Monday’s Manic HDTV Deal-O-Mania

Alaska is cold, candy is sweet, and Screen Sleuth always has great HDTV deals every week to present to you for your viewing pleasure. Feel free to peruse these:

Dell Home sometimes has some great deals, including this Vizio VF552XVT 55” 1080p 240Hz LED HDTV for $2099.99 – $500 off our special coupon code we supply you with “2$K34TRX3TWV0?” (Expires 07/29/10) = $1599.99 with free shipping as well. How’s about that offer for you?

BuyDig.com – And we finish it off with the always reliable LG 32LD450 32” 1080p LCD HDTV for $439.00 (use the See Price In Cart feature) with free shipping too? Yep, we’re serious. Three 5 star reviews already posted.

Thanks for hanging out with us, and see you tomorrow for more world-shaking HDTV news and views.

Saturday’s Satisfying HDTV Deals

Now its time to let you in on some great HDTV offers, starting right now. Read on, HDTV lover:

Dell Home sometimes has some great HDTV offers, such as the Vizio VF552XVT 55” 1080p 240Hz LED HDTV for $2099.99 – $500 coupon code we happily supply you with: “6BP4F82T2VSJ97″ (Expires 07/22/2010) = $1599.99 with free shipping as well. First class deal on a first class set!

Newegg has the Hannspree ST329MUB 32″ 1080p 60Hz LCD HDTV for $360 + $2 shipping = $362 shipped. Now its tough to beat this sort of offer, good for any side TV for any room in the house, and with 10,000:1 contrast ratio, it’ll look amazing.

Thanks for reading and please come back for even more amazing offers in the future!

Saturday Scary Good HDTV Deals

More great HDTV offers, so let’s get right to to savings with little ado:

Tiger Direct has a very nice deal on a decently sized Samsung P2770HD 25″ LCD HDTV for $299 – and with free shipping too. Pretty awesome price, and well-reviewed too.

Walmart has an excellent deal on a Vizio 42″ E420VL 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV for $598 with free shipping included. It’s just amazing how far prices have fallen of late, and this is just one example.

Check these out and feel free to join us tomorrow for more HDTV news.

Monday’s Marvelous HDTV Deals

It’s Monday, and its time for yet another installment of great HDTV deals. Check them out below:

Walmart – Here’s one of the better deals we’ve seen: The Vizio 37″ VO370M Eco LCD HDTV 1080p for $479 – and that includes free shipping too. First class deal, so feel free to check it out.

6ave.com – On the other side of the price spectrum, here’s a Sony KDL60EX700 60” LED Backlit HDTV & BDV-E570 3D Blu-ray Home Theater System package bundle – for $3247.00 and free shipping. Great offer and quite a bit off the suggested retail price.

Feel free to check them out and have a great day!

Battle Royale #2: Samsung vs. Vizio for HDTV sales supremecy

It’s official: Samsung is the leading flat-panel seller in the US, according to a new study from research firm iSuppli, which tracks these kind of numbers. Vizio remains the #1 HDTV LCD seller in the US as well, which should be no great shock. Their partnership with various discount stores like Wal-Mart would easily net them this honor.

Samsung led in overall sales because it makes both Plasma and LCD flat-panel TVs, obviously, and their quality has greatly improved over the last year or two. iSuppli stated all flat-panel TV sales grabbed a 23 percent market share in 2009.

The numbers: Samsung had a 18.4 percent market share while Vizio was second with 16.8%. Bad news for Sony though: their market share dropped from 12.8% to 10.3%, a pretty sizable drop (probably mainly due to higher price).

Vizio Talk: Not cheap, just smart

Well, Vizio has earned itself a decent reputation for quality with their HD units, but being present in Wal-Mart and other such stores also gets it seen as a “cheap” company that lower prices by using inferior parts. Not true, says the CEO of the company in a recent interview.

CEO William Wang’s interview with Nikkei Electronics Asia .pointed out some interesting fallacies about the company, countering the opinions of some that its TVs are made cheaply to enable them to price lower and states “You can’t make inexpensive TVs with cheap parts”. Well, actually you can if you try hard enough, but hopefully it appears that Vizio does not do so.

The interview is pretty much cheerleading for Vizio, but it might be worth a read if you think Vizios are equivalent to some cheap knock off brand.

Monday’s HDTV Deals Madness

We love our deals, as evidenced by posts we’ve made like this HDTV deals post, but here we’re really looking for great offers. See below:

Walmart.com and Vizio have a very good thing going, and it continues with this great deal: The Vizio VO420E 42” Class Eco (energy savings is always good!) 1080p LCD HDTV for $648 – with free shipping too? Indeed. A year ago this type of TV was $900+ easily, so you can appreciate the recent advances in technology that have made it affordable on nearly any budget.

