Black Friday 2026 lands on November 27, which is four months out from today. No honest page can show you live prices that far ahead. What it can show you is the receipt from last November, and that receipt tells you almost exactly what to expect.
Black Friday monitor deals in 2026 will run from roughly November 20 through Cyber Monday on November 30. Expect 25% to 45% off list prices on gaming panels, with the deepest cuts landing on OLED. A 27-inch 1440p OLED near $349 and a 32-inch 4K OLED near $649 are the numbers to watch.
| Category | Verified Black Friday 2025 low | 2026 target price | Read |
| 24-inch 1080p 180Hz IPS | $109 | $99 | Cheap all year, cheapest in November |
| 27 to 32-inch 1440p 165-200Hz LCD | $199.99 | $169 | Best cost per pixel in the sale |
| 27-inch 4K 144-160Hz IPS | $199.99 | $199 | The sleeper bargain of 2025 |
| 27-inch 4K 288Hz IPS | $229.99 | $219 | Rare, sells out fast |
| 27-inch 1440p 240Hz OLED | $399.97 | $349 | Worth waiting for |
| 34-inch 3440×1440 QD-OLED | $499.99 | $499 | Already close to its floor |
| 27-inch 4K 240Hz QD-OLED | $699 | $599 | Newest panel, softest discount |
| 32-inch 4K 240Hz OLED | $749.99 | $649 | The headline cut every year |
| 49-inch 5120×1440 240Hz QD-OLED | $849.99 | $799 | Rarely drops further |
Key takeaways
- Black Friday falls on Friday, November 27, 2026. Cyber Monday is Monday, November 30.
- Deal week opens early. In 2025, the main retail event started on November 20.
- OLED took the biggest cuts last year: 30% to 45% off list was normal, not exceptional.
- Some panels are already cheaper today than they were on Black Friday 2025, so a list price is not a benchmark.
- Set a number per category before November and refuse to pay above it.
When Black Friday 2026 lands, and when the sale really starts
Retailers do not set this date. The federal calendar does. According to the Office of Personnel Management’s 2026 federal holiday schedule, Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday, November 26, 2026. Black Friday is the day after, so mark Friday, November 27.
That single day is not the window, though. Amazon opened its Black Friday Week event on November 20, 2025, and kept discounting through December 1. Newegg held its own launch back to November 29. Expect the same shape in 2026.
- Thursday, November 19 to Wednesday, November 25: early deal week, where most of the OLED stock actually moves.
- Friday, November 27: Black Friday proper, best for doorbuster LCDs and store-brand panels.
- Monday, November 30: Cyber Monday, historically the sharpest day for anything sold direct by Dell, Samsung or LG.
- December 1 to 5: leftovers and price matching, thinner stock but occasional new lows.
Almost all of it happens online. US retail e-commerce sales hit $326.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026, 16.9% of all retail spending, according to Census Bureau figures released in May 2026. Store shelves are a sideshow now.
What monitors actually cost on Black Friday 2025
Every rival page skips this part, and it is the only honest way to judge a 2026 offer. These are closing prices recorded by PCWorld, PC Gamer, Tom’s Guide and HotHardware during the 2025 event. If a 2026 listing does not beat them, it is not a deal. For the full picture, read Kirk Herbstreit.
- Asus TUF 24-inch 1080p 180Hz IPS: $109, down from $179.
- MSI MAG 275UPD 27-inch 4K: $199.99, down from $309.99.
- Samsung 32-inch 1440p 165Hz curved: $199.99, down from $328.64.
- AOC Agon Pro AG276QZD2 27-inch 240Hz OLED: $399.97, down from $569.99.
- Alienware AW3423DWF 34-inch QD-OLED: $499.99, down from $899.99.
- MSI MPG 321URX 32-inch 4K 240Hz OLED: $749.99, down from $1,049.99.
- Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 49-inch: $849.99, its lowest price to that point.
Two patterns jump out. OLED discounts scaled with size, and the 27-inch class fell hardest in percentage terms. Our equipment buying guides use those closing prices as the reference point rather than a manufacturer’s list, because a list price on a two-year-old panel is fiction.
Black Friday monitor deals by category, and what to pay
Start with resolution and size, then let the sale decide the panel type. A 27-inch screen at 1440p and a 32-inch at 4K both land near 109 pixels per inch. That is the sweet spot most people chase without knowing the number.
For competitive shooters, refresh rate beats everything. A 1080p 240Hz to 500Hz panel was under $400 last November, and 500Hz IPS reached $399.99. That is the tier the pros use. Read how our esports tournament coverage describes the settings players run, then decide whether you need pixels you will switch off anyway.
Console players have a narrower job. A PS5 or Xbox tops out at 4K 120Hz. A 27-inch or 32-inch 4K panel at 144Hz covers that, and anything past 240Hz buys a signal your console cannot send. Check the HDMI 2.1 spec on the box, then match it against the PS5 games coverage for the titles that genuinely run at 120 frames.
