Best Buy Teams Up with Sharp to Offer Savings on Big Screens for the Big Game, Jan. 22-28

Best Buy`s perfect match promise on TVs offers satisfaction guaranteed, free delivery and pickup, 3-year¹ financing and a 60-day price match

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 20, 2012 – The biggest football games of the year should be watched on the biggest screens and who wants to come up inches short of that goal. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY – News) today announced that it is teaming up with Sharp, the industry leader in big screen LED TVs, for viewers who want to experience the big game on the biggest screens. For the week of Jan. 22 through Jan. 28, Best Buy will feature in-store and online deals (www.bestbuy.com) on the following big screen LED TVs from Sharp:

• Sharp 60LE300 (60″LED 1080p TV) for $999, regularly $1699.99. The 60″ features a 20 percent larger screen area than the 55″ TV.
• Sharp 70LE632 (70″ LED 1080p Smart TV) for $1999, regularly $2799.99. The 70″ features a 35 percent larger screen area than the 60″ TV.
• Sharp 80LE832U (80″ LED 1080p Smart TV). Available only in select Magnolia Home Theater stores and BestBuy.com. The 80″ is more than twice the screen area of a 55″ TV screen.

Today`s big screen TVs are more energy efficient than ever before. All Sharp AQUOS LED TVs meet or exceed ENERGY STAR® version 5.3 standards and draw a relatively small amount of power for their screen sizes. The 80″ class LC-80LE632U is one of the most energy-efficient flat-panel TVs available today, as measured by power consumption per square inch. On average, it costs approximately $22 per year in electricity use to operate. Along with being easy on the electric bill, big-screen TVs don`t have to be reserved for a big room. The recommendation for the optimal seating distance² for your TV is 1.5 times the diagonal screen size. So, for a 60″ screen the optimal seating distance is 7½ feet, for a 70″ screen it is 8¾ feet and for an 80″ screen the recommended seating distance is 10 feet.

No matter what game you watch or when and where you watch them, Best Buy promises it can find the perfect match for you. The Perfect Match Promise includes:

• Satisfaction guaranteed – Best Buy offers free delivery for TVs $899 and up. If it`s not your perfect match, we`ll even pick it up for free.
• 60-day price drop promise – There`s no reason to wait. If the price drops in the next 60 days, just let us know and we`ll refund the difference.
• 3-year special financing.
• The most big-screen TVs under one roof³.
• Knowledgeable, passionate Blue Shirts.

Best Buy wants customers to be ready for the championship season whether it`s football, basketball or hockey.

About Best Buy Co., Inc.

Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY – News) is a leading multi-channel global retailer and developer of technology products and services. Every day our employees -180,000 strong – are committed to helping deliver the technology solutions that enable easy access to people, knowledge, ideas and fun. We are keenly aware of our role and impact on the world, and we are committed to developing and implementing business strategies that bring sustainable technology solutions to our consumers and communities. For information about Best Buy, visit www.bby.com.

 ¹$899 min. total purchase required. Min. payments required. Offer valid at BestBuy.com® and Best Buy® stores.  On approved purchases on the Best Buy consumer credit cards offered by HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A.  Certain rules apply to the allocation of payments and interest charges on your promotional purchase, if you make more than one purchase on your credit card. Call 1-888-367-4310 or review your cardholder agreement for info.

² Sharp Labs of America

³ Based on a comparison of Big-Screen TVs (46 inches larger) available at national retailers as of January 15, 2012.

Contact:

Mark Cassutt, Best Buy

612-291-6268

mark.cassutt@bestbuy.com

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