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So far, Amazon’s only good early Black Friday TV deals are on Fire TVs

Amazon Fire TV hanging on wall above TV stand with football players and Prime logo on screen

Fire TVs on sale: Amazon’s Black Friday sale hasn’t officially started yet, but TVs are on sale already.


A quick look at the best TV deals at Amazon ahead of Black Friday

Best 55-inch TV deal

Amazon Fire TV with blue, purple, and black abstract screensaver


Best 65-inch TV deal

TCL QLED TV with screensaver featuring football player and green backdrop


Best 75-inch TV deal

TCL QLED TV with screensaver featuring football player and red backdrop

Black Friday being one of the best times of year to buy a TV is knowledge that we were all simply born with, it seems. Where to find those stellar TV deals is less obvious, and for many, is a question that boils down to one thing: Amazon or somewhere else?

To be frank, likely the only time Amazon will have the “best” TV deal in any given category is on its own Fire TVs. These, including its Amazon-branded Fire TVs as well as Fire TVs made by TCL, Toshiba, Hisense, and Insignia, get the most attention discount-wise from Amazon during any shopping holiday, and are all but guaranteed to drop to a new record-low price for Black Friday. If you’re partial to the Fire TV platform or merely trust Prime shipping the most, Amazon’s not a bad place to find an affordable mid-size 4K TV with a smooth interface. (Though Walmart’s early Black Friday deals are also coming for this category.)

For bigger or fancier QLED or OLED models, Best Buy is your best bet. Its selection of large screen premium options from Samsung, Sony, and LG is much vaster than Amazon’s, and that selection isn’t riddled with questionable third-party sellers like Amazon’s is. Best Buy’s early Back Friday deals also confirm that Best Buy is making sure to have a stake in the “small, cheap QLED” club.

At any rate, you may still want to peruse Amazon’s early Black Friday TV deals to get a head start on your comparisons to other TV deals. TV deals are categorized by size and then listed from cheapest to most expensive within that size category, which will get longer as we refresh this list with new deals that pop up.

Best early Black Friday TV deal at Amazon

TCL 75-inch Q5 QLED 4K Fire TV

$ 599.99 at Amazon
$ 749.99 Save $ 150.00

Why we like it

Many people looking to finally replace their old, slow LED TV are looking for the happy medium between the cheapest possible TV and the fanciest possible TV. TCL’s base tier QLEDs fall right in this sweet spot, and we’re particularly drawn to the $ 599.99 price point on this huge 75-incher.

Though the 20% discount itself isn’t as steep as the 30% or 40% off ones we’re seeing in our list, it has to be noted that the TV is already ridiculously modestly priced to start with. The $ 599.99 price point looks even sweeter in context when put beside the 65-inch version of Amazon’s in-house Omni QLED is also on sale for the same price — so you’re getting 10 more diagonal inches of screen for the same amount of money.

Even as one of the more basic QLEDs on the market, you’ll immediately notice the change in brightness and color of the Q65 over the regular LED you’ve been watching. The difference comes from a layer of quantum dots laid over the LED backlight, which provides an overall punchier picture that’s much better for gaming or watching sports.

More TV deals at Amazon

43-inch TVs

50- to 55-inch TVs

65-inch TVs

75-inch TVs and up

One more thing: If you’re getting rid of an old TV to make room for this Black Friday purchase, take it somewhere that recycles old electronics (like Best Buy) rather than trashing it.

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