Best Buy's Erin Gunderson told Dealerscope that although is not primarily targeted at consumers, Best Buy employees have been "bombarded with questions" about new products immediately after CES each year, which went into the decision to appear at the event next year.

Best Buy sees a growing interest not only in DJing, particularly with the recent release of DJ Hero, but also in the concern for the sound quality of music. Beats by Dr. Dre, which was co-founded by Dre and Interscope Geffen A&M Records chairman Jimmy Iovine, was selected because of its commitment to giving the average listener a professional-quality listening experience through their headphones. Monster Cable, meanwhile, promises “make music sound better” in its ads.

Best Buy sees this DJ-focused offering as something brand new for mainstream retail. "It may not be simple to find these products in a mainstream environment-either you have to know what you need, or you have to talk to someone who is in the industry," said Wendy Fritz, svp of merchandising for mobility for Best Buy. "What we're trying to say is 'hey you can do this,' and when they come into the store our Blue Shirts can say 'these are the three or four products you need to get started.'"

Best Buy achieves a score of 797 on a 1,000-point scale and performs particularly well in the installation service and delivery service factors. Following Best Buy in the rankings is hhgregg (794), which performs particularly well in the sales staff and price factors. Lowe's (792) follows hhgregg in the rankings and performs particularly well in the store facility and merchandise factors.

"Competition has intensified among appliance retailers, particularly in terms of price," said Dale Haines, senior director of the real estate and construction practice at J.D. Power and Associates. "In the past year, appliance retailers have renewed their emphasis on providing superior service-from the sales process through delivery and installation-to differentiate themselves from the competition. By providing additional product knowledge and customer service training to their staff, some major appliance retailers have increased customer satisfaction."

The wireless music systems, speakers and home theater products include two docking systems for Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPods and iPhones. The products, which also include systems that will stream music wirelessly from computers, range in price from about $200 to $800.

The move comes as electronics makers seek to woo shoppers throughout the holiday season -- not just on "Black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving, when prices typically are slashed and bargain-hungry consumers fill stores.

Early this morning, Best Buy's Web site listed a Samsung 52-inch, flat-screen TV for just under $10, with a $70 flat shipping cost, a pricing change picked up by many savvy online shoppers and bloggers.

According to blog accounts, many customers quickly took up on the deal, some ordering as many as 10 TVs.

While some customers were able to complete an order, others received messages that the site's delivery system was temporarily unavailable.

About two dozen employees work at home rather than providing services in stores or driving to customers' houses, said Derek Krueger, manager of operations for the new remote-support unit. Krueger said he plans to add about 18 more in the next month and may expand the range of services to TV and home-theater support.

"We absolutely anticipate supporting complex remote controls and calibrating televisions," he said yesterday in a phone interview. "As consumers become more comfortable seeing the Internet as a resource for getting services, we'll be there."

With the recent launch of Best Buy's Twelpforce, there has been a wave of people SO excited about the initiative that they decided they wanted to be a part of it...however, these people aren't a part of Best Buy. We're flattered, but we also don't think it's right that they could be taking advantage of YOU, and using our brand to do it. So, in an effort to expose these accounts so you know exactly who you are dealing with when navigating Twitter, we've compiled a handy list for you to digest. We've sent the same list to the kind folks at Twitter, and while we expect them to be shut down soon, until they are, please, avoid doing business with these people...!

You’ll find this guy on his couch, sporting an ironic t-shirt with a delivery-food stain of some kind. He "commuted" minutes earlier by rolling out of bed and over to his laptop in his shoebox-sized Brooklyn (Williamsburg) apartment littered with empty Redbull cans. He came to Gizmodo 9 months ago after deciding that "traditional media" wasn't edgy enough (read: required pants and didn't like it when he powered down walls of TVs). He only puts on pants in order to put electronics down them, and he gets very upset if you mess with his Star Wars legos. He genuinely believes that the hot PR girl is into him and not just trying to get a post. He overuses the word "fail."

The two companies will develop a TiVo interface for DVRs sold at Best Buy that will integrate the retailer's digital content services.

"Best Buy and TiVo will investigate development of a series of consumer tips and insights that can be easily accessed for all kinds of digital home experiences, and Best Buy expects to explore opportunities with TiVo to provide unique Best Buy solutions that enable viewers to take greater advantage of transactional opportunities through the television set," the two companies said in a statement.

What that actually entails has yet to be established, but in July 2008, TiVo teamed up with Amazon to let its customers purchase Amazon.com content from their TVs using the remote, so is a Best Buy purchase widget in the works?