Awards: Best of Black Friday

Black Friday is only two days away. If you've got what it takes to wake up at the crack of dawn, brave the crowds, and find the best deals, there's plenty of savings to be had. Here's a short list of some of the best deals across the most popular product categories offered by brick-and-mortar stores, followed by some prestigious awards given to various retailers.

Doorbuster deals are marked with an asterisk, and so is the next best non-doorbuster deal, if applicable.

The best TV deals

19-inch: Walmart $128* / Best Buy $149.9922 inch: Radio Shack $199.9926 inch: Office Depot $299,9932 (720p): Target 24632 inch (1080p): Best Buy $439.9940 inch (1080p): Target $449* / Best Buy $499,9942 (720p): Walmart $448* / Best Buy $547,9942 (1080p): Sears $499.99* / Sears $549.99 (Plasma)46-inch (1080p) : Walmart $798* / Best Buy $847,9950: Walmart $598 (Plasma)

The best netbook deals

Best Buy: Compaq 10.1-inch $179.99Radio Shack: Acer Aspire One 11.6-inch $249.99

Best Notebook Deals

Walmart: eMachines 15.6" $198 * Office Depot: HP 15.6" $299.99 Walmart: HP 17" $398

Best Desktop Deal

Office Depot: Compaq $229.99

The best Blu-ray deals

Walmart: $78*Best Buy: $99.99

Best GPS deal

Walmart: TomTom One 125-SE $59

The best deals on hard drives

Target: 1TB Western Digital Desktop $59.98 Office Max: 500GB external 3.5 inch $49.99 Target: 500GB Western Digital Portable: $59.98

The best deals on digital cameras

Office Max: Vivitar $39.99 (point-and-shoot)Best Buy: Nikon D3000DX $499.99 (DSLR)

Best monitor deals

Office Max: Acer 18.5" €69.99Best Buy: Acer 20" €79.99Staples: eMachines 21.5" €89.98*Office Max: AOC 22": €99.99Staples: Acer 23". €139.98

Now that we've gotten the best deals in the most popular product categories out of the way, we can move on to the Awards section of the program. Please hold your applause until all winners are announced.

The "So... do you actually have a sale?"

And the winner is... GameStop. Aside from a few anemic doorbuster deals, the store's Black Friday ad is jam-packed with lots of regular-priced items. Wii Fit and Balance Board for $99? Wow, thanks.

The "why the hell are you opening so early?" forgiven

And the winner is... Old Navy. There aren't any electronics deals to speak of other than getting Lego Rock Band for free with every $20 purchase, but for some crazy reason the stores open at 3am on Black Friday. Because the only thing better than being in an Old Navy store is being in an Old Navy store at 3am and then having to kill time until all the other stores open.

The Doors Are Likely To Be Literally Blasted Award

And the winner is... Walmart. As every year, the retail giant will be bringing a lot of crazy deals to a lot of crazy people. If you're planning to shop at Walmart this Black Friday and you're reading this, you're not crazy. Everyone else around you, however, will be .Not you.I don't want no trouble.I'm just a guy with a keyboard.

The "Under the Radar" award

And the winner is... Target. The store lulls everyone into complacency with everyday household items, then sweeps the 32-inch and 40-inch TV offering categories like a ninja, with a 32-inch LCD TV priced at US$246 $449 and a 40" 1080p Doorbuster TV. Played well, Target. Played really well.

The "One Stop Shop" award

And the winner is... Best Buy. Pretty good all round deals, lots of video game deals (especially the Xbox 360 bundles) and 18 months interest free financing on all purchases totaling $249 and up when you have a Best Buy card make the store a good option if you want to immerse yourself in the Black Friday madness for an hour or two before heading back to bed.

Walmart is another worthy option, although Best Buy's policy of "everyone waits in line for a ticket to buy bouncers so there's no chaos when the store opens" seems a little less messy than Walmart's "holy crap, I thought there would be more police here now”. Who's gonna stop these maniacs from ripping the doors off their hinges sweet Jesus, they're like living zombies, only much faster and exponentially angrier.” Black Friday sales of years past.

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