Walmart’s Pre-Black Friday Deals: A Sneak Peek at Savings Before Prime Day

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It must be hard to be a big box retailer when Amazon launches one of its sales events. It seems like all anybody is talking about is Prime Big Deal Days (and what a goofy name that is). But there's one guaranteed way to get attention, and that's by dropping prices yourself. Case in point: Walmart's Holiday Kickoff sale, which runs from October 9th through the 12th and promises discounts on thousands of products, from air purifiers to Barbie Dream Houses. We've combed through the listings to pull out the hottest deals for you.

Although the first-gen Apple Watch SE isn't at the cutting edge of wearable technology anymore, it's still an incredibly solid smartwatch that delivers fitness tracking, music and more in a stylish package. In our review, we said it was "an excellent, cost-effective option for kids, the elderly, or anyone who wants the apps, fitness, and safety features of the Series 6 without paying a premium." And that's without taking into account the over 50% price drop during this Walmart sale.

This TV sits at the higher end of Sony's midrange offerings, and getting five hundred bucks off makes it an extremely competitive buy. Solid contrast and color fidelity make it a good pick for movies and TV, but console gamers may want to check it out for its HDMI 2.1 support and variable refresh rate (VRR) functionality, which keeps the screen in sync with the frame rate of the images a game console is putting out. The built-in Google TV smart platform makes it easy to find and install the streaming apps of your choice.

This is already a bargain-basement notebook PC, so don't expect functionality that will set the world on fire. With that out of the way, the HP 15-Inch Laptop is a solid step up from a basic Chromebook