Black Friday is Nov. 23, and that means the usual cornucopia of deals. Some are good, some are bad, these are the best.
Black Friday is Nov. 23 this year, but many deals are already available (as of Sunday, Nov. 18).
Here at CNET, we’re busy highlighting, parsing and collating all of the best deals. \We’ll be updating this roundup as we see more deals and push the most current deals — the sales you can access right now — to the front of the gallery. Check back for more top deals in the coming days!
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This PS4 Slim deal bundle includes the excellent Spider-Man, all for $200. Get it at several retailers.
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This is a nice deal on a PlayStation VR bundle that includes a PSVR headset, PlayStation Camera, Move controllers, Creed: Rise to Glory and Superhot VR for $250. It normally costs $350.
Target and Best Buy will also be discounting their other PSVR bundles (with different games) by $100. Some cost $200, but don’t include Move controllers.
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This is the main deal on the Xbox One S this Black Friday. The console normally retails for $300 and then you get Minecraft thrown in — all for $200.
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Add $30, and get it bundled with the all-new Battlefield V game (and throws in Battlefield: 1943 and Battlefield 1 Revolution for free, too).
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If you want true 4K power, step up to the Xbox One X. You can get it now at various stores for $400, which is a $100 savings:
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Add $30 to get it with Fallout 76 or NBA 2K19 bundled in:
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Best Buy will have the Xbox One X + Battlefield 5 and extra controller for $430 later this week. Other retailers will have similar deals.
Availability: Thanksgiving Day, 5 p.m.
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Normally $120, Amazon’s Fire TV Cube will be $60 starting on Nov. 16. It’s been on sale before for $60, but we haven’t seen it lower than that.
Availability: Nov. 16.
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Amazon’s largest tablet, the Fire HD 10, which comes with 32GB of storage (as well as a slot to add memory cards), is now on sale a Amazon. That’s $50 off. You won’t see it for cheaper than that.
Availability: Nov. 16.
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One of the most powerful streamers around, the Shield throws together Android TV and Google Assistant thanks to the voice remote. This version lacks a game controller, but you could always get one later (they cost $60).
This price is available now from Walmart and other retailers.
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TCL 55-inch 4K HDR smart Roku TV (model 55S405) is one of the best TV values out there with decent picture quality for the price and Roku streaming built-in. This is a 2017 model that usually lists for $450. The 2018 version costs $430.
Availability: Now.
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You can get Sony’s new micro Bluetooth speaker for a mere $17 at Walmart. That’s a good deal on a decent little Bluetooth speaker. Expect this one to go fast. If you don’t want to wait, you can get it now at Best Buy for $25.
Availability: Thanksgiving Day, 6 p.m. (in stores); Nov. 21,10 p.m. online.
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We called the E-Series the cheapest home-theater-worthy TV, in large part because it’s the least-expensive with full-array local dimming — a feature that goes further than any other for improving LCD picture quality. This huge Vizio is truly home-theater-sized, and this is a great price.
Availability: Now — this deal starts Nov. 16 and supposedly runs through Black Friday weekend, though some retailers may end their sales earlier. It’s available at Target, Best Buy and Costco, at least through Saturday, Nov. 17.
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You can get cheaper Bluetooth speakers, but we loved the UE Wonderboom — which is totally waterproof and sounds great — when it cost $100. And you can get it now at Target for half that.
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Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick 4K is already a good deal at $50, but Amazon and Target already have it for $15 off.
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Amazon and Best Buy earlier had the Jabra Elite 65t for $120 on sale for $120 a savings of $50. Now you can get the deal through Jabra when you apply promotional code BF2018 during checkout.
Jabra also has the older Elite Sport ($150), Elite 45e ($60), Move Wireless ($50), Talk 45 ($40) and Talk 55 ($50). There are some additional deals on Jabra’s deal listings page here.
Availability: Now.
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Walmart will be the first store offering the iPad 32GB version for $250, which is $80 off; most other retailers will follow later in the week. Best Buy has the same 32GB iPad for $260 right now, but that’s only with a 2-year Verizon contract.
Availability: Wed., Nov. 21 at 10 p.m. ET at Walmart.com
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Target and Amazon are running a sale on both the 42mm ($280) and 46mm ($300) Galaxy Watches right now. But the deal will get a little sweeter on the 42mm model come Black Friday. It’ll be $250.
Availability: Sale begins in stores Thanksgiving evening, Thursday 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.; continues Black Friday starting at 7 a.m.
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This is an insane price on a big TV with Roku, the best smart TV system CNET has ever tested.
