The best Black Friday monitor deals will be popping up across the internet in no time. If you’ve been keen to upgrade your set-up with an immersive curved gaming monitor, or perhaps one with an OLED screen for the first time, this is a good opportunity to do so.
Historically, Dell, Samsung, and Lenovo have all gotten in on the Black Friday festivities, and they are already gearing up to do so again this year. Meanwhile, you can often find many of the best gaming monitors on sale over at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, as those retailers all run large Black Friday sales too.
Best gaming monitor deals ahead of Black Friday 2024
While the Black Friday sales have yet to come into full swing, the following retailers all have some pretty decent gaming monitor deals up and running:
What is Black Friday?
Black Friday is an annual sales event that sees much larger reductions than those typically seen during other sales throughout the year. It hails the beginning of the Christmas shopping period and is a good opportunity for PC gamers to stock up on new hardware, such as keyboards, due to the abundance of deals from the likes of Lenovo, Samsung, and so on.
When is Black Friday 2024?
Black Friday 2024 takes place on November 29. It always follows immediately after Thanksgiving, so is a little later this year due to Thanksgiving itself being a little later. Many early Black Friday deals pop up throughout November, but the best deals are typically saved for the day itself and the weekend that follows. The Monday after, Cyber Monday, is a sales event of its own too.
Black Friday shopping tips
Black Friday is a massive event and it is fair to say that there will be hundreds, if not thousands, of individual monitor deals. Knowing how to find the best deals can be daunting, but we have a number of tips for you:
- Come prepared: which monitors do you have your eyes on? If you make a list of the ones you’d like to buy in advance, you can just search for them on the day, rather than trawling through every monitor deal. A bit of early research could save you a lot of time.
- Compare prices: many retailers, such as Amazon, will inflate the ‘original price’ of products so that the discount price looks more enticing. To avoid falling for this trap, check the original prices on the manufacturer’s website (e.g. Samsung or Lenovo) as they are usually accurate and reliable.
- Be time-conscious: if you see a fantastic monitor deal and think to yourself “I’ll come back and buy that later” there’s a pretty big chance that it will be gone when you come back later. Black Friday deals are often time-limited, or based on limited stock availability, so any given deal might only last for a couple of hours.
- Set a budget: retailers make huge profits over Black Friday because a lot of customers spend more than they usually would and buy things they don’t really want or need just because of the illusion of saving money. With a fixed budget in place, you know you won’t be spending any more than you’d like to.
If you’re planning to scope out the market a little before the sales begin, read our articles on the best 4k gaming monitors and the best curved gaming monitors. These will help give you some idea of which monitors are worth your hard-earned cash.