CNET Holiday Gift Guide 2004: Take our list to the store

By CNET editors (November 2, 2004)

Interested in one of the products you read about in this guide? Momma always said you should shop around. Save money and time with our handy retail-store checklists, organized by product category.

Laptops | Peripherals | Portable audio & video | WiFi | Stocking stuffers

Cell phones Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

Samsung MM-A700

Siemens CF62T Available at
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Sprint VM-A680
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$18

Sprint PM-8920
(Audiovox) Available at
CompUSA $12

Samsung SCH-A790

Sanyo RL4920

Motorola V600

Kyocera SE47 Available at
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Nokia 6600

Motorola A630

Siemens C61

Desktops Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

Velocity Micro Vision
FX AVD

Falcon Northwest Mach V 3.4 Extreme Edition

Alienware Area-51
Extreme

HP Pavilion Media
Center PC m1050y

Polywell Poly 900VF

Apple iMac G5

Alienware Area-51 ALX

MPC ClientPro
All-in-One

HP Compaq Business Desktop dc7100

Apple eMac Available at
CompUSA

Sony VAIO VGC-RA810G

Cyberpower Gamer
Infinity 6800GT

ColorWare Great
White Shark

Gateway 700GR

Digital cameras Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

Canon PowerShot A75 Available at
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Kodak EasyShare CX7430 Available at
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Fujifilm FinePix F700 Available at
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Canon PowerShot G5

Konica Minolta Dimage A2 Available at
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Nikon D70 Available at
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Konica Minolta Dimage Xg Available at
Circuit City

Canon PowerShot S1 IS Available at
Best Buy Available at
CompUSA $498

$1188

Sony Cyber Shot DSC-V1

$394

Sony CyberShot DSC-F828 Available at
Circuit City Available at
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Canon PowerShot Pro1

Kodak EasyShare DX7630 Available at
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Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $170

Canon Digital Rebel Available at
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Circuit City Available at
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Nikon Coolpix 3200 Available at
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Olympus C-770 Available at
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Kyocera Finecam SL400R

$546

Camcorders Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

Sony Handycam DCR-HC40 Available at
Best Buy Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $394

Canon Optura 300

Canon Optura 40

$3499

Sony Handycam DCR-PC109 Available at
Best Buy $780

Panasonic AG-DVC30

Canon Optura Xi

$1499

Canon GL2 Available at
Best Buy $1949

Sony DCR-VX2100

JVC GR-HD1 Available at
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Panasonic AG-DVX100A

Panasonic PV-GS200 Available at
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Hitachi DZMV550A Available at
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Panasonic VDR-M70

Canon Elura 70 Available at
Best Buy $999

Canon Elura 60 Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $299

Panasonic PV-GS50

Apple Final Cut Pro HD Available at
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Canon ZR90 Available at
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Canon Optura 30 Available at
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Sony HandyCam DCR-HC30 Available at
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Circuit City Available at
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Games & gear Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer LE Available at
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ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition

eVGA e-GeForce 6800 GT

Nintendo GameCube Available at
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Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 Available at
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Tapwave Zodiac2

N-Gage QD

Nintendo GameBoy Advance SP Available at
Best Buy Available at
Circuit City $189

Nintendo DS

Sony PlayStation 2 Online Adaptor

$43

Xbox Live Starter Kit Available at
Best Buy Available at
Circuit City

Altec Lansing AHS602

$54

RCA HP900

$14

Microsoft Xbox Available at
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Sony PlayStation 2 Available at
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Circuit City

Mortal Kombat: Deception (PS2 & XBox) Available at
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Circuit City Available at
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SIMS 2 (PC) Available at
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Sega ESPN NBA 2K5 (PS2 & XBox) Available at
Best Buy Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $13

Donkey Konga (Gamecube) Available at
Best Buy Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $59

Nyko Speakercom

Handhelds Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

PalmOne Tungsten T5

PalmOne Tungsten C Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $199

PalmOne Tungsten E Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $299

PalmOne Zire 72 Available at
Best Buy Available at
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PalmOne Zire 31 Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $128

Garmin iQue 3600 Available at
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Dell Axim X50 (under NDA until 10/12)

HP iPaq H4350

$599

HP iPaq rx3715 Mobile Media Companion Available at
CompUSA $899

HP iPaq H1940 Pocket PC

$299

Nokia 3620

T-Mobile Sidekick II

$49

Treo 600* Treo 650 is under NDA till Oct. 25. Hold space if possible to replace Treo 600.

