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Save up to $2,500 on a TV at the Best Buy Super Bowl sale: Our top picks
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Super Bowl LVIII is coming up fast, with less than a week until the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs. If you’ll be watching (and partying) at home, you’re going to want the best TV you can get. Pairing it with a soundbar is a great idea too, so you can feel the thrum of the stadium after every call and cheer. It’s not too late to pick up a brand-new TV to enjoy the big game with, thanks to Best Buy’s Super Bowl sale, going on right now.
Watching on your laptop doesn’t give enough “oomph” to the biggest game of the year. And if you’re watching on your phone out of necessity, that’s going to take you out of the experience even further. But Best Buy has you covered; choose from displays that can still be picked up in-store or delivered to your home (some with installation packages) ahead of the Super Bowl this Sunday.
Check out our picks for some of the best TVs you can get on sale right now at Best Buy, from Samsung to Sony and others in between.
5 best deals from the Best Buy Super Bowl TV sale
Samsung 77-inch S89C OLED 4K UHD Smart Tizen TV (save $1,800)
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This absolutely excellent deal saves you nearly $2,000 off the sticker price for this 77-inch Samsung OLED 4K UHD TV, with built-in smart TV features.
This massive screen is the perfect centerpiece for a living room in need of a Super Bowl hub. It boasts quantum HDR OLED; that means fine-tuned brightness and excellent contrast, all thanks to self-illuminating pixels. You’re also getting Pantone-validated color, so every pass or play looks more realistic than ever.
As far as sound goes, enjoy Dolby Atmos audio that’ll make you feel like you’re surrounded by other football fans having the time of their lives – if you can hear them over the sound of the crowds in your home, of course.
Your viewing angle looks great no matter where you’re watching from, thanks to anti-glare technology. Plus, with its neural quantum processor with 4K upscaling, you’ll get even older content delivered to your living room in a crisp, colorful format.
Samsung 65-inch S90C OLED 4K UHD Smart Tizen TV (save $500)
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Get ready for the Super Bowl with this pleasantly large 65-inch Samsung TV. It may not be as huge as some of its other brethren on sale, but it’s still very much worth picking up, as it’s $500 off its usual price right now.
It’s a gorgeous OLED screen, serving up a spectacle of colors that positively dazzle – and they’ll look good with all the green of the football field showing up on the big day. Its PurColor technology will bring the game to life with a broader spectrum of colors, and it also enhances content to 4K, ensuring every play looks spectacular. And when the big event is over and you decide to check out something else, there’ll be plenty to watch in higher-quality 4K.
Mega Contrast and HDR help you experience deeper blacks and brighter whites, while Object Tracking Sound Lite and Q-Symphony create immersive audio. For $1,600, you can’t beat what you get with this TV.
Samsung 85-inch TU690T Crystal UHD 4K Smart Tizen TV (save $500)
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Save a whopping $500 on this gorgeous, massive 85-inch TV. It can easily transform your living room into a stadium-like experience with its stunning 4K resolution.
Every pass, touchdown and play comes to life with breathtaking clarity and colors, thanks to the PurColor technology and HDR, which together reveal a spectrum of colors and details that viewers previously had to miss in dark scenes.
When the game is over, the TV’s usefulness just keeps on going. Its Tizen smart capabilities mean you’re always just a few clicks away from your favorite content, while compatibility with leading voice assistants and AirPlay 2 offers seamless integration into your smart home.
Sony 85-inch X80K LED 4K UHD Smart Google TV (save $300)
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This 85-inch TV stuns with crystal clear 4K resolution and bright, natural colors, so everything from cheeky commercials to those Hail Mary plays are presented in stunning clarity.
You’ll also be getting an eyeful of color thanks to Sony’s Triluminos Pro feature, which serves up literal billions of accurate colors for a more natural look to whatever’s on your TV. All this, and it’s enhanced by HDR and Dolby Vision, too.
Plus, when you’re finished with the game, you can use the built-in Google TV smart features to gain easy access to all your favorite content, so it’s more than just a game-day TV, and a replacement for your daily driver.
It’s controlled via voice, so you can still be elbows-deep in a plate of wings and change the channel.
TCL 98-inch S5 Series LED 4K UHD Smart Google TV (save $2,500)
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Want the ultimate TV for the ultimate game-day experience? Go big.
You can get one from TCL and save $2,500 off its typical price – which means you’ll pay $2,500, but it’s very worth it. This huge 98-inch screen and 4K ultra high-definition resolution will make you feel like you’re on the field, and you might as well be, with how large this TV is.
It offers an exceptionally smooth and crisp picture, even when the players will be flying around the field seemingly faster than light, (or faster than Swifties looking for a sign of Taylor with boyfriend Travis Kelce). With advanced features like a 120Hz refresh rate, Motion Rate 480, HDR imaging and AI-enhanced picture quality, every pass, catch, and halftime show moment pops, too.
And it’s not just about looks. This model, like many others of its type, has an immersive entertainment hub for the big game and beyond, with built-in Google Assistant for voice control, smart-home integration and access to all your streaming apps in one place.
