Black Friday monitor deals 2024: all the early deals available now
Black Friday monitor deals are rolling out now, and I'm bringing you the best I find
Black Friday monitor deals are rolling out, with Best Buy, Walmart, Currys, Dell, and many more retailers in the US and UK kicking off their sales events on the best monitors, gaming monitors, and more.
Black Friday deals officially land on November 29, but events like the Best Buy Black Friday sale (which kicks off on November 21) are rolling out early and offer some of the best savings of the year (often as good as on the big day itself). For example, right now, you can get the fantastic Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 on sale for just $1,078.99 at Best Buy (an incredible $721 discount). Meanwhile, UK Black Friday monitor deals have a lot of great offers too, like this MSI MPG 491CQP gaming monitor for just £799 at Currys (a £300 savings).
From here on out until December, I'm going to be bringing you the very best monitor deals I find, backed up by our years of experience reviewing monitors so you can trust my picks this Black Friday.
Today's best monitor deals in the US
- Amazon: discounts on all kinds of monitors
- Best Buy: monitor deals from $89.99
- Newegg: great deals on gaming displays
- Walmart: cheap monitors from under $100
- Adorama: premium and ultrawide deals
- Acer: great offers on home, office, and gaming displays
- Dell: find incredible savings directly from Dell
- HP: save up to $239.98 on home and office monitors
- Samsung: save up to $1,200 on high-end displays
The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 is one of the most loved gaming monitors on the market (and we agreed in our review, though its UI could be better), but it's not cheap; not normally at least. With this 40% discount though, you can get a glorious 49-inch, 5120x1440p, 32:9 super ultrawide aspect, OLED monitor with blazing fast 240Hz refresh and 0.03ms pixel response. Toss in AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and Samsung OLED Screen Optimization to prevent burn-in.
When I reviewed the MSI MPG 491CQP QD-OLED earlier this year, I called it "one of the best ultra-wide gaming monitors I've ever tested in terms of visual eye candy," and I wasn't joking. It's blazing fast at 144Hz refresh, has a 0.03ms pixel response, a 5120x1440p resolution, and its 49-inch curved panel makes your PC games (those that support 32:9 aspect, at least) look amazing. Already well priced, this $150 discount makes it even sweeter.
James Holland called this "a photographer's dream monitor" in his BenQ PD2705UA review earlier this year, and it's easy to see why. With stunning image quality, great color gamut coverage, plenty of ports, and a built-in USB hub, there's little this 27-inch 4K monitor can't do for photographers looking for a great display at an affordable price—a price made even better with this 16% discount from BenQ.
In our LG UltraGear OLED 32GS95UE-B review, Zach Kelly praised this monitor as "the 4K OLED monitor of my dreams", praising its gorgeous 32-inch 4K OLED panel, breezy setup, and "brilliant" UI and design. He felt that the then-price of $1,199.99 was too high, but now it's $400 off at Best Buy, making it one of the best values of any 4K OLED monitor under $1,000.
In our review, Alastair Jennings called the AOC 16T3EA portable USB-C monitor "a solid, lightweight option for working on the move", thanks to its easy USB-C connectivity, portability, and Auto Pivot feature making it a great companion display for professionals on the move. $10 isn't the biggest discount, but this FHD monitor is so great for what it does that it's a bargain even at full price, so why not get it for a little bit less?
My buddy Ural Garrett said that the Legion R25F-30 is "a solid 1080p gaming monitor with some compromises," in his review last month, and there are some sacrifices that had to be made to keep this 1080p gaming monitor under $200, but its fantastic gaming performance with 280Hz refresh, 0.5ms pixel response, and wide color gamut coverage (it even has built-in speakers) makes this a cheap gaming monitor that delivers where it counts. The 15% discount at Lenovo.com makes this an even better value right now.
Today's best monitor deals in the UK
- Amazon: tonnes of monitor deals
- Argos: a range of options from £79
- Currys: every kind of PC monitors on sale
- Ebuyer: decent discounts and lots of options
- Laptops Direct: save on FHD, 4K, and ultrawides
- Acer: save up to £450 off on home, office, and gaming monitors
- Dell: get up to £158 off on great Dell monitors
- HP: discounts of 10% or more on office and gaming displays
- Samsung: savings up to £500 on select monitors
The MSI MPG 491CQP QD-OLED is easily the best ultrawide curved gaming monitor on the market right now (yes, even better than the Samsung Odyssey OLED G9), thanks to its fantastic design, outstanding performance, and outstanding RRP. I said in my MSI MPG 491CQP QD-OLED that OLED monitors like this one have quirks that might annoy some, but if you can deal with OLED Care, this monitor's 5120x1440p resolution, blazing fast 144Hz refresh, 0.03ms pixel response, and 3-year warranty make it a must-have for gamers
"Alienware’s AW3225QF is nothing short of an epic gaming experience."
