The best Black Friday TV deals in 2024: Best Buy, Walmart beating Amazon...by a lot

UPDATE: Nov. 29, 2024, 1:15 p.m. EST This post has been updated with the latest pricing on the best TV deals live during the first half of Black Friday itself, including new deals on Samsung The Frame dupes like the TCL NXTFRAME. $219.99 at Best Buy (save $180) $998 at Walmart (save $301) $999.99 at Best Buy (save $500) $649.99 (save $450 at Best Buy) As one of the OG items being stampeded after in those old Black Friday clips you're picturing right now, we've known for most of our adult lives that Black Friday is one of the best times of year to buy a TV. The types of TVs spotlighted in the pre-holiday sale have shifted, however. The biggest factor when upgrading your TV this year will probably be the normalization — and subsequently, affordability — of QLED. Over the past few years, QLED TVs have officially gone from "the TV that only the fanciest people you know have" to actually accessible for the average household. Finding a 55-inch QLED under $300 or a 65-inch QLED under $500 during an event like Black Friday isn't hard at all. There are even dupes of iconic TVs like Samsung's The Frame now — TCL and Hisense both have budget-friendly art TV options for several hundred dollars less than The Frame in most sizes. SEE ALSO: Get both Hulu and Disney+ for $2.99 per month for Black Friday At any rate, the "best" TV deal for one household won't be the "best" TV deal for another. Rather than jumping between a mess of tabs of every store's TV doorbusters, knowing which type of TVs each big retailer tends to focus on is a way smarter strategy going in. Are TV deals better at Amazon, Best Buy, or Walmart? In my experience, Best Buy focuses on large screens and has a bigger selection of the premium QLED and OLED models from Samsung, Sony, and LG on sale. Amazon gears its TV discounts more toward 43-inch to 65-inch Fire TVs, especially its in-house models. Walmart is known for a more concise list of doorbusters that are often simply the cheapest 4K TV possible in a certain