Another year passes and I am sitting home for Black Friday. I have done this once in 34 years, and boy was that a waste of time. Sure there are a few deals out there, but buyer beware. What might seem like a good price on a TV or Blu-Ray player is not really that great of a deal. What you are getting in return is the lowest quality product for a couple bucks less. We were also looking at Toys R Us' flyer they were trying to unload all their Hulk toys that weren't selling since last summer. Funny how even the stuff on clearance that isn't moving now becomes a great deal on Black Friday?
We are looking for a Blu-Ray player this year, and at first glance you are wowed by the $50 OFF prices, until you do some homework. Best Buys 3 available players all had issues. The Insignia player is selling for $50! Well that model is the "house brand" that has a reputation of breaking down in a year, and is very bare bones. The Sony for $129 is bare bones too, no extra features like Netflix or Wifi or Pandora. The Samsung for $150 is Wifi ready(for an additoinal $90, you don't even get the wifi card, you have to buy it seperatly) and although it has the Netflix and Pandora, it only has 2.1 stereo, useless if you want to hook it up to a surround sound system, which now with Blu-Ray is 7.1.
Besides part of me is very leary of picking up a Blu-Ray player anyways after hearing a report on how disc based media will be outdated as soon as 3-5 years with the rate of development of downloadable and streaming content. That is why it looks smart to pick up any of these players with the streaming capabilities. That is the future folks.
Don't get fooled by the silly sales, do your homework first!!!!
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