It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Free $30 Best Buy gift card when you buy two Wii games: Best Buy
Buy any two Wii games priced at between $39.99 and $69.99 each and a $30 Best Buy gift card is your reward. The gift card ships separately, so you’ll have to wait patiently for it. Maybe play one or both of those Wii games in the meantime.
PlayStation 3 + $75 Amazon credit: $299.99 at Amazon.com
Pick up the 160GB PlayStation 3 console and Amazon will slide a $75 credit into your account two days after your order ships out. You can then use that $75 to buy other items from Amazon, though Kindle books, MP3s and video downloads are excluded. Who needs books when you have a PS3?!
Sony Bravia 40-inch 1080p LED TV and PS3: $798 at Walmart
If you like the looks of the above PS3 deal from Amazon but you can’t help shake the nagging feeling that everything would look so much better on a big LED-backlit TV, then this Walmart package leaves little to be desired.
Dynex 40-inch 1080p LCD TV: $385.99 at Best Buy
And just to make sure all the bases are covered, you can get the PS3 from Amazon and a big 40-inch TV from Best Buy if that seems to be more your speed. You’ll save a few bucks over the Walmart bundle and you’ll get the $75 Amazon credit but you’ll miss out on the LED backlighting.
Asus 24-inch LED-backlit monitor: $199.99 at Newegg
Use coupon code ASUSLCD20 to shave $20 off the price of this lightweight LED-backlit monitor. It’s got a 1920×1080 resolution, weighs less than 10 pounds, and carries a three-year warranty.
Toshiba 15.6-inch laptop: $349.99 at Office Depot
This Toshiba packs notebook guts at a netbook price.
It features Windows 7 Home Premium, a 250GB hard drive, 2GB of RAM, DVD burner, and a 15.6-inch screen, all marked down to $350 after a $120 instant discount.
AOC 20-inch LCD monitor: $99.99 at OfficeMax
This 20-inch 1600×900-resolution monitor is priced aggressively at just under $100. It’s only got a single VGA input, though, so it’d probably be most useful in a multi-display setup or for use with an older machine.
Acer 15.6-inch laptop: $399.98 at Staples
After $180 worth of instant savings, this 15.6-inch Acer looks like a solid deal. There’s a dual-core Intel processor, 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, DVD burner, and Windows 7 Home Premium. Free shipping, too.
Toshiba 15.6-inch Core i3 laptop: $449.99 at Best Buy
This bargain-priced laptop sports a nimble 2.4GHz Core i3 processor and 4GB of RAM, which ought to give it a fair amount of pick-me-up given the $450 price tag.
Free tickets to the Vikings-Giants game tonight: Ford Field
This is not a tech deal! Free NFL tickets are a good deal any which way you slice them, though. Due to the Metrodome’s collapsed roof, the Vikings-Giants game has been moved to Ford Field in Detroit. Acknowledging that most Minneapolis-area ticket holders won’t make the pilgrimage to Detroit to watch one game, the NFL’s giving out free tickets to Detroit-area residents.