Black Friday last week was kind to me, as I was able to acquire a Sony BDP-S350 Blu-Ray player greatly discounted.  I was quite unimpressed with my first shopping experience at Conn’s, however, which is like an electronics store staffed entirely with the pathetic salesmen from Glengarry Glenn Ross.  A trip to Fry’s netted me a high-quality OEM HDMI cable for $7 and a 45 minute wait in line, and Best Buy’s sales graced me with BD’s of Pixar’s Cars and 300 - about opposite ends of the spectrum as far as family friendliness is concerned, but both great movies and excellent showcase discs.

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