The 5 Best Tech Deals This Weekend: Big Discounts On Speakers, TVs, and More

The weekend is upon us, and no matter what your plans are, you probably want to save some money. That’s where we come in. All week, we’ve been scanning the major electronics retailers and comparing prices to bring you the best deals on PCMag-tested products. On Friday, I spotlight five of the absolute best, with price drops as deep as 60%. We’ve got high-quality TVs, smart locks, and more this week, so get shopping.

Looking to pick up a new TV for all your streaming and gaming needs? You won’t get a better deal this weekend than 31% off this juicy 75 inch Hisense U8N screen. In our review of the 65-inch model, we gave it an Editors’ Choice award for its exceptional brightness, strong contrast and speedy refresh rate. The mini LED screen features over 3,000 local dimming zones, allowing for dark areas to stay dark without bleed-through from light areas, and a peak brightness of 3000 nits means it’ll still look good in well-lit rooms. Shift it into game mode to enable variable refresh rates with AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, or into Filmmaker Mode for IMAX-certified picture fidelity.

Another Editors’ Choice winner, our review of the Beats Pill speaker had contributing editor Tim Gideon raving about the unit’s “angled drivers, hearty bass response, capable speakerphone, and waterproof build,” noting that even though it lacked the fancy LED lights of some competing models, its audio quality was top of the line for speakers in this price bracket. Even though it’s a mono speaker with a racetrack-style neodymium woofer and a single neodymium tweeter, the sound profile is rich and assertive, with the potential for pairing with a second unit for true stereo sound. It charges through USB-C for roughly 24 hours of use on a single charge, and you can also use it to charge other devices.

Spring cleaning season is upon us, and if your floors are giving you fits, it’s well past time to let a robot take over. The Roomba j9+ is a great pick for cluttered houses, with some of the best obstacle avoidance we’ve seen so far and improved suction power and battery life. With each run through your floors, it’ll learn more about your home’s layout, where messes tend to gather and places to keep away from, and when it returns to its charging station it’ll automatically empty its dust bin into the convenient receptacle. A 56% discount is ridiculous for this one. Read our review to see how it fared in our extensive tests. Spoiler: well enough to win an Editors’ Choice award.

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Dyson is a company that definitely marches to the beat of their own drum, and the Zone headphones are a perfect example. These over-ear models eschew almost every current design trend, with glossy colors and old-school styling. Oddest of all, they come with a detachable face mask that blows purified air straight into your mouth and nose. In our review, we were puzzled by some of the features and wary of the high price, but admitted that the headphones “delivered rich lows and crisp highs in a balanced sound signature,” while the purifier significantly reduced odors and pollutants. A 60% price cut makes them significantly more appealing.

Keyless entry solves a lot of problems when it comes to security, and we raved about the August Wi-Fi Smart Lock in our review, giving it an Editors’ Choice award for its “multi-platform support, easy installation, and sleek aesthetics.” This is one of the simplest smart locks to set up that we’ve ever tested, slotting right in to your existing deadbolt space and linking up with August’s simple and thorough app. This model supports tons of home automation systems, so you can train it to take voice commands from Amazon Alexa and other devices, as well as set up guests with temporary access. $100 off is a killer deal.

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About 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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