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Best Buy Can't Bear Standard-Def
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2008  | 
If you've said it once, you've said it a thousand times: An HDTV without an HD signal is like sugarless cake, non-alcoholic beer, or a Lamborghini running 87-octane gasoline. It works, but it isn't right, and its definitely no fun. All the...
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Best Buy Eyes Downloads
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 24, 2009  | 
With DVD sales dipping, Best Buy is thinking of getting into the download business.
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Best Buy Fined for Selling Recalled Product
SV Staff  |  Oct 11, 2016  | 
You wouldn’t think you’d have to think twice about something like this with a reputable retail chain, but Best Buy was implicated last week by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for selling recalled products instead of removing them from store shelves.
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Best Buy Gives VR a Reality Check
SV Staff  |  Feb 15, 2017  | 
The honeymoon is over. Best Buy is closing 200 of its Oculus Rift demo stations less than six months after announcing plans to feature the virtual reality headset in 500 stores in time for the 2016 holiday season.
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Best Buy Goes Green
SV Staff  |  Jun 03, 2008  | 
All the major retailers want you to buy new stuff, but what about your old stuff? You know, those old VHS players, Betamax decks, CD players and HD DVD players that are of no use to you. Where do obsolete electronics go to die? Best Buy has a...
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Best Buy Has Super Bowl Deals on Sony 4K TVs
SV Staff  |  Jan 23, 2019  | 
With a good 10 days before the New England Patriots meet the Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII, there’s still time to upgrade to that new TV you’ve been obsessing over. Best Buy aims to help you along that path by offering 20% to 22% discounts on several HDR-ready Sony TVs, including two Sound & Vision Top Picks.
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Best Buy in Trouble - Who is Next?
SV Staff  |  Dec 17, 2008  | 
Best Buy is the largest consumer electronics retailer left in the country. Circuit City filed for bankruptcy, Tweeter shuttered just weeks ago. You would think that without competition, Best Buy would be flourishing. However, they just announced...
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Best Buy is Buying Napster
SV Staff  |  Sep 15, 2008  | 
Remember when Napster was an upstart controversial music sharing business that was raging across college campuses until it got shut down? Not only has Napster gone legit, it has become Big Business. As reported by Reuters on Yahoo News, Best Buy...
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Best Buy Kicks Off Pre-Black Friday Deals
SV Staff  |  Nov 14, 2016  | 
Amazon kicked off its Black Friday deals a couple weeks ago and Best Buy has joined the fray announcing a number of deals on 4K/Ultra HD TVs in advance of the big, post-Thanksgiving shopping day.
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Best Buy Knocks $50 Off Tablo Dual DVR
SV Staff  |  Jul 24, 2017  | 
Nuvyyo today announced that Best Buy is offering a limited-time $50 discount on its new “cord-cutter” Tablo Dual DVR.
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Best Buy Launches Daily Deals Page
SV Staff  |  Dec 04, 2017  | 
BestBuy kicked off a “deals of the day” page” on Friday to lure holiday shoppers to its website with the promise of the “best deals of the season on items like 4K TVs, laptops, tablets, and more.”
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Best Buy Looking Red
SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2008  | 
While all the talk is about Blu-ray, Best Buy is looking at red. Russia, that is. News reports from Reuters and Russia-InfoCentre are reporting that Best Buy has registered trademark rights for the Future Shop name. Future Shop is the name of the...
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Best Buy May Shrink Stores
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 28, 2011  | 
In a rough economic climate where many of its competitors are closing stores, Best Buy may downsize some of its stores, redirecting attention to online retailing.

That doesn't mean Best Buy is giving up on its brick-and-mortar stores, which allow consumers such niceties as salespeople and the ability to pick up items purchased online. But the store is reconsidering its square-footage requirements and "redefining the optimal big-box store size," CEO Brian Dunn said in a phone conference with analysts.

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Best Buy Offers HD DVD Morning-After Options
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 19, 2008  | 
If you bought an HD DVD player or Xbox drive before February 23, here's some good news from Best Buy. You now have two options. You can keep your HD DVD player and the store will give you a $50 gift card to ease the pain. Or you can trade in your HD DVD player for further gift-card bounty.
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Best Buy Offers Music Cloud
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 23, 2011  | 
Cloud-based storage is clearly the trend of the year. Best Buy is the latest company to offer a cloud music player, joining Amazon, Apple, and Google.

The Best Buy Music Cloud uses a PC or Mac application which scans your iTunes library (though this is not specifically an Apple-related service). Then it accepts music uploads and streams them to computers or mobile devices, the latter including iOS, Android, or BlackBerry. You can upload playlists as well as music files.

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