The living room is the heart of the home – the family gathering spot to play games, eat snacks and watch shows. For an easy way to add comfort and enjoyment to your space while saving energy and money, consider these six products:
Breathe in fresh air while saving energy with an ENERGY STAR air purifier. Certified models are 40 percent more energy-efficient than standard models, which could save you about $30 on your annual utility bill.
If you plan on picking out that perfect new TV and taking it home yourself, come prepared with the right vehicle.
Those fancy thin screens with superb pictures are super fragile and need to be handled with TLC. Here are some tips for getting a new television home and set up safely. (Check out this tool to help you find the perfect tv.)
Have another person assist you with carrying the box and installation.
Never, ever lay the TV flat — especially in your vehicle.
The average American only replaces their TV once every seven or eight years, so it’s a purchase you really want to make sure you get right.
You’ll want to do your homework because odds are a lot has changed since you bought your last television. Best Buy’s TV Buying Guide is a great place to start for everything you need to know about the latest technology, like 4K Ultra HD and high dynamic range.
But it’s also important to know what not to do.
If taming that cable monster behind your home theater system is one of the daunting tasks of your new year, look no further.
We caught up with Geek Squad Agents Lindsey Schnase and Richard Hart to get some advice on how to untangle this problem. They have lots of experience installing home theater systems.
Here are their five tips for reducing headaches, confusion and clutter when it comes to connecting your devices.
Modern home theater systems are more than just a TV.
Drones were a hot holiday gift this year, and if you’re among the lucky ones who unwrapped one, here are a few things for you to know.
Flying a drone is as fun as it is challenging. You’ll learn to maneuver around obstacles like trees and rooftops, and you’ll practice navigating wind and greasing landings. Best Buy has a great Drone Buying Guide that can help you ensure you get all you can out of your drone-flying experience.
But before you take to the skies, you may also need to register with the FAA – a federal requirement, even for recreational use – and it’s super easy.
Ever notice that when you go to your health club the first week of January, you can’t find a space in the parking lot? And then by March, you can help yourself to any spot within 15 feet of the front door?
It’s pretty obvious that a lot of people start the new year with the best of intentions…and then quickly lose interest in their plans for self-improvement.
Technology is often right there among the neglected resolutions. You swear you’re going to back up that music collection you’ve been accumulating for five years.
They spent much of the year tucked away in boxes alongside the tree ornaments, stockings and tangled strands of lights. Now, it’s finally time to pull out that holiday movie (or movies) you look forward to watching each year.
For many families, movie night has become an annual tradition when loved ones are gathered for holiday celebrations. And everyone has their personal preference, whether it’s a timeless classic or a modern favorite.
Now cozy up under a warm blanket and grab a cup of cocoa (or big bowl of buttery popcorn), because here’s a quick look at some of our favorite holiday movies.
This season, Best Buy is cooking up lots of great examples of how we can make the holidays easier. I’m here to literally help you cook up something super-easy that will make you the hero of any gathering.
But first, let’s go back to 1996. It was my first year with an official holiday duty: to bring something to Christmas brunch with my then-boyfriend-now-husband’s family.
What do you bring to impress a bunch of people you really want to impress?! The best rolled cinnamon bread … from the charming bakery located down the street.
Ahhhhhhh. There’s nothing like that sigh of relief when you’ve found the perfect holiday gift. (Nailed it!) But if your next thought is, “How the heck am I going to keep this a surprise???” I’ve got some handy tips for you.
With three curious kids, I have to stay ahead of their prying eyes. Here are my favorite tricks for being sneaky, all for the sake of those huge holiday smiles.
You can’t miss Mike Staudt’s house during the holiday season. It’s the one with more than 10,000 colorful lights set to music and programmed into a 14-minute show.
The line of vehicles passing by and media coverage also help. But it’s not about the recognition — he just loves technology and the holidays. What else would you expect from a Geek Squad employee?
“I’ve always been into Christmas lights since I was a kid,” Mike said. “We bought our house in 2012, and I started being that guy in the neighborhood with all of the inflatables and other decorations.
Almost every house along the 1600 block of South 13th Street in Philadelphia is illuminated with holiday lights in a twinkling tradition that would make Santa proud.
For more than a dozen years, people have come from far and wide to stroll the block and soak in the holiday cheer. In fact, Travel + Leisure magazine declared it one of the nation’s best displays of holiday lights.
The neighborhood has coined it “The Miracle on South 13th Street,” and this year it’s going high tech with some help from Samsung and Best Buy’s Geek Squad.
The anticipation had been building inside Geek Squad Agent Cayle Conkey over the last 18 months and, finally, on Thursday, the wait was over. He got his badge.
The number on it: 100,000.
It’s a milestone number, signifying the past, present and future employees who have helped to build the tech support service into what it is today. It has taken more than 20 years (Geek Squad was founded in 1994) to reach 100,000.
“It’s awesome. I’ve really been working toward this,” Agent Conkey said after he was presented with his shield during a ceremony Thursday on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in Charleston, South Carolina.