With Black Friday around the corner, you may be wondering what sort of discounts to expect for the best OLED TVs among the Black Friday deals. One deal that's caught my eye while scouring various retail sites is the 65-inch Sony A80L at Best Buy reduced from $2,299 to just $1,699 at Best Buy, a $600 discount and the lowest price yet for Sony’s mid-range OLED TV.
Best Buy’s discount brings the A80L’s price in line with other mid-range OLED TVs such as the LG C3 and Samsung S90C, which are similarly seeing attractive Black Friday discounts. And while it’s not the brightest OLED TV on the block, we found plenty to love about Sony’s mid-range model in our Sony A80L review, singling it out for its refined and beautifully balanced picture.
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What’s most notable about the Sony A80L is that it proves brightness really isn’t everything when it comes to OLED TVs. It’s a great example of the benefits of Sony’s Cognitive XR processor, which works to manage the light output of each pixel in the display to optimize shadow detail and deliver the kind of subtle, tonally accurate color range you’d expect to see on a professional mastering monitor.
The A80L’s limited brightness compared to OLED models that use brightness-boosting tech such as QD-OLED panels in the case of the Samsung S95C and S90C and MLA tech and heat sinks in the case of the LG G3 make it a better choice for movie viewing in dim rather than bright lighting conditions. But most movie fans watch that way anyway, and they will love the highly detailed, 3D-like pictures that Sony’s A80L can produce.
Aside from its more affordable price compared to flagship OLED TVs, the Sony A80L uses Google TV, which is a less busy, and in some ways easier to use smart TV interface than the webOS and Tizen ones found on LG and Samsung TVs, respectively. And it also delivers superior Dolby Atmos sound quality via actuators built into the TV’s screen, a proprietary tech that Sony calls Acoustic Surface Audio.
With both LG and Samsung also offering deals on its mid-range OLED, anyone shopping for an OLED TV among the Black Friday TV deals is faced with an abundance of great choices. But we can’t imagine movie fans being even a bit let down by the Sony A80L, especially at this discounted price.
More Black Friday TV deals
More Black Friday deals
- Amazon: 50% off TVs, air fryers, AirPods & clothing
- Apple: AirPods Pro, Apple Watch 8 & iPads from $99
- Adidas: 40% off running shoes, sweatshirts & leggings
- Beauty: 51% off makeup, skincare & hair tools
- Best Buy: up to $800 off 4K TVs, laptops & headphones
- Bed Bath & Beyond: 65% off sitewide + free shipping
- Cheap TVs: big-screen 4K TVs from $269.99
- Christmas: 40% off decor, pajamas & trees
- Dell: save on best-selling Inspiron and XPS laptops
- DreamCloud: 40% off all mattresses
- Lowe's: up to $800 off major appliances
- Macy's: 60% off clothing, jewelry, boots & gift ideas
- Nectar: mattress deals starting at $359
- Nordstrom: 30% off Nike, Levi's, Skims, Adidas & more
- Samsung: up to $2,000 of TVs, phones and appliances
- Target: 40% off furniture, TVs, clothing & appliances
- Toys: Disney, Barbie, Lego & board games from $14.99
- Walmart: Apple Watch 9, cheap TVs, air fryers & toys
- Wayfair: 70% off furniture, rugs, & Christmas decor