BlackBerry 7100t

Siemens SX1

$98

Sony Ericsson P900

$159

Home entertainment Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

Sony KD-34XBR960

Panasonic TH-42PD25U/P

Sharp LC-20B4U-S

Mitsubishi WD-52525 Available at
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Pioneer DV-578A-S Available at
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Philips DVP642 Available at
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TiVo Series 2 Available at
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Panasonic DMR-E55S Available at
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GoVideo VR-4940 Available at
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Panasonic DVD-LS50 Available at
Circuit City $24

Creative SoundBlaster Wireless Music Available at
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Cambridge Soundworks Radio CD 740

Delphi XM Roady 2 Available at
Best Buy Available at
Circuit City $199

Logitech Harmony 688

Onkyo HT-S770 Available at
Circuit City

Panasonic SC-HT05 Available at
Circuit City

KEF Instant Theatre

Pioneer VSX-D914

Denon AVR-2805

Audiovox SIRPNP2 Available at
Best Buy Available at
Circuit City $199

Laptops Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

Dell Inspiron XPS (Extreme Edition)

Sony VAIO VGN-A190

Dell Latitude D800

HP Compaq Business Notebook nc6000

Panasonic ToughBook Y2

Motion M1400 Tablet PC

HP Pavilion dv1000

Sony VAIO X505

Acer Ferrari 3200

Fujitsu LifeBook B3010D

HP Pavilion zd7000 Available at
CompUSA

HP Compaq Business Notebook nx5000

Apple PowerBook G4 Available at
CompUSA

Apple 17-inch PowerBook G4 Available at
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Apple 12.1-inch PowerBook G4 Available at
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Peripherals Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

Epson Stylus R800 Available at
CompUSA

Epson PictureMate Available at
Best Buy Available at
CompUSA $299

Canon Pixma iP4000 Available at
Best Buy Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $549

SanDisk Cruzer Titanium

$25

Apple 23-inch Cinema Display Available at
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Princeton SENergy 914

Maxtor OneTouch drive Available at
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LaCie Dual 8X DVD+/-RW

$184

Lite-On SHOW-832S

Logitech Z-680

Logitech Z2200

Harmon Kardon SoundSticks II Available at
CompUSA $112

Altec Lansing InMotion Available at
Best Buy Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $199

Logitech DiNovo Available at
CompUSA $199

Samsung ML-1740 Available at
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HP OfficeJet 4215 Available at
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HP Photosmart 8450 Available at
Best Buy Available at
Circuit City Available at
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Canon CP-330

$399

Epson Perfection 2580 Available at
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Canon LiDE 50

Portable audio & video Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

Creative Zen Touch (20GB)

Apple iPod (4G & 20GB) Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $379

Rio Carbon Available at
Best Buy $199

Archos Gmini400

Apple iPod Mini

$249

Archos AV420 Available at
CompUSA $154

Rio Forge Sport Available at
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Creative Muvo Slim

Handheld ZVUE

Apple iTunes Music Store

iRiver H320 Available at
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Kanguru Micro MP3 Pro (256MB)

Creative MuVo TX FM Available at
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Grado SR80 headphones

$99

Etymotic ER-6 earbuds

$119

Creative TravelSound i300 Available at
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WiFi Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

SanDisk ConnectPlus (128MB)

Apple AirPort Express Base Station Available at
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Circuit City $139

Buffalo LinkStation Available at
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Linksys WUSB12 Available at
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SMC 802.11b High Power Wireless PC Card

D-Link DI-624 wireless router Available at
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Motorola WR850G wireless router

Linksys WRT54GS wireless router Available at
Best Buy Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $89

Buffalo wireless router repeater kit Available at
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D-Link DWL-G520 wireless PCI adapter Available at
CompUSA $99

Netgear WGT624 router Available at
Circuit City $17

Linksys EtherFast four-port router

$44

Netgear XE102

$59

Prismiq MediaPlayer

Creative Sound Blaster Wireless Music Available at
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Linksys WMLS11B Available at
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Netgear MP101 Available at
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Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter Available at
CompUSA $189

SMC EZ-Stream wireless multimedia receiver

$15

Netgear WG511T wireless PC Card adapter Available at
Circuit City Available at
CompUSA $49

Stocking stuffers Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Lowest price online *

iSkin

Nike Triax Elite

Monster Cable VAHDMI-DVISL HDMI to DVI-HD Digital Adaptor

$29

Lenspen

Sandisk 1GB Ultra II CompactFlash card Available at
Best Buy Available at
CompUSA $24

Sandisk 1GB SD card Available at
CompUSA $8

Sony 1GB Memory Stick Pro

Olympus 512MB xD card Available at
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Sandisk ImageMate 8-in-1 card reader Available at
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Star Wars Trilogy DVD Available at
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Nokia Medallion II

Think Outside Stowaway Universal Bluetooth Keyboard Available at
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Zenith Silver Sensor Digital HDTV UHF Indoor Antenna

Adobe Photoshop Elements Available at
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*All prices subject to change.