Kmart Black Friday deal: $699.99 42-inch Samsung plasma

It looks like Samsung plasmas are going to be one of the hot tickets this holiday season, as two leaked Black Friday ads are already listing these sets at sub-$1,000 prices. I posted a couple of weeks ago about Sears offering a 50-inch Samsung plasma for $899.99. Now, Kmart's Black Friday ad has reached the Internet, and while it doesn't offer much in the way of home theater products, it does list a cheaper Samsung plasma than Sears.

Forget the third-tier LCD TVs also being offered—the Samsung PN42A400, available for $699.99, may be the one you want to wait in line for. It's a 42-inch 720p set with decent connectivity (two HDMI ports, two component-video ports) from a well-respected plasma manufacturer. Of course, it's not a 1080p set, and since it's not a model that's part of Samsung's regular lineup (Google "PN42A400" and see what you find), you won't find much info on its performance and reliability. (Given the product number, it's most likely a cut-down version of the PN42A450.) Then again, for $700 the words "42-inch plasma" and "Samsung" may be all many will need to hear to close the deal.

Best Buy, what's left of Circuit City, and Wal-Mart have managed to keep their ads off the Web thus far, but as soon as they leak, you'll find out about it here.