Top 12 Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deals for 2008

The good folks at our sister site, unwir3d.com, have scoured the world of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals to pick out this year's best deals. Not many stores advertise their Black Friday sales before the day itself arrives, because they usually have a plethora of other sales going on in the preceding days, and they wouldn't want you waiting around for a better deal. This electronics-themed list, however, has managed to dig up some of the best deals around for the start of this year's holiday shopping season.

Panasonic 50 inch Viera HDTV

The deals pretty much cover the electronics spectrum, including HDTVs, laptops, digital cameras and other must haves. One of the more notable deals (hence number one) is the 50 inch Panasonic Viera HDTV. unwir3d found that NewEgg will be selling this 1080p beast for just $1399, which is almost 50% off its list price of $2699. Another gem is the Nikon D300 DSLR. This 12.1 megapixel camera will be $1324 on

Friday, which is about $160 off list, plus they're throwing in an 8GB compact flash card. LaCie's All-Terrain 320GB external hard drive was another eye-catcher. If your looking for a sturdy external HD to store the loads of crap that are bogging down your disk, this thing looks sharp. Its brilliant orange rubber bumper ensures that it won't get damaged from falling off your desk and its FireWire 400+800 guarantees blazing transfer rates.

LaCie All-Terrain External Hard Drive

Other deals on the list include an iPod Touch w/ iTunes gift card, a Garmin Nuvi GPS unit with free traffic reports and an HD camcorder. There's also a Blu-Ray player, another TV and a couple of laptops, including a nice deal on the MacBook Air. All of these deals can be had online, which in my opinion is the best bonus, allowing you to avoid the traffic/people/lines headache that invariably comes with Black Friday shopping. Definitely worth a gander...

[via unwir3d]