Walmart’s ad says the TV is either the TCL 65S4 or the Sharp LC‑65Q7300U, and that brands and models vary per store. We haven’t reviewed either model directly, but the specifications look similar to the 55-inch 55S405 we reviewed in 2017 (pictured). We expect similar picture quality — decent but nowhere near the much more expensive TCL 65R617, for example. Still, at this size, price and level of smart TV convenience, these sets are a steal.
Availability: Walmart’s store event kicks off at 6 p.m. local time on Thanksgiving and online deals start at 10 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 21. Prices are valid through Friday, while supplies last. That means you’ll be able to get these deals without having to visit a Walmart store.
This is basically the 55-inch version of the Walmart TCL/Sharp deal on the last page. Again, we haven’t reviewed this particular model — it seems to be exclusive to Walmart — but we’re betting its picture quality and great Roku smart TV-ness line up well with the TCL 55S405. But the Hisense is much cheaper (one 55-inch Hisense 4K Roku TV is selling for $378, but it’s unclear if it’s the same model).
Availability: Walmart’s store event kicks off at 6 p.m. local time on Thanksgiving and online deals start at 10 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 21. Prices are valid through Friday, while supplies last. That means you’ll be able to get these deals without having to visit a Walmart store.
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We haven’t reviewed this Hisense (model 40EU3000), but we’re guessing its image quality is on the bottom end of „acceptable,“ at best. But this is the lowest price we’ve ever seen for a 40-inch TV. Just last year we were excited about 32-inch TVs for $99. Insanity.
Availability: Thanksgiving Day, 6 p.m. (in stores), Nov. 21,10 p.m. online .
This is the big Nintendo Switch bundle deal for Black Friday. You pay full price for the console ($300) and get Mario Kart Deluxe for free.
Availability: Thanksgiving Day, 5 p.m.
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Normally $480, the Samsung 55-inch 4K HDR smart TV (model UN55NU6900) will be available for $400 at Dell starting on Nov. 16.
Availability: Nov. 16.
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Normally about $800, the LG 65-inch 4K HDR smart TV (model 65UK6090PUA) will be $600 at Dell, starting on Nov. 16, plus you’ll get a $100 Dell gift card.
Availability: Nov. 16.
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The Apple Watch Series 3 with GPS will be $200 at Target starting Nov. 22 (list price is $280) while the cellular version will be $300 (usually $380). Note these are the 38mm prices — the 42mm will cost a bit more.
Best Buy currently has the Apple Watch Series 3 for $229 (38mm) and $259 (42mm) if you want to pick up one now for $50 off.
Availability: Thanksgiving Day, 5 p.m.
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Walmart bills the Roku SE an „exclusive.“ While it looks very similar to the Roku Express we reviewed and really liked for the $35 price, it’s apparently a bit faster, according to Roku. At $20 it’s an epic streaming bargain.
Walmart throws in a $35 credit for Sling TV with purchase of a Roku player and one free month of Showtime, an $11 value, to get you to buy it there. ( Disclosure: Showtime is a division of CBS, parent company of CNET.)
Bose’s SoundLink Micro is a pocket-sized speaker that sounds great for its tiny size. It lists for $100 but Target will have it for $70.
Availability: Sale begins in stores Thanksgiving evening, Thursday 5 p.m. to 1 a.m., continues Black Friday starting at 7 a.m.
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Newegg has loaded up this Acer laptop with a remarkable collection of components. We loved a nearly identical version at $600. And for $100 less, Newegg is offering it with an eighth-gen Intel Core i5 processor, Nvidia’s GeForce MX150 GPU, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD.
Availability: The system is currently available for $530. The price drops to $500 starting Nov. 20.
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This Sharp features the best smart TV system — Roku TV — for as low ($250) as we’ve ever seen at this price. We haven’t seen the Sharp directly, but the specifications look similar to the 55-inch 55S405 we reviewed in 2017. We expect similar picture quality — decent but nowhere near the much more expensive TCL 65R617, for example.
Availability: Friday Doorbuster (in-store only on Nov. 23, limited quantities)
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Looking for a real laptop? This deal offers decent components, including a Core i3 CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive for $500 .
Availability: Thanksgiving Day, 6 p.m. (in stores); Nov. 21,10 p.m. online.
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Apple’s awesome-sounding smart speaker has two major knocks: Siri still isn’t as good a voice assistant as Alexa or Google, and the $350 price is just too high. This Best Buy discount nicely addresses the second issue, getting it to a much more reasonable $250.
Availability: In-store on Thanksgiving at 5 p.m. but this price isn’t marked „in-store only,“ so it could appear at BestBuy.com as well.
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