In prior years, Black Friday used to be a small window of five days between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, and it would make sense to halt all of your shopping until that time arrived. That's just not true anymore. Retailers are stretching out this sale event across all of November so that some of the best deals of the season can happen weeks in advance.

Several retailers are advertising early Black Friday deals on TVs. However, I've only listed the TVs that I think are worth picking up right now. In other words, I don't think they will drop in price any further and they will remain competitive with the best deals we'll find on Black Friday. If there's a TV deal that isn't mentioned here, chances are I think you should waitand see if a better deal will pop up. After all, Black Friday is less than two weeks away.

If you're just window shopping and want to hold off on your purchases no matter what, at least keep these deals bookmarked in case they do happen to be the best deals, even on Black Friday proper.

The Samsung LS03D is the new 2024 model and it is on sale at an appreciable discount for the first time. Every size is currently marked down, but the best deals are for the 55" model for $899.99 and the 65" model for $1299.99. Samsung's "The Frame" sets itself apart from all other TVs with its seamless aesthetics. It features an Art Mode that showcases your choice of fine art similar to a screen saver on your computer. You can choose art purchased from the Samsung Art Store or your own personal collection of NFTs, personal photos, wallpapers, or whatever else you want displayed. The TV bezel is thin and can be customized with different colors and designs to make it look like an art frame. No TV stand is included because "The Frame" is supposed to look more like a painting than a TV set. Instead, you get a slim wall mount.

Here's your chance to get one of the best OLED TVs on the market at an amazing price. Right now, Samsung, Amazon, and Best Buy are offering the current 2024 model 65" Samsung S90D 4K OLED Smart TV for only $1,399.99 after a massive 48% off price drop. This is an excellent TV to pair up with your PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X. In fact, this TV could even be a better gaming TV than the LG C4. Although we haven't personally tested it, RTINGS says that the S90D is brighter, has a wider color gamut, better color volume, wider viewing angle, and better HDR gradient handling.

If you're looking to buy a TV from one of the big three brands (Samsung, LG, or Sony), Samsung has the best deals going right now. Samsung's Black Friday Sale has significant price drops on 2024 model TVs. Most of these discounts can also be redeemed at third party retailer like Amazon and Best Buy. One TV - the QNX1D - is a Samsung.com exclusive.

This excellent deal is exclusive to Best Buy. The Samsung DU6950 is an entry level TV for those of you who trust and want to stick with the Samsung brand but are still looking for a budget TV. This an updated 2024 model that makes for a great basic gaming TV thanks to its low response time and variable refresh rate.

Walmart has dropped the price of the 2023 55" LG B3 4K OLED Smart TV to only $798 shipped. That's the lowest price we've ever seen for a 55" OLED TV. The LG B3 OLED TV is less expensive than the C4/C3, but it's still an excellent TV for PS5 and Xbox Series X gamers. That's because this is a true 4K OLED TV with HDMI 2.1 inputs for native 4K gaming at up to 120Hz refresh rate.

For all you budget TV shoppers, one of the best TV deals of 2024 is now live. As part of Walmart's Early Black Friday Sale, Walmart is currently offering the 50" Hisense R6 4K Roku TV for just $138. That's the best price we've seen for a 50" TV with native 4K resolution and a built-in Roku smart TV interface.

The Hisense 50R6030N is a new 2024 model. This TV offers pretty much everything you really need at an unbeatable price. There will absolutely be plenty more TVs on sale during Black Friday, and if you're looking for a different screen size or a specific feature, then you should wait. However, if you want a 50" TV for the lowest price possible, you won't find anything much better than this deal.

Note that this TV was extremely popular on November 11 when the deal went live and sold out in a matter of hours. Unless you're located in an obscure zip code, chances are it's out of stock and unavailable at the moment. We have it listed here because there's always a chance it will return prior to or on Black Friday. If not, at least you have a good baseline price point that you can use when checking the prices of other affordable 50" TV deals.

Walmart's other best budget TV deal is on this 75" TCL S4 4K Roku TV for only $378. The S4 is TCL's least expensive 4K TV lineup and even at its everyday retail price of $498 it represents a pretty strong value. At $120 off, it's practically a steal. Aside from the much larger screen size, the TCL S4 is quite similar to the Hisense R6 mentioned above. It features a native 4K resolution, built-in smart TV interface, Motion Rate 120, and auto low latency mode for gaming.

This TV is also going out of stock quickly, but there are still a few zip codes where this TV is in stock for free shipping or in-store pickup. Will we see a cheaper 75" 4K TV on Black Friday? I don't think so.

