Morning tech deals highlights
• HDTV – 32-inch Sharp 720p flat panel LCD HDTV for $400 at Best Buy, pick-up only. A decent deal, although not amazing. At this point I'd almost not buy anything that wasn't 1080p. Still, it's Sharp, not some random company. (Although it's not an Aquos.) [Slickdeals]
• Amazon Prime – A year of Amazon Prime, their premium shipping service, for $60 instead of $100. I adore Prime. [Slickdeals]
• BlackBerry – The BlackBerry Bold is available on AT&T for new subscribers for $150 via Amazon. $100 of that is a stupid rebate, though. [Amazon]
• Netbook – Acer Aspire One netbook with 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 6-cell battery, and XP Home for $380, shipped. [Amazon] (If you see direct links to Amazon now, this is me trying to get some Amazon affiliate money. I am actually trying to make sure that these are good deals, too, so if you find a better overall deal elsewhere, don't hesitate tot call it out in the comments.)
• HDTV + 360 – Refurbished Samsung 42-inch 720p plasma screen with Xbox 360 Arcade for $800, shipped. Since the Xbox can't render above 720p (natively) anyway, this would be a decent pairing. [Dealoco]
• Netbook – Samsung NC10 with 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, a six-cell battery with killer run-time (like 6+ hours), and XP Home for $450 if you pay with Paypal. [Dealnews]
• HDTV – Another in-store pick-up, this time at Circuit City, for a JVC 42-inch 1080p LCD HDTV for $700. You can get it shipped, but it'll be another $55. It even has an iPod dock inside. [Dealnews]
• Camcorder – The regular ol' VGA Flip Video Ultra for $107, shipped. [Dealnews]
• A Thing of Drawers – A cheapo bit cute little plastic set of drawers for $24, shipped. I have this in my bathroom and it's totally not high-quality, but I like the gradients. Works great as a little junk drawer thing. [Dealnews]
• Home Theater System – Today's Woot is the SLS Audio QS1000 Home Theater System for $255, shipped.
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As far as I've read, the Xbox 360 can at least play videos at 1080p.
I think I've also read somewhere that a few games actually render at 1080p if your display supports it, but the games in question are usually simpler games (no Halo 3 or Gears of War 2, for instance...)
Google found this:
http://www.makeyougohmm.com/xbox360-1080p-games/
Pretty meager list, but still...
Naturally, you need HDMI to get anything better than 1080i or 720p, but as far as I know, the Arcade model has HDMI.
They will display at 1080p, but they're just upconverting from 720p.
I think Amazon Prime is usually $79.
720p is fine for a small screen like this one. Anything 37 and over though, almost requires 1080p.
And on the blackberry bold, Tiger has the phone today until noon for $140 after the same $100 mail in. Free shipping too
Thing of Drawers deal has expired.
http://dealnews.com/RS-To-Go-10-Drawer-Mobile-Organizer-for-24-free-shipping-more/267631.html
Bummer. I needed these, the cat has taken to watering the toiletry basket I keep on the floor.
Best Buy is now running a similar deal to HDTV + 360. They're offering an Xbox 360 Pro with a Samsung 42" plasma or Samsung 37" LCD (both 720p) for $899. I assume it's $100 more than the deal you linked because it includes the Xbox 360 Pro, which is the regular price gap between the Pro and Arcade. I'm sure some would prefer the Pro rather than the Arcade, or LCD vs. plasma.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat169100050015&type=category
Also, the deal you linked says it's not refurbished.
The newer 360s can do native 1080p for games, it's just that not all games were made to output 1080p.
If you have an Xbox 360 with the HDMI port then you can play games in full 1080p native when they come out. Portal on 360 is native 1080p as is Virtua Tennis 3, but you might be waiting a while for any others.
The Acer Aspire One is $349 regularly at Staples, with a $50 Visa pre-paid card as a rebate. That's better than $380 at Amazon.
http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/StaplesProductDisplay?storeId=10001&jspStoreDir=Staples&productId=255127&cmSearchKeyword=767157&fromUrl=home&cmArea=SEARCH&catalogId=10051&langId=-1