The start of the year might not seem like the best time to buy a new TV, but there are in fact some good deals to be had right now. That's largely because most of the year's new TVs were announced at CES in January, so it's now time for retailers to focus on selling all of the 2023 models ahead of their replacements arriving in the coming months.
You may well be tempted to wait for the new models to arrive, but you won't get a discount on one of those for a long time. Anyone looking for value knows to go for a model approaching the end of its life rather than one that has just launched.
So, with no further ado, here are the best deals available on the best TVs.
Today's very best TV deals
BEST 42-INCH TV DEALS
BEST 43-INCH TV DEALS
BEST 48-INCH TV DEALS
BEST 50-INCH TV DEALS
BEST 55-INCH TV DEALS
BEST 65-INCH TV DEALS
BEST 77-INCH TV DEALS
When is the best time to buy a TV?
TV prices fluctuate massively over the course of a year, and knowing the best time to buy can be the difference between bagging a bargain and paying well over the odds. Generally speaking, there are three times of year that are best to buy a new TV: spring, big sales events and big sporting events.
Of these, spring is often the very best. This is because it's the time of year that all of the previous year's TVs tend to be sold with huge reductions so that space can be made for the new models that were announced in the January. Generally speaking, TV improvements are fairly incremental from one year to the next and you can usually save yourself hundreds, if not thousands, by opting for last year's model. A word of warning, though: these are end-of-line models we are talking about so when they're gone, they're gone. Wait too long for the very lowest price and you could end up missing out entirely.
If you don't want to wait until spring, there are three big sales events to mark in your calendar: Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The 2022 editions of these events have now been and gone, but you can bet your bottom dollar they'll be back and bigger than ever in 2023. Amazon Prime Day tends to move around, but Black Friday and Cyber Monday always take place, respectively, on the first Friday and Monday after Thanksgiving in the US. That means that this year Black Friday should take place on Friday 24th November, and Cyber Monday on Monday 27th November. While these sales events don't necessarily guarantee the very lowest prices you will see all year, you can be pretty sure of getting a deal that's at least good, and quite possibly great.
While slightly less obvious, big sporting events often really do generate big deals on new TVs. Think Wimbledon, the Olympics and of course football tournaments such as the World Cup, Euros and the FA Cup Final.
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