If you're like me, you have a love-hate relationship with deal holidays like Memorial Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Yes, they often bring with them some of the best TV deals , but they also are inundated with mundane deals that you have to methodically sift through to find those hidden gems. Here's where I can help.
I test TVs for a living and, on top of that, as Tom's Guide's Managing Editor of TVs and AV, I get to see pretty much every single new model in any given year. As you'd expect, editorial gigs don't offer the biggest paychecks in the world, so when I have to shop for some new tech, I always look for the best deals. With all that preamble aside, these are the Memorial Day TV sales I'd actually buy for myself with a limited budget.
So, a bit of sneak peek for you: I just reviewed the Hisense U8N and I loved it. When the review goes live, it's going to be one of the best TVs of 2024 . That said, you can imagine my surprise when I saw the 65-inch version of the TV — a screen that literally dropped less than two months ago — is already on sale for $1,099.
(The 55-inch model is on sale for $799). So what makes this TV worth the sticker price? Not only is it new (i.e.
no FOMO), it's one of the brightest TVs we've ever tested , which makes it great for living rooms with lots of ambient light and for folks who do a lot of daytime TV watching. For gamers, it offers two HDMI 2.1 ports for 4K/144Hz gameplay, as well as support for Dolby Vision Gaming that made games .