The Best TV Deals to Grab Ahead of Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale 2022

Not content with one Prime Day event this year, Amazon is going big with a second deals event, dubbed the Prime Early Access Sale.

On Oct. 11-12, it will jump-start the holiday shopping season with discounts on TVs, laptops, robot vacuums, and more. With these Prime-exclusive deals, and you could have your holiday shopping done before Black Friday, but Amazon is a 24-hour operation, and there are discounts to be had ahead of the official Prime Early Access Sale. We’ll update this story as new deals go live, but check out what you can get now below.

With a new TV and Prime membership (Amazon offers a 30-day free trial(Opens in a new window)), you can stream NFL Thursday Night Football exclusively on Prime Video, plus tons of movies and TV shows, including the new The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, 007 No Time To Die, and more.

Just like the last July Prime Day, rivals will try to steal Amazon’s thunder and offer decent deals of their own this month, like Target Deal Days(Opens in a new window) from Oct. 6-8. We anticipate Amazon will release more early discounts so keep tabs on our event page and daily deals.

Not sure what size TV to get? Bigger isn’t always better; we have a full guide on how to choose the best TV screen size.

If you want the best picture you can get, an OLED TV may be worth the extra bucks. Otherwise, mini-LED display panel technology is the closest thing you can get to OLED at the moment; they have more individual back-lit LEDs than other backlighting types, including full array local dimming models. Mini-LED technology can be found on high-end TVs like the Samsung Neo QLED, TCL 6-series, Sony Bravia X95K, and more. 

If you are looking for a gaming TV for the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X. Be sure to look out for TVs with a 120Hz native refresh rate, HDMI 2.1 ports for resolutions up to 4K 120Hz, VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) support, and HDR (High Dynamic Range) support. Not all games support 4K 120Hz or VRR but it may become the standard on most AAA games like Call of Duty. 

Toshiba C350 Series 4K Smart Fire TV

This Toshiba C350 4K television features Amazon’s Fire TV streaming platform with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. If you are looking for a nice-looking TV with decent picture quality at an affordable price, this might be a good option for you. In our review, we note its impressive low input lag for gaming.

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LG C2 Evo OLED Series 4K Smart TV

Released earlier this year, the LG C2 won our Editors’ Choice award for OLED TVs. It features all the specs you would expect: OLED panel with individual self-lighting pixels, 120Hz native refresh rate, four HDMI 2.1 ports for 4K 120Hz content, brighter and more vivid colors than its predecessor, and more. This is great gaming and home theater television that should work well for anything you throw at it.

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Hisense U8H QLED Series 4K Smart TV

The Hisense U8H series TV is a PCMag Editors’ Choice award winner for its flagship-level performance and an impressive array of features for a modest price. This TV features Mini-LED backlighting offering richer blacks and higher peak brightness than traditional LED backlit panels. The Quantum Dot Color panel offers accurate and rich colors than non-QLED panels. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X owners can appreciate the HDMI 2.1 ports and 120Hz native refresh rate panel to get the most out of their consoles.