October 13th, 2008 by
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
AT&T’s not messing around with spreading the good word on its U-verse services, as it has just nailed down an agreement to sell the aforementioned products in two of America’s largest retail outlets. Beginning this month, U-verse kiosks will emerge in over 600 Circuit City and Walmart locations, which will give unsuspecting consumers the chance to ditch their current cable / satellite / fiber provider and sign up for AT&T’s own programming / high-speed internet / digital phone suite. The move comes in the midst of its nationwide Total Home DVR rollout, which enables any connected TV in the crib to watch a recorded SD or HD show. Of course, U-verse still serves a comparatively small amount of the country at present time, but with an initiative like this, we feel pretty good about future expansion.
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October 2nd, 2008 by
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Contrary to what LG coerced us into believing at CEDIA, its Netflix / Blu-ray-lovin’ BD300 will actually be sold a full $50 cheaper than the previously quoted $399.95. Circuit City has the deck up for pre-order right this very moment for $349.99 (okay, so maybe that’s not a full $50, but c’mon), and better still, the retailer is listing an October 10th release date. Now that Netflix has inked deals with CBS, ABC and Starz, there’s just one question left: are you in for three fifty?
[Thanks, Joshua]
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August 26th, 2008 by
Filed under: Digital Cameras
Nikon’s still unofficial D90 DSLR may have been pulled from Target’s website after making a brief appearance a few days ago, but it looks to be holding steady at Circuit City, where you can now get your pre-order in for the expected price of $1,299.99. As you can see above, the site is also listing the camera with a release date of September 5th, which is only a tad off the mark of some of our earlier tips. There’s also no surprises with the specs, although the “real movie-like” video recording mode that piqued our interest yesterday is apparently now officially known simply as an “HD movie mode” — a step backwards if you ask us.
[Thanks, Chris]
Update: Looks like the game is still afoot! Circuit City has pulled its page too.
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August 11th, 2008 by
Filed under: Digital Cameras
As Photokina looms large, D90 rumors have been in abundance — with a varying range of legitimacy. This here Circuit City inventory screenshot, however, has a ring of truth to it, and even unveils a pricetag in the process: $1299.99. Not bad for rumored specs that include a 12 megapixel Live View sensor, video recording, HDMI out and GPS. The price also includes that new 18-105mm VR lens, but there’s no more info to be had at the moment. A little help, Nikon? We won’t tell a soul, we swear.
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May 11th, 2008 by
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Gaming
Oddly enough, the far-fetched proposal is apt to be accepted. Circuit City has reportedly solicited the services of Goldman Sachs to help “negotiate a deal,” which will essentially put the troubled electronics retailer in the hands of someone else. As it stands, Blockbuster looks to be the most interested in picking up the pieces, with billionaire Carl Icahn (Blockbuster’s largest shareholder) agreeing to finance the get-together. Of course, it looks as if Blockbuster may be the only outfit interested. Not like that’s any surprise, however, as Best Buy itself is having to look to Europe to boost revenues with US consumer spending off from where it once was. The real question here is whether a Circuit City-Blockbuster combo would be the perfect concoction to turn things around for both flagging firms, or will we find that two sinking ships actually do go down faster when anchored to one another?
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April 15th, 2008 by
Filed under: GPS, Transportation
It may have given him the runaround at first, but it looks like Circuit City is now finally doing the right thing after totally trashing the Honda Civic owned by an 8thcivic.com forum user that goes by the name VTECnical. As you may recall, that damage, which totaled over $12,000 in all, was incurred after VTECnical had Circuit City install a Pioneer AVIC Z2 GPS unit and some other components he purchased at the store, all of which went horribly wrong and left the car unsafe to drive. Now according to Autoblog, however, it appears that not only has Circuit City’s insurance provider come through with over $10,000 to cover repair costs, but Circuit City has paid out the remaining amount itself, and thrown in a brand new $2,000 Pioneer AVIC Z2 to boot. No word if VTECnical’s going to have Circuit City install it or not though.
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April 13th, 2008 by
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Portable Video
Huh? Blockbuster just made public its February 17th offer to purchase Circuit City for $6 to $8 per share. As of this morning, Circuit city has not provided the requested due diligence necessary to move the deal forward. As such, Blockbuster is pulling a Microsoft and making the proposal public in hopes of inciting shareholders. They’ve even gone so far as to publish an open letter from Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes to Phil Schoonover, CEO of Circuit City. Really, is this how all corporate affairs will be conducted in the future guys? What really boggles the mind though is Blockbuster’s quest for even more brick-and-mortar as digital downloads begin to take off. Hit the read link for the full contents of the letter.
[Via I4U]
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April 13th, 2008 by
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
We’re not sure who nodded off in the art department, but we’re fairly certain they’re going to be wide awake come Monday morning. Apparently, Radio Shack and Circuit City are running circulars this week featuring the iPod touch… featuring the Installer and MobileChat icons. We’re sure Apple will be stoked to discover that a jailbroken phone is hanging out in two of America’s most-viewed ads, and we’re equally sure that buyers will be pleased to learn they don’t really get an IM application with their purchase. Champagne for everyone!