Crutchfield.com has a pretty amazing Sony deal (and these are among the most expensive of all 40″ class HDTVs): How about a Sony KDL-46S5100 46” Bravia Series LCD HDTV for $779.99 – $20 off coupon we have supplied for you “3A825″ (Exp 01/31/10) = $759.99 with free shipping as well. Deals and more deals, how do we do it?

Watch for more deals in the weeks to come, and thanks for reading!

HDTV Deals: Weekend Edition

Here’s our famous HDTV deals, something to watch a smartly-priced Blu-Ray movie on this season. Here we go:

Newegg has shattered the price barrier for 40+” TVs it seems: How about a Sceptre 40″ 4.5ms 1080p LCD X400BV-FHD for the amazing price of $500 – with free shipping too? Say it isn’t so! It goes to show you the direction prices on sets are moving.

Dell Business has some great deals on HDTVs at times, and this one is pretty good: The Vizio VT470M 47” 1080p LCD HDTV for $1099.00 – $200 instant discount via our link = $899.00, and free shipping as well. Tough to beat!

Feel free to check these deals out, as they expire at some point, needless to say.

The HDTV Sales Champion Crowned: Vizio

In a not-too-surprising announcement, Vizio had a pretty good time of it on Black Friday and the period afterwards. They aren’t referred to as “America’s#1 LCD HDTV Company” for no reason. The units moved shocked us a tad bit, but not overly much.

Vizio stated that it had sold over 280,000 televisions over the entire Black Friday week. That’s up an astounding 40%  jump over this period last year, with that includes a really surprising 20,000 50-inch+ models. It seems their pitch to move upmarket a tad bit has paid off, as their label as “Wal-Mart bargain model” has slowly eroded away, and more upscale consumers are becoming Vizio followers.

We’ll keep an eye on them through the remainder of the 4th quarter to see if they can keep it up, and if any other companies can overtake them in sales.

Holiday Savings: Vizio first company to fire in holiday HDTV price wars

Vizio is already known for pretty low prices, but they’ve put out an announcement that confirms what we already knew: they’re lowering their prices even more for the holiday shopping season, mainly at big box retailers.

Among the highlights: How about its VBR-110 Blu-Ray player for $99 at the mega-store Costco (and probably other places too), November 27-November 29 while supplies last. That’s $40 off the regular price, and is among the cheapest out there at this price. A cheap easy way to join the 1080p revolution.

Or how about the Vizio LV32M 32″ 1080p LCD HDTV for $399 from November 27-29, $50 off the normal price?

Wal-Mart is getting in on the savings too: a 19″ LCD HDTV for $178? Amazing!

There should be a company press release coming soon regarding these offers, but you’re hearing them first here at Screen Sleuth.

The Latest Vizio Legal Scuffle: A settlement with Sony

Boy, Vizio seems to attract the legal battles like few others companies in recent memory (besides Apple). The very latest involves Sony and has a happy ending: they’ve settled for who knows how much money and promises made, but a settlement is a good thing for both companies in this case. Usually its Vizio doing the suing as we reported a few months back regarding their feud with Funai.

Vizio was sued by Sony in October 2008 for using patented Sony technologies, and the two went back and forth for awhile until reaching this latest settlement.

Press release from Vizio: Link

A spokesman for Sony contacted several blogs regarding this issue, and was quoted as saying:

In October 2008, Sony filed a litigation against Vizio in the Federal District Court for the Central District of California for infringement of fourteen of Sony’s patents related to color televisions and PC monitors. The parties have now settled all current patent litigation between them, with Vizio becoming a paying licensee under Sony’s patents for color televisions and PC monitors. Additionally, under the settlement, during its term, Sony will be licensed under any patents that Vizio purchased this year related to color televisions, as well as any they may own in the future that are related to color televisions or PC monitors.

Hopefully, Vizio can stay out of court for awhile and continue making solid TVs at affordable prices.

Razor’s Edge: Vizio releases LED-backlit 19″ and 23″ models

LED backlit LCD HDTVs have been the hot thing the last few months, but they’ve been restricted to the bigger models for the most part. Vizio has changed all of that with their new line of LED-backlit wonders, with a 19″ and 23″ model being released.

The 23-inch is 1080p, but both have slick, thin styling and all the color and sharpness only the smaller models can feature. Both can also function as a digital picture frame as well, making this unique gadget do double-duty, which we can always appreciate.

The 19-incher sells for $349, and the 23-inch will cost an extra $50 (not much of a jump really) out of your wallet. No exact release dates have been set as of yet, but expect these quite soon.

Thrilling Thursday HDTV Deals

Two more exciting HDTV deals for you to consider:

Buy.com – How about a Samsung LN22B460 22” LCD TV for $311.00 with free shipping. Great offer for any side room and well-reviewed to boot.

