Black Friday gaming monitor deals: the best screen offers today
Black Friday is a good time to invest in a new gaming monitor, something which ought to be a fixture of your setup that should last for about five years. You won't get your money's worth from a high-end graphics card if you're hooking it up to a 1080p, 60Hz display with a cheap, washed-out panel. A monitor like that isn't out of the question if you're working on a budget build, but if you can find a deal that matches what you're able to spend, we highly recommend a 1440p, 144Hz gaming monitor if you want to experience PC gaming at its best.
The Best Black Friday Gaming Laptop deals
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1. Gaming Monitor deals
2. Gaming TV deals
It might be tougher than usual to grab the best deals while they're in stock this year. If Nvidia's recent GPU launches are anything to go by, online shopping is going to continue to be competitive this Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Some good news in that respect is that retailers don't just drop discounts on Black Friday itself these days, so we expect to find quality deals throughout November and December—in fact, the deals will likely be a little more diffuse than usual, due to concerns over shipping times.
To help you out, we'll be updating this list of the best gaming monitor deals throughout Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and beyond.
Not only are we keeping this article updated with the best G-Sync monitors (necessary for top-notch gaming performance if you're planning to upgrade to an RTX 3080 or RTX 3090) and FreeSync monitors, if you're planning to get on the AMD RX 6000-series GPU hypetrain. There'll also be a host of the G-Sync Compatible FreeSync monitors.
So, whether you're looking to game in 1080p, 1440p, 4K or (if you're one of the lucky few) 8K, keep checking back here for deals on some of the best gaming monitors around.
Black Friday deals: quick links
- Amazon - Black Friday deals on anything and everything
- Walmart - Deals on Games, Movies, Budget Laptops
- B&H Photo - Monitors, Laptops, and PCs
- Best Buy - PCs, Laptops, and Accessories
- Target - Games, Accessories, and Laptops
- Staples - Gaming Chairs and assorted office goodies
- Lenovo - Discounts on Legion Laptops and PCs
- Razer - Laptops and Gaming Accessories
- Newegg - Components and Hardware
- Microsoft - PCs, Laptops, and Games
- Dell - Alienware PCs and Laptops
Black Friday Gaming Monitor deals
Dell Curved FreeSync Monitor | 32-inch | 1440p | 165Hz | $449.99 $329.99 at Best Buy (save $120)
This is one of the perennial deals of the year, with the 32-incher from Dell getting discounts over Prime Day and now Black Friday. It's a quality screen with 165Hz refresh rate, a 1440p resolution, and a VA panel. It also supports AMD's FreeSync frame-smoothing tech for butter gaming. Mmm, buttery gaming...View Deal
AOC 23.6-Inch Curved 1080p Gaming Monitor | 144Hz | $229.99 $119.99 at Office Depot
This monitor strikes a great balance between price and specs. It is one of the more affordable displays out there, but still serves up a VA screen with a fast 144Hz refresh rate and FreeSync support. You don't get HDR on this model, but most HDR implementations on cheaper displays don't get bright enough to do it justice anyway.View Deal
Acer Predator XB271HU | 27-inch | 1440p | 165Hz | $699.99 $529 at Amazon (save $171)
The XB271 is one of my favourite displays of all time, it uses the exact same panel as the Asus ROG PG279Q, which currently sits atop our best gaming monitors list. And with a healthy discount it's a great price for a high refresh 1440p panel. There's no HDR involved, but that's almost a moot point on PC these days.View Deal
HP 27f | 27-inch | 1080p | 75Hz | $249.99 $109.99 at Best Buy (save $140)
Some great savings here, on a quality panel. Not the highest refresh, but it comes with AMD FreeSync support. Already great value at full price, now with $140 savings, the super-slim 27F VGA monitor is worth a look, if you just want to get some basic 1080p gaming underway—particularly for those packing an AMD GPU.View Deal
Alienware AW3420DW | 34-inch | 3440x1440 | 120Hz | $1,199.99 $1028.90 at Amazon (save $171)
This Alienware panel is one of the best ultrawide screens around, though has always been at a rather unpalatable price. Still, at over a grand it's a lot to spend on a screen, but with an IPS panel capable of running at 120Hz, a curve that will wrap your games around you, and a 1440p high res it's got the goods for sure.View Deal
Black Friday TV deals
Vizio UHD SmartCast TV | 55-inch | OLED | $1,299.99 $899 at Best Buy (save $400)
Want an OLED TV? Of course you do, and now Vizio has slashed the price of its 55-inch SmartCast screen there is now one that's more within reach than we've seen. With $400 off the list price this OLED TV has been designed with gaming in mind with its new ProGaming Engine. Sweet.View Deal
Vizio UHD SmartCast TV | 65-inch | OLED | $1,999.99 $1,499.99 at Best Buy (save $500)
This is arguably a better deal than the 55-inch above, given that you get a hefty $500 off the sticker price of the 65-inch version. It's still impressively thin, packs a great OLED panel, and like it's smaller sibling is still packing the same gaming-focused processing power under the hood.