Productivity buyers should ignore the gaming tiers entirely. A 27-inch 4K IPS with USB-C at $199 to $249 does more for a work setup than a 240Hz panel at twice the price. Text clarity on a standard RGB stripe LCD also beats most OLED subpixel layouts.
Panel specs worth waiting four months for
OLED moved a long way in 2026, and the gap between last year’s stock and this year’s panels is now large enough to matter. Fifth-generation QD-OLED arrived with a V-stripe subpixel layout and a coating that removes the magenta tint older panels showed under room lighting. Peak brightness climbed to roughly 1,300 to 1,500 nits, and certification moved up from DisplayHDR True Black 400 to True Black 500 and 600.
- 27-inch 4K 240Hz OLED is now a mainstream size rather than a halo product, which is why its discount is shallow.
- Tandem WOLED pushes peak brightness to about 1,700 nits on some configurations, a real gain in a bright room.
- Triple-mode 4K 360Hz panels can drop to 1440p at 520Hz or 1080p at 680Hz on the same screen.
- Glossy 24.5-inch 540Hz WOLED is due in November 2026, so the current 480Hz stock should be discounted around it.
- DisplayHDR True Black certification demands a black level of 0.0005 cd/m2 against 0.4 for standard DisplayHDR 400. That gap separates real HDR from a badge.
Buying a 2024 QD-OLED at a 2026 discount is still a fine outcome. Just know which generation you are getting, because retailers list both side by side at similar prices.
What hasn’t gotten cheaper since last November
Here is the uncomfortable finding. Several 2025 Black Friday winners have drifted below their sale price during ordinary 2026 promotions, and at least one has gone up. Prices below are the tracked mid-2026 sale figures for the same model.
| Model | Black Friday 2025 | Tracked price, July 2026 | Change |
| MSI MPG 321URX, 32-inch 4K 240Hz OLED | $749.99 | $714.99 | Down $35 |
| Alienware AW3425DW, 34-inch QD-OLED | $649.99 | $629 | Down $21 |
| MSI MAG 275UPD, 27-inch 4K | $199.99 | $249.99 | Up $50 |
Component costs explain part of that. TrendForce projected fourth-quarter DRAM contract prices rising more than 75% year over year, with notebook prices climbing 5% to 15% in 2026. Monitors carry almost no memory, so they escape that hit. The same firm forecast global monitor shipments slipping 0.4% anyway, as costly PCs suppress demand. Weak demand usually means deeper discounts.
Verdict: buy now, wait, or walk away
Wait, in most cases. Three tiers reliably reward patience: 27-inch 1440p OLED, 32-inch 4K OLED and 34-inch ultrawide QD-OLED. November cuts there ran 30% to 45%, and no ordinary sale gets close. Whether the premium pays off depends on what you play, and our gaming release coverage tracks which titles push a newer panel hard. Need a screen this week that is not in those three tiers? Buy it now and stop watching prices.
Walk away from anything whose discount is measured against a list price you have never seen anyone pay. Check what the same model closed at last November, compare it to the target column above, and treat the difference as the only real discount.
- Buy now: basic 1080p and 1440p LCDs under $180, and any panel you need for work this quarter.
- Wait for November: every OLED, plus 4K IPS above $250.
- Walk away: 2024-generation OLED priced within $50 of a fifth-generation panel.
What to do between now and November
Pick your category and write down the target price from the table above. Set a stock alert on two or three specific models instead of browsing a deals feed in November. Panel hunting works far better with a shortlist than with a scroll.
We will update the target prices closer to Thanksgiving week.
FAQ
Friday, November 27, 2026. Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26, and Cyber Monday follows on Monday, November 30.
LCD panels typically fall 20% to 40% off list. OLED fell 30% to 45% in 2025, with a few models cut by more than half. The deepest single cut recorded last year was a 45-inch LG ultrawide at $799.99 against a $1,704.98 list.
Roughly a week early. The main 2025 retail event opened on November 20, eight days before Black Friday itself, and the strongest OLED stock sold through before the Friday.
For direct-from-manufacturer purchases, often yes. Dell, Samsung, and LG have repeatedly held their sharpest first-party pricing until the Monday. Third-party marketplace stock tends to be thinner by then.
Anything at or below $349 for a 27-inch 240Hz model. The verified 2025 floor was $399.97, and panel supply has widened since, so $349 is a fair ask for 2026.
Both exist. Run a same-model comparison against last November instead of against a manufacturer’s suggested price. Closing prices beat percentage badges.
Wait if you want OLED. Buy now if you need a budget LCD, since those sit within $20 of their November low most of the year. The deepest Black Friday monitor deals sit in the premium tiers, not the cheap ones.