Walmart.com – Purveyors of fine, low-priced HDTVs, and they usually feature Vizio models at great prices, such as the SV470XVT 47” 1080p LCD HDTV for $928.00 with free in-store delivery. For that size and specs, its pretty tough to beat.

Thanks for reading and see all of you tomorrow!

Sighting: Vizio VF551XVT LED Backlit HDTV seen in stores

The recent CEDIA gathering promised that VIZIO’s very first baby steps towards an LED backlit LCD would be in stores for sale in days came true, according to recent sightings and sources. Vizio had previously avoided the technology up until now, but it’s good to see they’re jumping on the bandwagon.

The picture here was taken at a Costco recently with a $1,999 price on it, so odds are its available where you are by the time the ink dries on this post.

The only thing to consider: should you grab this, or wait a bit longer and grab its web widget & WiFi included VF552XVT HDTV due out in November or so? Tough call, we know.

Frightening Friday HDTV Deals

Yes, its here once again; the ultimate catalog of quickie HDTV deals for your consideration:

BuyDig.com has a great offer on the LG 22” 720p LCD HDTV for $329.00 – $74.05 Discount = $254.95 with free shipping as well. Nice deal and perfect for a good sized side room TV.

Walmart.com often has amazing deals on 1080p models, and this one is a prime example: The Vizio 42” 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV for $847.00 with free in-store pickup available. Tough to beat!

Feel free to dig into our feast of deals, and make sure to stop by this weekend for more HDTV offers and news.

Freaky Friday HDTV Deals

It’s Friday, and time for more tantalizing HDTV deals to peruse:

6ave.com – Very nice deal on the Curtis LCD3202A 32in LCD HDTV for only $359 – $18 off via coupon code we provide: AFL5 + free  shipping = $341, which is pretty nice for a TV this size.

Dell Home – Dell sometimes has some very nice sales, including this one: the Vizio XVT 42in SV421XVT 240Hz 1080p LCD HDTV for only $999 – 15% off coupon code we’ve kindly provided you with: 6FWJ247J1P44CK = $849 w/ free shipping too. Hard to beat that!

Thanks for joining us, and have a happy tomorrow, where we’ll (hopefully) see you here!

The Crown Ever Shifting: Vizio still tops in HDTV sales, but Samsung closing in

No matter the legal rigamarole, lawsuits, etc, Vizio kept shipping out LCD HDTVs in huge amounts during the second quarter, making up 21.7% of the overall market, according to manufacturers reporting company iSuppli. But their HDTV crown is worn on an uneasy head these days, as competition is slowly closing in on them.

Samsung is now hot on their heels, with a jump from 17.8% in the 1st quarter to 21.3% in Q2, mainly because of their new LED backlighting sets they released, accounting for 2.2% of all LCD sales.

They also note many more customers buying new models to replace older models, something companies always salivate about, as a growing trend. Let’s hope this trend continues.

Sunday’s Scandalous HDTV Deals

The title: It’s the only word we could think of that started with S at that moment. Anyhow, here’s more great deals:

Dell Home – Vizio has really risen to the be one of the better companies out there for HDTV goodness, and the Vizio 32in VA320M 1080p LCD HDTV for only $529 – $110 off sale deal = $419 w/ free shipping is as good a deal as any. Grab it up, as it expires on the 19th.

Best Buy – New tech ain’t cheap, and BB has the Samsung UN46B6000 46in Class 1080p 120Hz LCD-LED HDTV for only $1700 w/ free shipping (in-store pickup). Not bad for the very latest and greatest in LCD tech. Expires the 22nd of August.

Take care and see you again soon for more tantalizing HDTV deals and steals.

Saturday’s HDTV Deals

Yet another post with great weekend HDTV deals:

Dell Home – How about the Vizio 55″ VF550M 120Hz 1080p LCD HDTV (it’s a monster) for only $1,499 – $140 off via coupon code we supply for you: 6FWJ247J1P44CK = $1359 w/ free shipping as well. Pretty good deal, indeed.

PC Connection – A neat little offer that will save you on your electric bill: the Sony 46in VE5 Eco-Friendly 1080p LCD HDTV for only $1,400 w/ free shipping. These are the newest ES3 compatible models. Nice deal and save the planet? We’re there!

More to come later on, so come on back, HD lovers!

Saturday’s Sensational HDTV Deals

More great HDTV deals to spice up your weekend:

Walmart - Your friendly neighborhood bargain emporium Wal-Mart has the monstrous Sanyo DP52449 52in 1080p/120 Hz LCD HDTV with Digital Tuner for only $1298 with free to-store shipping. Good price on a very nice TV with solid specs.

Dell Home – Dell is usually good for some amazing deals, like this one: $90 off on Vizio 32in VO320E 720p LCD HDTV for only $429 normally + coupon code: F6CBP1F3XTHBWG (expires 8/14) = $339 w/ free shipping, making it a really good bargain, indeed.

Join us again later for even more deals!

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