Wal Mart to expand its offerings in electronics

To keep up with the competition, Wal-Mart is expanding its selection of electronics starting next week.The roll out will include more big name brands of TVs like LG, which will be available at Wal-Mart for the first time, a larger selection of Blu-ray players, smartphones and other gadgets. So expect to see more TVs with the latest technology like Internet connection, Web-connected Blu-ray players and home networking equipments.
For smartphones, the new effort will focus on carrying the latest and trendiest ones as soon as they hit the marketplace accompanied with more mobile broadband plans.
Talking about service, part of Wal-Mart strategy includes offering movies download through the Vudu home video service that it acquired earlier this year.
The Internet-connected TV and Blu-ray player brands to be available at Wal-Mart will include Vizio, Samsung, Sony and later this year, Sanyo and Emerson, will also be added to the lineup of Internet-ready TVs to be sold at Wal-Mart according to CNET.com.

For more, see CNET.com

Vizio Black Friday's HDTV deals start earlier.

With Black Friday just one week away, retailers and manufacturers are locked in a frenetic race to offer the best deals imaginable to anxious consumers. And some of those retailers and manufacturers could hardly wait till then to start the discount, for fear that maybe they would loose the boat so to speak on this rare opportunity to score big in these challenging economic times.
In that context, Vizio the television sets maker has teamed with retailers like Costco, Wal-Mart, and Sams Club in offering some earlier very good deals with some starting right now.
Here a list of those deals obtained from techsaver.com, and it is quite impressive:

Costco:

VIZIO Blu-ray Player (VBR110) with free HDMI cable for $99.99, saving you $40*.
VIZIO Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer (VSB210WS) for $199.99, saving you $30*.
VIZIO 32-inch Full HD 1080P LCD TV (VL320M) only $399.99, saving you $50*.

VIZIO 55-inch Full HD 1080P 120HZ LCD TV (VF550M) only $1,199.99, saving you $300*.
VIZIO 32-inch HD LCD TV (VO320E) for only $339.99, saving you $50. The offer is valid from now until November 29, or while supplies last.
VIZIO 40-inch Full HD 1080P LCD TV (VO400E) only $599.99, saving you $100. The deal is valid from December 3 to December 20.

*From November 27 to November 29, or while supplies last.
Wal-Mart:

VIZIO 19-inch HD LCD TV (VA19LHDTV10T) for $178, saving you $30. The deal is valid from now through the end of the year.

VIZIO 26-inch HD LCD TV (VA26LHDTV10T) for $248, saving you $99. The deal is valid from November 21 to November 27 (pictured above).

Sam's Club:

VIZIO 32-inch HD LCD TV (VO320E) for only $339.99, saving you $50. The offer is valid from now until November 29, or while supplies last.

For more, see techsaver.com