That's how Zak Storey described this 32-inch 4K curved QD-OLED monitor from gaming mainstay Alienware in his review earlier this year, and it's easy to see why. With a 240Hz refresh, 0.03ms GtG pixel response, and DisplayHDR True Black 400 certification, this is a blazing-fast, vibrant gaming display that will make your games look better than ever. Zak did complain that it was a very pricey monitor at its RRP, but with this £150 discount from Dell, it's a much better value for Black Friday.
The BenQ Mobiuz EX2710Q is part of the company's gaming monitor line, but it has a lot to offer creatives as well, as I noted in my BenQ Mobiuz EX2710Q review a while back. But my biggest complaint, other than the lack of USB-C input, was its then-price of £349. With this BenQ Black Friday offer, however, it's just under £200 for a 27-inch 165Hz QHD display with fantastic color gamut support, making it a fantastic deal that's easy to recommend.
OK, I get it, a £20 discount isn't the biggest savings on a gaming monitor, but the Gigabyte M32UC was already a fantastic value at its full retail price, as we note in our review. It's such a good 32-inch 4K 144Hz gaming monitor, in fact, that it's still at the top of our best gaming monitor guide two years after we reviewed it. Whether it's the top-notch gaming performance or its rich feature set, it's only beaten out by far more expensive OLED monitors, and even then, not by as much as you'd think. If you're looking for fantastic 4K gaming for less than £500, you definitely don't want to pass on this deal.
I've been reviewing monitors for TechRadar for nearly five years now, and as I head into my fifth Black Friday deals season, I'm here to bring my years of experience and expertise to bear to help you find the right display for your needs and budget.
BLACK FRIDAY Monitor DEALS 2024: FAQs
When will Black Friday monitor deals start in 2024?
Black Friday 2024 falls on November 29, but it's no longer the case that the best Black Friday monitor deals are released on the day itself. In recent years, retailers have released record-low prices on a range of monitors during early sales, allowing consumers to secure a display ahead of Black Friday proper, so the deals we're seeing now will be just as good as you'll find on the big day itself.
What specs should I look for when buying a monitor on Black Friday?
One of the things to be most aware of as you search for Black Friday monitor deals is that retailers are trying to push off old stock. This means that you might come across what looks to be a great deal, only to find out later that the monitor is several years old with outdated specs. Of course, that doesn’t make it useless, as most monitors are still perfectly usable.
Keep in mind that monitors at the very least should be 1080p resolution, which is really the bare minimum HD resolution these days, though preferably 1440p (or even 4K, if you can afford it). From there, your needs will vary based on what kind of work you need your monitor for.
For instance, if you do professional work like photography or video editing, you’ll need a monitor with color gamut coverage that allows for proper color correction. At least 98% sRGB color gamut coverage should be the minimum, with specific gamuts like DCI-P3 for video editing and Adobe RGB for photo editing and processing should also be greater than 95%. This ensures that any other monitor viewing that professional material will see images and video in its proper colors across the board.
Brightness is also an important factor for image color quality and accuracy as well, with the higher number being better. Going for 300 nits and above is a great place to start.
Meanwhile, the two most important factors other than resolution for gaming monitors are refresh rate and pixel response time. For the former, the higher the number the better since it represents the number of times per second the image refreshes on the screen. Refresh rates of 144Hz and above are particularly good.
For pixel response, you'll want to have as low as a number as possible, as it represents the amount of time it takes to shift from one color to another, with lower numbers meaning a much sharper and clearer image. A response time of 1ms or less is especially great for gaming and is what you want to strive for.
Other features like picture-in-picture, KVM, and more are all nice to have, and the choice between an IPS, mini-LED, or OLED panel is going to make a huge difference in the quality of the image, but also in how much you're going to pay for it. Generally, start off with IPS panels, which look good enough and are much cheaper. OLED panels look stunning and offer incredible color contrast and pixel response, but these are also very expensive, and have issues with image burn-in over time. mini-LED, meanwhile, is a great compromise between the two.
Why you can trust TechRadar this Black Friday
We've been covering Black Friday sales for over a decade here at TechRadar, and our collective experience allows us to sort the great deals from the clearance rubbish that you're going to want to avoid, no matter the price.
The TechRadar computing team is especially knowledgeable when it comes to monitors, having reviewed hundreds of them over our 15 years, and we're here to leverage all of that experience and testing to help you find the right monitor deal that gets you the display you want at a great price.
What's more, I'm only including deals on this page that we've actually reviewed on the site, so you can read more about what our team thinks of them so you'll know these deals have been fully vetted by the pros.
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John (He/Him) is the Components Editor here at TechRadar and he is also a programmer, gamer, activist, and Brooklyn College alum currently living in Brooklyn, NY.
Named by the CTA as a CES 2020 Media Trailblazer for his science and technology reporting, John specializes in all areas of computer science, including industry news, hardware reviews, PC gaming, as well as general science writing and the social impact of the tech industry.
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- Christian GuytonEditor, Computing