How to Choose a Computer Monitor You Won't Hate in a Few Years PC monitors are cheaper, faster, and more beautiful than ever. Here's how to pick one that will suit your needs and budget. Most people treat their monitor like a printer. They just want it to work without having to think about it. But if you work from home or spend hours gaming every night, it's worth an upgrade. And that's where things can get complicated. Do you pay extra for more ports?

We've searched through thousands of TV deals on Black Friday and narrowed it down to the best deals worth your time and money. We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. It's tradition to grab a giant TV for a low price on Black Friday. We pulled best discounts from Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy with an eye toward models that will actually make your living room look and feel better--not just whatever is cheapest. Below you'll find our Editor's Picks, followed by a big categorized list so you can quickly jump to the size and price range that makes sense for your home theater setup.

We've rounded up the best Black Friday TV deals for every budget, from 50in OLEDs and small smart TVs to top-rated brands like Samsung and LG Do you really need to buy a new TV? The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. W hen it comes to buying a new TV during Black Friday, careful prep and a canny eye for detail are everything. Sometimes that big-screen bargain isn't quite the steal you might think, and even if the price is right, niggling problems could sour long-term satisfaction. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. And it may be that you don't need a new TV at all - don't let the Black Friday FOMO fool you. Read our guide to making the most out of the TV you already have .

We've rounded up the best early Black Friday TV deals, from 50in OLEDs and small smart TVs to big-name brands like Samsung and LG Do you really need to buy a new TV? The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. W hen it comes to buying a new TV during Black Friday, careful prep and a canny eye for detail are everything. Sometimes that big-screen bargain isn't quite the steal you might think, and even if the price is right, niggling problems could sour long-term satisfaction. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link.

Save a chunk of cash on the amazing 65-inch LG G5 OLED. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Our premium television pick, the LG G5 OLED is currently marked down to just under $2,000 on Amazon for the 65-inch version, a $500 discount from its usual list price. This excellent OLED TV scored top marks in everything from brightness to color, and is a great choice for anyone seeking the perfect addition to their living room or home theater.

You can get much better laptops than the Acer Aspire 14 AI, but it brings a lot to the table at 699. As a result, it proves a capable, utilitarian laptop that shouldn't disappoint those who need a productivity machine. The Acer Aspire 14 AI is a budget-minded laptop aiming to bring reasonable performance and the latest Microsoft Copilot capabilities in a laptop that's modest and affordable. To that end, Acer has built a fairly simple machine that has many of the qualities -- for better or worse -- I've become accustomed to from laptops bearing the Aspire badge. You'll get a modest machine in the Acer Aspire 14 AI.

Every year, we learn about new companies from brilliant people with big ideas. They come from every corner of the planet to provide us with cool innovations to write about and nerd out over. However, it's not often that we give an award to a company that's been around for 401 years. Our category award winner this year, Zildjian, was founded in 1623. It has an extensive archive of its historic cymbals, which played a huge role in the development of its now award-winning electronic drumset.

MSI is hoping that you aren't yet tired of hearing about "AI" in consumer PCs, as the company's lineup of high-end laptops and monitors at the German trade show IFA is jam-packed with artificial alleged-intelligence. Most of it includes the usual bumps up to the latest processors, but a few products caught my eye -- like a wacky desktop PC with a huge built-in screen for its dedicated AI-powered chatbot. The MSI MEG Vision X AI is a desktop PC that's truly thicc. It's filled with the latest parts, of course, built around either an AMD Ryzen 9000 or Intel Arrow Lake CPU, with your choice of Nvidia or AMD graphics card. But none of that is what's giving this desktop PC its bulk.

With summer gone and the skies already greying over in preparation for six months of uncontested rain, you may well be thinking more seriously about video games. September and October tend to see the biggest releases of the year, so you can expect many evenings spent hiding from the world while playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 or Mario Party Jamboree. If your gaming set-up is looking a little tired and you want to treat yourself to a serious seasonal upgrade, here are some suggestions. If you have a PS5 or Xbox Series X, you'll want a 4K TV at the very least, but also a model that supports a 120-Hz refresh rate, which provides incredibly smooth, fluid image quality for compatible games. The TV should have at least one HDMI 2.1 port and you'll need a 2.1 HDMI-compatible cable to plug in your console.

Resolution: This is the big one you've probably heard of, and a higher resolution is generally better, but it's also worth considering the size of the monitor you're getting. The bigger the monitor, the more it will benefit from higher resolutions. That will allow you to have app windows that take up less space but are still legible. Refresh rate: This refers to how many times the display can refresh the picture per second, measured in hertz (or Hz). A higher refresh rate makes the action in games look smoother because you're seeing more information.