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    July 24, 2014
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Securely attach your GPS or other portable device to your vehicle's vent with this Bracketron TekGrip BT1-641-2 mount that features folding support legs for added stability. The compact design lets you transport it easily from car to car.
 
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Like this one, like the phone one better
on December 8, 2017
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from Washington, DC
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There are two of these in the stores. Both have the same phone mount and pivot ball construction. They have the same bottom foot on the vent-mount, they differ in the way they attach at the top. The one in the GPS department (this one) uses two hooks over the vent vanes. That is the one I got my daughter. The one in the Cell Phone department has two long clamps (like an old wooden clothespin) with some grippy materiel that almost closes the gap completely. That is the one I got my wife. I think I like the cell phone one better, but both do the job.
My Best Buy number: 2267541937
My Best Buy number: 2267541937
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Six-disc set includes (1979) On it's way back to Earth, a spacecraft is re-routed to a remote planet to investigate a distress call. When a member of the landing party returns to the ship as the unwilling host of a seemingly indestructible extraterrestrial creature that bleeds acid, the crew must destroy the alien before it kills them all. Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, and John Hurt star in Ridley Scott's classic mix of horror and sci-fi. 116 min. C/Rtg R Alien's (1986) James Cameron's action-packed sequel finds Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) accompanied by a platoon of space marines as she reluctantly returns to the planet where her crew discovered the alien. But their mission to rescue a group of colonists turns into a desperate battle for survival as they find themselves up against an entire hive of the lethal creatures. Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen also star. 137 min. C/Rtg R Alien 3 (1992) In the third installment in the hit sci-fi series, Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) crash-lands on a bleak prison planet inhabited by male criminals, killers, and rapists. With no weapons of any kind, Ripley and the inmates will have to find a way to kill a new breed of alien that has begun to terrorize their colony. With Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, and Lance Henriksen; directed by David Fincher (his feature film debut). Theatrical version; 115 min./Extended version; 144 min. C/Rtg R Alien Resurrection (1997) They've brought her back from the dead... but they didn't bring her back alone. Sigourney Weaver stars as the newly cloned Ellen Ripley, a mix of human and alien DNA. Trapped on a giant spaceship overrun with aliens, Ripley joins with a group of mercenaries in an effort to escape before the vessel collides with Earth. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet's (InchThe City of Lost Children
 
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Great Collection!
on September 30, 2017
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Great collection. I was waiting on a collection that included the physical discs as well as the UV digital copies as well. This had both so I got it.
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My Best Buy number: 2267541937
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Stream video or work on projects with the bold brilliance of this HP LED HD monitor, featuring a wide 25-inch screen for easy viewing. The 7ms response time eliminates ghosting, letting you stay in the action of your favorite PC games. Two HDMI ports on this HP LED HD monitor allow for multiple device connections.
 
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Wife Loved it
on September 30, 2017
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Got as a gift. Was going to get the Dell, but the HP seemed to have better blacks in the store display. Asked a lady at the store and she picked it over the Dell. Wife loved it. Was a little worried the resolution would make the icons/text smaller even though the monitor was bigger. Turned out that the icons were the exact same size as her previous monitor, so there was more room on the desktop. There is no height or rotation adjustment. Tilt was a bit stiff, almost seemed like it didn't have it at first but we figured it out. Haven't had it that long, so no idea about longevity or anything like that.
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My Best Buy number: 2267541937
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Only at Best BuyKeep your mobile device handy in your vehicle with this Bracketron TripGrip vent mount. Its adjustable arms with one-touch control accommodate your handheld GPS unit, satellite radio or smartphone. This Bracketron TripGrip vent mount is compatible with most air-conditioning and heating vents and rotates so you can set your gadget in either landscape or portrait view.
 
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Works Great! Check phone button locations though.
on September 30, 2017
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I have been looking for one of these for a while, and on a trip with a rental, looking down to see the phone in the cigarette lighter phone holder wasn't working. I was a little worried about the friction fit on the vent vanes not being secure enough or too tight and breaking the plastic, but worked well on a rental and is working so far on my wife's truck.There is only one thing that you need to think about - the location of the buttons on your phone. My wife's Moto Z Play Droid works beautifully drop and squeeze - which is great because that is primarily why I bought it --- but I had to place my Moto G4 Play carefully to not push the volume buttons on the side - minor issue - you get used to how to do it and I didn't stop using it (until time to put it in her truck).
My Best Buy number: 2267541937
My Best Buy number: 2267541937
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Great Movie
on September 30, 2017
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Loved the movie in the theater. Wanted a physical copy and the digital copy. Only thing was I didn't know is that Sony has it's own UltraViolet repository, so if you redeem the code at Sony, the movie stays there - you don't get to pick which repository it goes to. So I have 100 movies somewhere else, and then this one movie at Sony.
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My Best Buy number: 2267541937
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Only @ Best BuyExpand your viewing capabilities with this Dynex high-speed HDMI cable with Ethernet, and stream directly from your computer. Supporting speeds up to 18 Gbps, this cable easily transfers video without lag. Triple-layer shielding on this Dynex high-speed HDMI cable shuts out interference, providing crisp, clear imaging of 4K UltraHD programs.
 