Best Buy and Walmart have dropped the price on the new-for-2024 85" Hisense QD7 4K Smart TV. Right now, you can get it for just $799.99 after a $400 instant discount. This is an excellent deal for a huge TV that can run games in 4K at up to 144Hz on your PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X console. It costs hundreds of dollars less than every TV in our roundup of the best TVs for PlayStation 5. For those of you who picked up the new PS5 Pro, perhaps this will help alleviate the sting of spending $700 on a console.

The QD7 is one of Hisense's newest TV releases and became available for purchase only a few months ago. It's a gaming-oriented TV that's a great option for anyone who owns a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X console and wants to be able to play games without compromise at a budget price point.

This particular model of the 4K TV boasts an absolutely huge 85" screen size, full-array LED backlighting, and QLED panel technology for a wider range of colors. It has two HDMI 2.1 ports each capable of up to 144Hz refresh rate. Other gaming-first features include variable refresh rate from 48Hz to 144Hz, auto low latency mode with MEMC, and AMD FreeSync Premium support. For watching movies and shows in HDR, the QD7 supports Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, and HLG formats. It adopts Google TV as its smart interface, which means any Android phone or tablet can be used as a remote.

The actual date of Black Friday in 2024 falls on November 29, but the holiday deals season starts a lot earlier than that. Plenty of retailers have already been dropping deals online. (This usually starts in the last week of October, just before Halloween.) More and more deals will roll out leading up to the event, which culminates in massive discounts on Black Friday. Retailers will not reveal their biggest Bdeals until the big day, but many deals will be available well in advance.

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

Epic Games is making some changes to its Fortnite Battle Pass model that will see its standard pass getting a price increase in just a few weeks.

The gaming mega company talked players through its plans in a post on its website today. While the update details various adjustments, such as new inclusions for Fortnite Crew subscribers, the thing that’s likely to affect most battle royale fans is the slight increase in cost for the Battle Pass. Fortnite has long offered its standard pass for 950 V-Bucks, but starting December 1, the price will increase by 50, bringing the total asking number to 1,000 V-Bucks.

IGN has reached out to Epic Games for comment.

It's a small increase in price but still undeniably notable considering Epic hasn’t altered the cost of the Fortnite Battle Pass in the past. The studio does clarify that the real-world cost of its popular digital currency will remain unchanged (you can pick up 1,000 V-Bucks on the Epic Games Store for $8.99 right now), and you’ll still be able to earn chunks of V-Bucks by reaching certain Battle Pass levels, too. While any increase in price may be worrying for fans, Epic adds that the price of its 25 Battle Pass Reward Bundle is going down from 1,850 to 1,800. IGN has reached out to Epic for comment.

These tiny but fundamental changes arrive ahead of the highly anticipated launch of Fortnite OG: Chapter 1 – Season 1 on December 6. Part of the shift to allow players to enjoy the classic battle royale experience will see the $12.99 Fortnite Crew deal sweetened to include even more goodies. The bundle currently grants subscribers the standard Fortnite Battle Pass, 1,000 V-Bucks, monthly Crew Pack outfits, Crew Pack outfit styles, and Rocket League’s Premium Rocket Pass. Starting December 1, it will be expanded to include the Music Pass and LEGO Pass without asking subscribers for a penny more.

It’s an enticing offer that will no doubt keep players investing their time in Epic’s gaming ecosystem, especially considering that earning XP in any one of the related games will progress all of their battle passes simultaneously. A Crew subscription will also grant access to any additional passes that arrive in the future, including the new, yet-to-be-detailed Fortnite OG Pass.

The catch with the Fortnite Crew upgrade is that new subscribers who sign up after December 1 will no longer be able to unlock premium rewards from the passes after their subscription is no longer active. It means that if you sign up for Crew and then cancel shortly after, you’ll only be able to claim rewards for the remainder of your billing period. Players are currently able to cancel Crew and still reap the benefits of the remaining Battle Pass as long as it’s live, and this won’t be changing for those who are currently subscribed and remain subscribed after the changes take effect.

Epic is making major changes as it looks to the future with the permanent nostalgia-fueled Fortnite OG mode. The company is currently in the midst of Chapter 5: Season 5, which will conclude when Chapter 6: Season 1 kicks off next month. Details on its theme and exact contents remain under wraps, so while we wait for more information, be sure to check out the Fortnite-themed PlayStation 5 DualSense controller that released earlier this month.

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Microsoft has revealed everything included in its Black Friday sale. The Xbox deals include some discounts on games, controllers, consoles, and more, plenty of which are now live. But, we've found a few extra early Black Friday deals we want to share with you today as well, including a top discount on Xbox controllers currently down to just $34.99 using a promo code PLAYXBOX, or SSD expansion cards for just $100. Here’s a breakdown of the best offers for Xbox running now through Black Friday and beyond.

