Still waiting for prices to drop on an HDTV you’ve been eyeing all year? Your chance may soon be coming.
Black Friday comes but once a year, and this year it falls rather late on Nov. 29, creating the shortest number of holiday shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. A number of industry trends are expected to help drive down Black Friday television prices.
Though worldwide and U.S. HDTV sales are down again this year, manufacturers have cut back production to prevent oversupply and associated price erosion. Though average selling prices may not be plummeting like they have in past years, there are some bright spots for deal hunters, such as in the 60-inch and larger screen sizes. This is where prices show the most movement. We anticipate hot deals on plasma and LED LCD HDTVs in this range.
Despite multibillion-dollar losses at Sharp and Panasonic, we still expect both companies and others to offer special Black Friday prices to dealers in an effort to move inventories and increase revenues.
We at HD Guru consulted our industry contacts, surveyed the best current deals, and checked last year’s Black Friday specials to come up with these 2013 Black Friday predictions.
There is a new category this year, Ultra HD TV (“4K”). We predict at least one name-brand Ultra HD TV manufacturer will be dropping its prices for the holiday by 20 percent or more.
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On to our Black Friday HDTV list:
32-inch No Name 720p LCD Average price: $199 Black Friday price: $149
32-inch No Name 1080p LCD Average price: $259 Black Friday price: $169
32-inch Brand Name 720p LCD Average price: $259 Black Friday price: $169
39-inch No Name 1080p LED LCD Average price: $249 Black Friday price: $169
39-inch Name Brand LED LCD 1080p Average price: $369 Black Friday price: $269
40-42-inch No Name LCD Average price: $249 Black Friday price:$189
42-43-inch Name Brand 720p Plasma Average price: $399 Black Friday price:$299
46-47-inch No Name LED LCD 1080p Average price: $429 Black Friday price:$349
50-inch Name Brand 720p Plasma Average price: $549 Black Friday price:$449
50-inch Name Brand 1080p Plasma Average price: $599 Black Friday price: $479
50-inch No Name 1080p 120Hz LED LCD Average price: $499 Black Friday price: $389
50-inch Name Brand LED Smart 120Hz Average price: $849 Black Friday price: $669
55-inch Name Brand 120 Hz 1080p LED LCD Average price: $999 Black Friday price: $499
55-inch Name Brand 3D 120 Hz 4K Smart TV Average price: $3499 Black Friday price: $2799
60-inch No Name 120 Hz LED LCD Average price: $998 Black Friday price:$599
60-inch No Name LED LCD Smart Average price: $998 Black Friday price: $688
60-inch Name Brand Plasma 1080p Average price: $799 Black Friday price: $519
70-inch No Name LED LCD 1080p Smart Average price: $1599 Black Friday price: $999
70-inch LED Name Brand LED LCD 120 Hz Average price: $1799 Black Friday price: $1649
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