Working in the deals department is surprisingly satisfying, because I treat every day sort of like a role-playing game. I venture into the dungeons of Amazon, Best Buy, and all the other top retailers and manufacturers, encountering products and dispatching them with my price-comparison tools and the spellbook of PCMag expert reviews that let me determine whether an offer is worth your time and money. The five deals that follow are some of the best treasure I looted, top-rated items from Samsung, Lenovo, and other top brands at discounts as high as 50% off.
Lenovo Idea Tab Deal
Lenovo Idea Tab
11-inch 2.5K display, MediaTek Dimensity 6300 CPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage
A price drop of 27% on Lenovo’s excellent all-purpose Idea Tab is a great way to start us off. Lenovo makes some of the most reliable Android tablets on the market, with crisp screens, solid builds, and speedy performance. This one is an entry-level model but still impresses, with a 2.5K display that boasts a speedy 90Hz refresh rate for smooth scrolling and gaming. Battery life is also a strong point, with up to 12 hours of video playback on a single charge. Not only do you get a discount, but it also ships with a folio case and a Lenovo Tab Pen stylus for faster note-taking and AI features like Circle to Search. It definitely dominates on our list of the best cheap tablets.
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TCL S5 75-Inch 4K Smart TV Deal
If you don’t need the absolute latest model, there are some spectacular bargains to be found in Best Buy’s TV offerings. This TCL S5 hit stores two years ago, but seeing it discounted by 39% is a surprise. The S5 is one of the absolute best 75-inch displays you can get at this price, with support for a wide variety of picture modes including Dolby Vision, HDR 10, HDR 10+, and HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma). The high-brightness LED backlight makes it useable in lots of different environments, and a trio of HDMI Inputs, including one with eARC, let you hook up multiple consoles, streaming boxes, and other input sources. We have a review of an older S5 model where we marveled over how great the color range and accuracy was for the price.
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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P Wireless Gaming Headset Deal
We gave an “Excellent” rating to the Arctis Nova 3P in our review, calling it an incredible value at its $110 retail price thanks to well-balanced sound, support for spatial audio on PC platforms, and a huge amount of customization and EQ options. Now cut 45% off that already low price and you’ve got a deal that’s impossible to beat. These comfortable over-ear headphones are lightweight, fit well, and come with over 200 presets for top games like Fortnite, Call of Duty, and Minecraft. Battery life is also quite good at 40 hours, with a newly optimized fast charging system giving you 9 hours of playtime after just 15 minutes of plugging in. We did note that the onboard microphone wasn’t the sharpest we’ve ever tested, but it’s more than sufficient.
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Garmin Vivoactive 5 Smartwatch Deal
If you need a technological companion to keep you honest and motivated on your fitness journey, the Garmin Vivoactive 5 is one of the best exercise-focused wearables on the market, earning an “Excellent” rating in our review. With a gorgeous AMOLED touch screen that’s visible even in direct sunlight, great biometric sensors and health metrics, and a surprising amount of lifestyle features like contactless payments and phone notifications, it sits in the sweet spot between a dedicated fitness tracker and a general-purpose smartwatch. We loved its durability, with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 covering the face and 5ATM water resistance. Amazon has a 38% discount on this model right now.
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Samsung G6 27-inch QHD Gaming Monitor Deal
Let’s close out with an unbelievable 50% discount on one of Samsung’s most impressive new displays, a QHD OLED gaming monitor designed for ultra-fast experiences thanks to a 240Hz refresh rate and 0.03ms gray-to-gray response time. While we haven’t taken this one into the lab yet, we do have a preview writeup where we noted that it delivered more vibrant colors and deeper contrast thanks to Samsung’s Quantum Dot material, with an impressive peak brightness of 1,000 nits. Support for both Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro let you play at high framerates without tearing or glitching. A new dynamic cooling system dispenses with the traditional graphite plate and introduces a pulsing heat pipe that claims to work five times better at preventing burn-in.
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K. Thor Jensen
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K. Thor Jensen is a writer and cartoonist living in the Pacific Northwest. He has contributed to dozens of prestigious outlets, including PCMag, Tested, Clickhole, and Newsweek. His second graphic novel, Cloud Stories, was released in 2017.
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