Black Friday TV prices hit rock bottom

Black Friday TV prices hit rock bottom (Alberta Times) Wal-Mart's Black Friday ads have been leaked online. This year, the mall's main focus is flat-screen TVs, the cheapest...

(Alberta Times) Wal-Mart's Black Friday ads have been leaked online. This year, the mall's main focus is flat-screen TVs, and the cheapest one only costs $98. (Internet photo) The countdown to the annual "Black Friday" shopping sale after Thanksgiving is counting down. In order to compete for annual performance, several major retailers have successively disclosed the special sales content. 3C electronic products are still the main products, and the prices have dropped again, making buyers exclaim. They intend to miss the Thanksgiving night or even queue up several days in advance to buy. BFads, a website that monitors the latest shopping mall intelligence for Black Friday, revealed that this year several retailers, such as Wal-mart, Best Buy and Target, are focusing on flat-screen TVs to compete for sales, intending to catch all buyers who are still waiting to see the price. Two years ago, a 46-inch LCD flat-screen TV that cost thousands of dollars was sold for NT$298 this year. If you don't care about size or brand, the 19-inch TV only costs NT$98. Another Dynex brand's 24-inch, 1080P TV sells for a record-breaking NT$79.9. Flat-screen TVs that were considered high-priced electronic products in the past have been priced below NT$100. Of course, none of the retailers offering such prices are mainstream brands. Even so, in Best Buy's promotional advertisement, it was shockingly discovered that Sharp's 42-inch, 1080P LCD flat-screen TV is also priced at 199.99 yuan for 200 yuan excluding tax. The Black Friday sale has become a "flat-screen TV war." Zhou, a student from UC Riverside who was still looking for a flat-screen TV two weeks ago, said that the cheapest one currently found in the store is a 32-inch 1080P flat-screen TV from Westinghouse, priced at around NT$200. Now after seeing the Black Friday promotion, I have made up my mind to set up a tent two days early for Thanksgiving and line up with several international students to grab a TV. Three major retailers, including Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and Target, have announced that they will open at 12 a.m. after Thanksgiving, five to six hours earlier than in previous years. Queuing numbers will be issued two hours before opening, and additional security personnel will be deployed to maintain order on site. In addition to TVs, another of the most popular electronic sales items on Black Friday this year is Blu-Ray players. In the past few years, the average price has been several hundred yuan. Now, not only the price has dropped to less than a hundred yuan, but it also has Wi-Fi wireless Internet access function. People can watch Netflix's high-fidelity movies through this machine. At the same time, the store also provides many Hollywood movie discs, with an average price of 4.99 to 9.99 yuan, which is quite affordable. For those who are preparing to exchange for computers and game consoles, there are many products that disrupt the market this year. Laptops for 179.99 yuan appear in the advertisements of the three major retailers, and PlayStation 3 160GB consoles include games and joysticks for only 199 yuan. The prices of these products have made hunters preparing for Black Friday salivate.