Microsoft has officially announced big savings on digital Xbox and PC games, running now through December 2. You can enjoy up to 55% off select digital Xbox games and up to 60% off select PC digital games. There are big deals for games like FC 25 ($34.99), Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred ($29.99), Star Wars: Outlaws ($52.49), and more. If you picked up a discounted Xbox gift card from Amazon this week, this must be music to your ears! If you didn't, you're out of luck: That deal just expired. But, like most deals that fizzle out early, there's always a chance it comes back closer to Black Friday.

While these deals are focused on digital content, expect even more discounts when retailers like Amazon launch Black Friday sales on November 21, with additional offers rolling out on Black Friday itself, November 29. There are also already a some sneaky select deals that you might want to consider before the official deals kick in. For starters, Star Wars Outlaws is already on sale for Black Friday, $20 off its original list price, and down to just $49.99 for at least the next few weeks.

Black Friday Xbox Bonus Offers

Lenovo is pushing Black Friday pricing on Xbox controllers earlier than we expected. Starting today, you can pick up an official Microsoft Xbox Series X|S wireless controller for as low as $34.99 after you apply coupon code "PLAYXBOX". Seven different color schemes are on sale right now. Most of them are $39.99, however the Velocity Green controller is $5 cheaper than the rest at $34.99. These controllers are compatible with Xbox Series X and S consoles as well as your PC.

Xbox is also officially discounting controllers from November 21 through December 2, and December 13 through December 22, but it's only $10 off. You're likely to find better deals now, or at other retailers in and around Black Friday itself. Also, from November 28 – December 5, there's free engraving on Xbox Design Lab controllers.

Xbox 1TB expansion cards have finally dropped to just $100 in the Black Friday sales. For years, these expansion cards from Western Digital and Seagate tend to fall to about $125 every sale event, and never getting much cheaper than that. We've seen the occasional big discount at Woot, but those tend to sell out exceptionally quickly.

But, now for Black Friday, Best Buy has dropped the WD BLACK C50 1TB Storage Expansion Card to just $99.99, $50 off the list price, and probably the best Xbox storage deal we're going to see over the Black Friday sales. Other retailers like Amazon are yet to price match, but we expect they will this week, so keep an eye on them if Best Buy sell out before you get a chance to buy.

Another standout offer is the Fire TV Stick 4K, now at its lowest-ever price of $21.99 (according to camelcamelcamel) beating its previous best of $25 during Prime Day. As Microsoft is now reminding us, which is hilariously also now a meme, you can use a Fire TV Stick to stream Xbox games at no extra cost. For those looking for an upgrade, the Fire TV Stick 4K Max is also at a record-low price of $32.99. Both are excellent deals, but we recommend acting fast before stock runs out.

If you’ve been eyeing an Xbox console, the 1TB Carbon Black Series X is currently $50 off, bringing it down to $448. Microsoft has confirmed this $50 discount will last until at least November 23, so you've got until then to grab the deal. From November 21, we'll see some deals on Xbox Series S start to appear as well (at least $50 off).

Editor's Note: This Woot Xbox Game Pass deal is currently out of stock, but Woot often brings deals like this back often, so keep an eye out for more discounts in the build up to Black Friday on November 29. We'll certainly keep you updated if this changes, so bookmark this page or follow us @IGNDeals on Twitter/X or Bluesky.

One of our favorite Xbox Game Pass Ultimate deals has returned at Woot, providing another opportunity for users to stack their membership at a discounted rate. You can get three months of the service for just $29.19, today only with code TWENTY. Even after this code expires, $36.49 for three months of Game Pass is pretty great as well, but only if the codes stay in stock!

Considering the new price of Game Pass Ultimate is $19.99/month, you're saving big with this three-month deal. This is the best way to avoid the Xbox Game Pass price hike. By stacking these codes you can set yourself up for success to play all of their upcoming releases at a lower price.

The actual date of Black Friday in 2024 falls on November 29 this year, but the deals season begins a lot sooner than that (as seen with these Xbox deals). In other Black Friday news, Nintendo has also recently announced its sale plans for Black Friday, with discounts on Tears of the Kingdom, Joy-Con controllers, and more confirmed to be on sale in the coming days.

There’s also been plenty of speculation about what PlayStation fans might expect this Black Friday, including the possibility of a discount or bundle deal for the PS5 Pro. Alongside hardware deals, we’ve also considered which games are likely to see price drops soon.

Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.