on the one that you would buy at that price, and then come back on a specific date to see if you can purchase it. If you item doesn't win, Amazon states that it will still be at a low price. At a $139 dollars, I don't think I could pass up the PS3, it's certainly worth that price!!!

There are other gadgets to vote on also, so you might want to go check it out.

Amazon Customers Vote Homepage [Amazon.com via Crunchgear]

Kmart Has 20% Coupon For You

Well if you've still got a K-mart or a Super Kmart near you, this might be the time to make a visit. The guys at Blu-ray.com found a fantastic coupon that might come in handy, if you're interested in a PS3 for $319 or a Xbox 360 premium for $279. Just print the coupon, and it is good for one item, and I would advise you to try it on the big ticket items like the standalone HD DVD and Blu-Ray players. It's only for in store use only, so you have to get your lazy ass up and out of the house to take advantage.

[Blu-ray via Gizmodo]

CB Deal: Zune For $90

Just in case you only come here for the articles, scroll down a little and you'll find our little Woot plug-in. The reason that I bring it up is that they have refurbished Zunes on sale for $90 shipped. That's not a bad price considering that you can upgrade to the new Zune features via firmware fix. So if you're looking for a cheap gift (perhaps for yourself) this might be the way to go.

So go and be a part of the social for cheap.

[woot.com]

Circuit City's Black Friday Stuff

Circuit City doesn't want to be left out of the 'Black Friday' fun, so they've put together a pretty impressive list. Check it out:

Compaq Presario Laptop w/Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor and 1GB RAM - $299.99
Toshiba Satelillite Laptop with AMD Athlon 64 X2 Duel Core - $399.99
HP Pavilion Media Center PC with AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 5200+ - $499.97 AR

A bunch of digital cameras < $200 Fairly reasonably priced GPS units

Onkyo 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver - $149.99
Samsung 5.1 Channel 800W Home Theater System - $149.99
Kingston 1GB Notebook DDR2 Memory - $14.99
Wireless-G Router Free with Any Laptop - $0.00
Seagate 500GB External Hard Drive - $79.99
Western Digital 1TB My Book Essential External 3.5 USB Hard Drive - $199.99
XBox 360 Pro w/Free Wireless Controller & Two Games - $349.99

This list is courtesy of Gizmodo, thanks guys for doing the leg work for us.

[BlackFriday.info via Gizmodo]

Leaked Target Ad For Black Friday

The guys at Crunchgear ran across Targets "Black Friday" ad paper, and has come up with some interesting stuff. Mainly the Westinghouse 22" monitor for $167 is the one thing that sticks out to me, but there are other gadgets below:

- Audiovox 10″ Portable DVD Player: $84
- Western Digital 500GB External Hard Drive: $87
- Westinghouse 22″ LCD Monitor: $167
- Audiovox CD Player w/ iPod Dock: $49
- Magellan Maestro 3100 GPS System: $149
- Phillips Compact Set-top DVD Player: $25
- Trutech 7″ Digital Photo Frame: $49
- Jensen iPod Docking Alarm Clock: $29
- NextPlay iPod Docking Alarm Clock: $29
- Memorex 4GB MP3 Player: $68
- Lexmark X5320 Printer, Scanner, Copier, Fax: $39
- Olevia 37″ 1080i Widescreen LCD HDTV: $549
- Trutech 19″ 1080i Widescreen LCD HDTV with Built-in DVD Player: $199
- Lots and lots of video games. Most priced $2 to $5 less than normal.

Thanks to Crunchgear for this info.