What is the best TV to watch the Super Bowl?
Here are a few important things to consider, and you can use these same guidelines the next time you go out and pick up another new TV – which hopefully won’t have to be anytime soon, for your wallet’s sake.
Screen size: A larger screen will give you a more immersive experience, but it should be balanced with how far you’ll be sitting from the screen. Be sure you have the space for it.
Resolution: Look for a TV with at least 4K resolution for sharp, detailed images. These TVs offer four times the resolution of a standard 1080p HD TV, which makes them perfect for large screens and close viewing distances. That way you can see everything that’s going on during the game.
Refresh rate: The refresh rate measures how many times per second the image is re-loaded on the screen. A higher refresh rate (such as 120Hz) means much smoother motion, which is best for fast-paced sports. This reduces motion blur and makes the game easier to follow.
HDR (High Dynamic Range): HDR TVs offer better contrast, brightness, and colors compared with non-HDR TVs. This means you’ll get a more vivid and realistic picture, making the Super Bowl broadcast look and feel better than it would otherwise when viewing from home. Look for TVs supporting HDR10 or Dolby Vision for the best HDR.
Smart features: Make sure your TV supports the app or service broadcasting what you want to see, whether it’s a network app, cable provider app, or a streaming service like Hulu or YouTube TV. Beyond the Super Bowl, you can watch your favorite shows and movies without having to buy a separate streaming device.
Sound quality: Sound plays a big part in the overall experience. Consider a TV with good built-in speakers, or plan to invest in a soundbar or surround-sound system to make the game sound as great as it looks.
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Sen. Thom Tillis says “the scope” of Helene damage in North Carolina “is more like Katrina”
As recovery missions and repairs continue in North Carolina more than a week after Hurricane Helene carved a path of devastation through the western part of the state, the state’s Republican Sen. Thom Tillis called for more resources to bolster the relief effort and likened the damage to Hurricane Katrina’s mark on Louisiana in 2005.
“This is unlike anything that we’ve seen in this state,” Tillis told CBS News’ Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sunday morning. “We need increased attention. We need to continue to increase the surge of federal resources.”
Hurricane Helene ripped through the Southeast U.S. after making landfall in Florida on Sept. 26 as a powerful Category 4 storm. Helene brought heavy rain and catastrophic flooding to communities across multiple states, including Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, with North Carolina bearing the brunt of the destruction. Officials previously said hundreds of roads in western North Carolina were washed out and inaccessible after the storm, hampering rescue operations, and several highways were blocked by mudslides.
Tillis said Sunday that most roads in the region likely remained closed due to flooding and debris. Water, electricity and other essential services still have not been fully restored.
“The scope of this storm is more like Katrina,” he said. “It may look like a flood to the outside observer, but again, this is a landmass roughly the size of the state of Massachusetts, with damage distributed throughout. We have to get maximum resources on the ground immediately to finish rescue operations.”
Hurricane Katrina left more than 1,000 people dead after it slammed into Louisiana’s Gulf Coast in August 2005, flooding neighborhoods and destroying infrastructure in and around New Orleans as well as in parts of the surrounding region. It was the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. in the last 50 years, and the costliest storm on record.
The death toll from Hurricane Helene is at least 229, CBS News has confirmed, with at least 116 of those deaths reported in North Carolina alone. Officials have said they expect the death toll to continue to rise as recovery efforts were ongoing, and a spokesperson for the police department in Asheville told CBS News Friday their officers were “actively working 75 cases of missing persons.”
On Saturday, the U.S. Department of Transportation released $100 million in emergency funds for North Carolina to rebuild the roads and bridges damaged by the hurricane.
“We are providing this initial round of funding so there’s no delay getting roads repaired and reopened, and re-establishing critical routes,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement. “The Biden-Harris administration will be with North Carolina every step of the way, and today’s emergency funding to help get transportation networks back up and running safely will be followed by additional federal resources.”
President Biden previously announced that the federal government would cover “100%” of costs for debris removal and emergency protective measures in North Carolina for six months.
With North Carolina leaders working with a number of relief agencies to deal with the aftermath of the storm, Tillis urged federal officials to ramp up the resources being funneled into the state’s hardest-hit areas. The senator also addressed a surge in conspiracy theories and misinformation about the Biden Administration’s disaster response, which have been fueled by Republican political figures like former President Donald Trump.
Trump falsely claimed that Mr. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent in the November presidential election, were diverting funds from Federal Emergency Management Agency that would support the relief effort in North Carolina toward initiatives for immigrants. He also said baselessly that the administration and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, were withholding funds because many communities that were hit hardest are predominantly Republican. Elon Musk has shared false claims about FEMA, too.
“Many of these observations are not even from people on the ground,” Tillis said of those claims. “I believe that we have to stay focused on rescue operations, recovery operations, clearing operations, and we don’t need any of these distractions on the ground. It’s at the expense of the hard-working first responders and people that are just trying to recover their lives.”
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