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Sony Bravia A9G | OLED| 55-inch | $2,499.99 $1,899.99 at Best Buy (save $600)
Unless you have a vast lounge a 55-inch 4K TV is the sweet spot for big-screen televisions, and OLED is the perfect panel technology for such a beast. It's also a great technology for gaming, delivering impeccable contrast and HDR. And with $600 off this Sony OLED it's below $2,000 right now.View Deal
Sony X900H | 4K | 65-inch | $1,399.99 $999.99 at Best Buy (save $400)
Great savings here on this vast 65-inch, ultra-high resolution smart Android TV. We're anticipating a firmware update some time in "Winter 2020" for HDMI 2.1 compatibility, so maybe don't buy if you're looking to use a next-gen console on it straight away. Either way, with this kind of saving on a TV that does almost everything it sets out to, it's hard to ignore.View Deal
What to look out for in a Black Friday gaming monitor
When it comes to Black Friday gaming monitor deals the slack pace of progress in screen technology is a blessing. It means that a great five year-old display will still be a great gaming monitor today. So don't be put off if the panel you're looking at isn't necessarily a 2020 model.
The main thing to look out for, apart from the relative historical pricing (camelcamelcamel is your friend here) of the screen in question, is its native resolution. You want it to match up to your current and prospective graphics card. If you're going to be rocking a GPU that isn't capable of running games at 4K then you're wasting your money chasing that super-high UHD res.
Native resolution is also important when it comes to ultrawide screens too, and mostly because of that second number in the equation. A 3440 x 1440 display will be 1440 pixels high, and I'm going to say that's a minimum for ultrawides; anything lower is going too far down the letterbox route.
The next number is refresh rate. Simple 60Hz screens are no good no more. Even down at the budget end of the market you can usually bank on at least a 75Hz refresh in a cheap IPS display. And, trust me, you can tell the difference even with that small a difference. Pump things up to 120Hz, 144Hz, or even 240Hz and you will definitely be able to tell.
It may sound like heresy, but it doesn't matter if your GPU cannot deliver a solid 120fps on average, a 120Hz refresh will look great no matter what you're doing with your new gaming monitor.
Then it's all about panel technology. Personally I love an IPS screen, they deliver the best color accuracy but can suffer from slower response times and weak black levels, while a VA display isn't quite as solid on color, but is quicker to respond. Only the esports pros who care nothing for visual fidelity should consider a TN panel with its weak image quality but penchant for lightning fast refresh rates and response.
If you're planning to upgrade your machine to house one of Nvidia's new Ampere graphics cards, such as the RTX 3080 or RTX 3090, having one of the best G-Sync monitors is necessary to make the best of these high-powered cards. G-Sync being Nvidia's adaptive sync technology, a feature that reduces screen tearing, and display stutter, by syncing your refresh rate to that of your GPU.
Alternatively, the best G-Sync Compatible FreeSync monitors are out there, and they're certified by Nvidia to work with G-Sync. Although they are not the best quality monitors out there, usually you can find them cheaper. They also support AMD's FreeSync technology, if you're looking to buy a new AMD 6000-series GPU when they become available.
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