[Thanks, Matt & Oscar M]
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March 31st, 2008 by
Filed under: GPS, Transportation
Installs gone wrong certainly aren’t all that uncommon, but the tale told by one VTECnical of the 8thcivic.com forum is undoubtedly a cut above the rest, and could well have you reconsidering that suction cup option. As VTECnical tells it, he bought a Pioneer AVIC Z2 GPS unit and some other components from Circuit City last July for more $3,000 and decided to let their installers do the installation work for him — apparently after he was told that it’d slide into his Honda Civic without any modifications.The problems then allegedly began when the installer whipped out a heat gun, which was purportedly intended to be used to mold a mounting guide for the GPS unit but instead wound up melting one of the Civic’s heating ducts. As if that wasn’t enough, the installer apparently also used tape to hold the GPS unit in place, installed the antennae on the inside of the car instead of the outside, and used a glue gun to install the speakers instead of bolting them in place. All told, that apparently not only resulted in over $12,000 worth of damages but, according to the estimate from a Honda dealership, left the car “unsafe to drive.” For its part, Circuit City apparently did eventually remove the equipment and refunded the full $3,000+, but VTECnical is now left dealing with Circuity City’s third party insurance company to recover the rest of the damages.
[Via Autoblog]
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December 12th, 2007 by
Filed under: Home Entertainment
Yeah, we pretty much expected every big box retailer known to man to carry these things, but just in case you were worried about locating a TV converter box in preparation for the upcoming cutover, here’s some comforting news. Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Circuit City, Kmart, RadioShack, Target, Sears and Sam’s Club are all on the list to carry equipment necessary for analog TV owners to receive OTA programming after February 2009, and just in case one of the aforementioned giants aren’t anywhere near you, around 100 more smaller retailers have been certified to stock ‘em. Also of note, you can start the new year off right by reminding your great grandparents (or other family members, too) that they can go on and apply for up to two coupons — which should arrive around six weeks later — worth $40 apiece to purchase the required boxes. Or, of course, you could just pick them up a new television this holiday season and be done with it.
[Via BroadcastingCable]
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December 10th, 2007 by
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Although coy with any detail, Panasonic just put the industry on notice with its Blu-ray plans for the US. In a move to double its Stateside market share, Panny will begin bundling Blu-ray players with their plasma TVs next week. The move specifically targets Circuit City and Best Buy among other big-box retailers and “may” result in a discount. This according to Masayuki Kozuka, a general manager in charge of the company’s storage device strategy. We’ll take that as a confirmed discount. After all, without a price drop, why bother — it’s not like profile 1.1 support will be the cause for that huge upsurge in sales. A Panasonic spokesman also said that they would release two new “higher-end” (read: more expensive) Blu-ray players in January. We’ll likely hear more on that little nugget at CES.
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December 10th, 2007 by
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Although coy with any detail, Panasonic just put the industry on notice with its Blu-ray plans for the US. In a move to double its Stateside market share, Panny will begin bundling Blu-ray players with their plasma TVs next week. The move specifically targets Circuit City and Best Buy among other big-box retailers and “may” result in a discount. This according to Masayuki Kozuka, a general manager in charge of the company’s storage device strategy. We’ll take that as a confirmed discount. After all, without a price drop, why bother — it’s not like profile 1.1 support will be the cause for that huge upsurge in sales. A Panasonic spokesman also said that they would release two new “higher-end” (read: more expensive) Blu-ray players in January. We’ll likely hear more on that little nugget at CES.
Update: Well, here you have it: Best Buy’s offering a $500 discount off their 50- or 42-inch plasmas when purchasing the DMP-BD30K.
[Thanks, Travis]
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November 8th, 2007 by
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
You can’t keep a good retailer down, especially the kind that gadget nerds like us so adore: those that breaking sales embargoes and put hotly anticipated product (like these new Zunes, for example) on store shelves early. Behold, new Zunes — which aren’t supposed to be on sale until next week — popping up on store shelves at Circuit City and Target. Granted, we don’t know how many (if any) sold, since it sounds like they may have actually gotten pulled before customers made a dash for the registers, but who knows, perhaps you might strike Zune gold by trawling the shelves at your local mega-retailer this very weekend. You know who to tip off if you bring home the booty, right? (Note: read link only hits up the Target Zunes, not CC’s Zune batch, which is separate.)
[Thanks, Ryan and Scott]
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November 7th, 2007 by
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
We were wondering how well HD DVD was doing with those new price cuts, and now here’s Video Business with the answer: according to sources at retailers, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Circuit City — among others — were able to move 90,000 stand-alone HD DVD players this weekend. Most of them were last year’s entry level HD-A2, which sold for the low, low price of $99 — but not all. This dramatically increases the user base for the HD DVD camp, but that’s not saying much since the format only sold about this many stand-alone players in its first year. In the world of consumer electronics, 90k isn’t that impressive, but considering the estimated loss Toshiba took on each unit, we can see why they’d want to limit the supply. The problem for the HD DVD camp is that they’re really up against the PS3’s sales, and even though only 40% of PS3 owners realize that there is a Blu-ray player built in, that’s still about 750,000 people in the US. But ultimately, this format war is about selling movies, and we’ll be keeping a close eye on the weekly sales numbers to assess the impact of this early holiday sales blitz.
[Thanks, Utah!]
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October 30th, 2007 by
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
We’re not exactly sure what to make of this, but LG’s BH200 combo HD DVD / Blu-ray player is currently listed on Circuit City’s website for $799, which is about $100 cheaper than anywhere else and $200 cheaper than a certain blue competitor. It might well be a typo, of course (and probably is), but between Big Red’s pre-Black Friday price-chopping and our own fervent hopes for format peace, we’re going to keep on dreaming until we hear otherwise.
[Thanks, Mike L.]
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October 27th, 2007 by
Filed under: HDTV
When they say “competition’s good,” they obviously meant “competition means cheap HD DVD players”: Wal-Mart’s $198 Toshiba HD-A2 has been copied by Circuit City, which is now selling the same player for $197.99 online. Add it to your cart, and see for yourself. As one tipster said, with deals like this popping up this early, signs are looking good for one helluva Black Friday.
[Thanks to everyone that sent this in!]
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