Black Friday 2012 Sales & Top Deals: TV, Tablets, Camera From Walmart, Best Buy

Black Friday is about two weeks away and early-planning is a must to get some of the season's hottest deals.

Walmart will open its stores at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.

"In addition to offering amazing low prices on the season's top gifts, Walmart is taking the historic step to ensure wishlist items like the Apple iPad2 are available for customers during a special one-hour event on Thanksgiving," the retailer said in a statement today.

Tablets

For $199, you can get a Google Nexus 7 Black Wi-Fi 16GB Tablet at Walmart and a Double Power T-711 with WiFi 7" Capacitive Touchscreen Tablet PC Featuring Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Operating System for $79.

In addition to a $20 gift card, you can get a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" w/8GB Memory (White) from Best Buy for $179.99.

Best Buy also has a Nabi 2 8GB Memory Tablet for $169.99, an Apple iPad 16GB (White) w/Retina Display, Wi-Fi for $499 and an Amazon 16GB Kindle Fire HD Tablet (Black) w/$30 Best Buy Gift Card for $199.

Other great deals include Walmart's PlayStation Vita w/ Wi-Fi (White) and Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation Plus 4GB Memory Card Value Bundle for $249.96, a SONY DAV-DZ175 DVD Home Theater System for $129.98, Best Buy's PlayStation 3 250GB Bundle for $199.99 and Xbox 360 250GB Holiday Bundle for $199.99.

Televisions

TVs are always a good buy on Black Friday.

Walmart has has a 42" LG TV for $579. You save 70.99 and they'll ship it your home for free or you can pick it up in a local Walmart by Nov. 15.

Best Buy is offering a 32-inch Panasonic LCD TV for $190. It is selling its 55-inch LCD TV from Samsung for $800. A Toshiba 40E220U 40" TV featuring a 1080p resolution and a 14W sound system will be sold for $179.99.

Cameras

On Black Friday, Best Buy will offer a Canon PowerShot A2300 16.0 Megapixel 5x Optical Zoom Digital Camera (black) with case and 8GB memory card for $79.99. For $129.99, you can get a Nikon Coolpix S9050 12.1 Megapixel 15x Optical Zoom Digital Camera (Silver).

At Walmart for $479, you can get a Nikon D3100 14.2MP DSLR Camera Value Bundle with a shoulder bag. You can get the Nikon COOLPIX S3300 16MP Digital Camera from Walmart for $99.

Check out BestBuy's Full Black Friday Catalogue.