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Works Great
on April 15, 2017
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Looking for a basic cable for connecting a Raspberry Pi to a monitor. Didn't want to spend a lot. This works great.
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My Best Buy number: 2267541937
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Only @ Best BuyThis Insignia NS-HZ501 cable sends analog stereo audio signals through RCA jacks, so you can easily connect most analog stereo audio components. The 6' length offers flexible placement options.
 
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Solid Cable
on March 11, 2017
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Solid no nonsense audio cable. No issues and no fancy certifications needed.
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My Best Buy number: 2267541937
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Great Movie
on January 15, 2017
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Great movie, a little predictable, but kids' stories usually are. Wife wanted it because she read the book as a kid. I liked the movie, but never read the book.
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Lenovo 100S-11IBY Laptop: Get online with this 2GB Lenovo laptop. The 11.6-inch screen lets you enjoy movies and games in crisp detail. Connect accessories easily with the HDMI port, two USB 2.0 ports, combo audio jack and Micro SD card slot. This Lenovo Ideapad laptop has a 32GB hard drive for storing data and program files.
 
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Gift for a child
on December 29, 2016
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I bought this on Black Friday to give to a child who's family couldn't afford a computer. It actually turned out much faster than I thought it would be. Probably run far smoother on some lightweight Linux, but that's a personal choice.
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Great movies!
on December 29, 2016
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Just getting the Blu-ray for these films. I haven't watched any except the first, but the wife now has the entire set. I really wasn't going to get this particular version because generally I won't purchase any Blu-ray without a Digital copy. However, it was on sale and the wife wanted it.
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Only @ Best BuyExpand your viewing capabilities with this Dynex high-speed HDMI cable with Ethernet, and stream directly from your computer. Supporting speeds up to 18 Gbps, this cable easily transfers video without lag. Triple-layer shielding on this Dynex high-speed HDMI cable shuts out interference, providing crisp, clear imaging of 4K UltraHD programs.
 

would it be compatible with this pc CyberPowerPC - Gamer Ultra Desktop - AMD FX Black Edition-Series - 8GB Memory - AMD Radeon RX 480 - 1TB Hard Drive - Black. You can find it on this website if you put that into the search bar its the first pc

Should be fine.
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Only @ Best BuyThis Insignia NS-HZ501 cable sends analog stereo audio signals through RCA jacks, so you can easily connect most analog stereo audio components. The 6' length offers flexible placement options.
 

Is this the cable I would use to enable the Sonos connect and sonos3 speakers wireless system to play with my Denon AVR-3805 receiver and its components? I.e. Phono and CD player? If not,which cable?

Not sure if this is still useful 3 months later, but:

if you want the Denon to be the source and the Sonos to play the sound then yes.

If you want the Sonos to be the source and use the Denon and other speakers to play the sound, then I would try an optical cable first, something like this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dynex-4-digital-optical-audio-cable-black/9543782.p?skuId=9543782
 
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Lenovo 100S-11IBY Laptop: Get online with this 2GB Lenovo laptop. The 11.6-inch screen lets you enjoy movies and games in crisp detail. Connect accessories easily with the HDMI port, two USB 2.0 ports, combo audio jack and Micro SD card slot. This Lenovo Ideapad laptop has a 32GB hard drive for storing data and program files.
 

Considering this as a gift, but my husband uses a citrix extension/plug-in to access his work email remotely...will be he able to do that on this laptop?

Probably too late, but this is a full Windows machine. It should run anything that he needs. The biggest question is if the IT department is using encryption or video encoding that can be offloaded to the hardware in this laptop. Can't really say without asking them. Here is a link to a CISCO blog talking about part of the question. https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2015/12/21/improved-user-experience-hardware-decoding-for-citrix-windows-receiver/
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