Updated Nov 6, 2026
When to buy a monitor: what the price history shows
We only claim what our series proves.
Should I wait for the price to drop or buy now?
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What our series already shows
The Radar has been building a history since 09/10/2026.
You often hear that monitors get cheaper at a certain time of year, usually near a sale date or the launch of a new line. That may be true, but the Radar only writes what its own price history proves. The Radar of Monitors has been building a history since 09/10/2026, and the history is still being built: it doesn’t cover a whole year, so we can’t say, with our own data, in which month the price goes up or down.
Once there is enough data, this guide will show the behavior month by month. Until then, it doesn’t repeat another source’s numbers as if they were ours.
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The monitors with the highest score in each price range
The highest score up to each price, with today's price.
Up to $200.00
The highest score among 82 monitors up to $200.00.
Up to $300.00
The highest score among 112 monitors up to $300.00.
Up to $2,000.00
The highest score among 160 monitors up to $2,000.00.
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What the page shows today
The numbers from today’s catalog.
What the Radar shows with real data is today’s catalog: today there are 415 monitors, with a median price of $224.00 and the cheapest costs $63.00, at the check on 06/11/2026. It’s the price of the monitor, without shipping.
These numbers change every day. So, to decide whether today is a good day to buy a model, look at its page: the chart shows today’s price against that monitor’s history.
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How to tell if today’s price is good
Compare with the 30-day median of the same monitor.
Without a one-year series, the benchmark the Radar uses is the median of the last 30 days of the same monitor. The median is the middle value: a price spike of a few days doesn’t pull it up. If today’s price is below it, it is below the usual price of the last month. To confirm, the monitor needs at least 14 days of its own history; before that the page shows today’s price with a note that the median is still being built, without the word "discount".
The same rule applies to Black Friday: see how to tell if it really dropped and the list of which ones are below the median.
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Buy for your use, not by the calendar
Need matters more than prediction.
Whoever waits for the price to drop may go without the monitor in the meantime. Whoever buys in a hurry may pay more than they would have. The safest decision combines four things: the use, which sets the type, size and resolution (which monitor to buy); the spec sheet that confirms what you need, like Hz, panel and ports; today’s price against the model’s median; and the store’s delivery time. A new monitor model comes out every year, so waiting for a specific model to get cheaper also means accepting that another line may appear.
What the series proves
- 415monitors in the catalog
- 06/11price date
The Radar of Monitors has been building a history since 09/10/2026 and the history is still being built, so this guide doesn’t claim in which month the price goes up or down. The page shows the day’s catalog: 415 monitors, from $63.00.
| Question | Radar’s answer |
|---|---|
| In which month does the price drop? | We don’t know yet: the history began on 09/10/2026 |
| Is today’s price good? | Compare with the 30-day median on the monitor’s page |
| How much does it cost today? | 415 monitors in the 06/11/2026 catalog |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best month to buy a monitor?
The Radar doesn’t have enough price history yet to point to a month. Its own history began on 09/10/2026 and doesn’t cover a year. What the page shows is the day’s catalog and, for each monitor, today’s price against the 30-day median.
Does a monitor get cheaper at some time of year?
It may, but the Radar doesn’t claim that without data. Its history is still being built and doesn’t cover a whole year. When it does, the guide will show what it shows.
Is it worth waiting for Black Friday to buy a monitor?
It depends on the model. Compare today’s price with the median of the last 30 days on its page: if it’s already below, waiting may not pay off. The Black Friday guide explains the calculation.
Why doesn’t the Radar cite a percentage change over the year?
Because a percentage without a series to back it up would be an invented number. The Radar prefers to say the series is still being built rather than repeat a statistic it didn’t measure.
Where do I see the price of a monitor today?
On its page, with the chart of the Radar’s history. Today the catalog has 415 monitors, from $63.00, at the check on 06/11/2026, without shipping.
How do I read the chart?
Each dot is a new monitor. The further right, the more expensive; the higher up, the better the spec sheet score. The price uses a logarithmic scale: each step is worth more dollars than the one before, so the cheaper ones don’t get bunched together. The line connects the monitors that no other, among those filtered, beats on both score and price at once. Compare monitors of the same size: pick the inch range in the top bar.
Where does the score come from?
From the monitor’s spec sheet, with public weights (image, smoothness, connections, ergonomics and recency). The score compares within the type: the Hz of an office monitor are measured against the office yardstick, those of a gaming monitor against the gaming one. It shows what the spec sheet states, not the calibration or the measured brightness. Size doesn’t count toward the score. The full calculation is in How we calculate the score.
Why do some monitors appear without a score?
Because the store’s spec sheet doesn’t give enough information: we need at least three components of the score. We’d rather leave a monitor without a score than make one up. Those monitors stay off the chart and remain in the table, with the price and the button to compare stores.
How many inches do I need?
For a work desk, 24″ at Full HD and 27″ at QHD are the sizes where text looks sharp without scaling up. At 27″ Full HD the density drops to 82 pixels per inch and the text looks less defined; 32″ calls for QHD or 4K. Each monitor’s page shows the pixel density calculated by the Radar.
Is the price on the chart what I’ll pay?
This is the lowest price from Amazon.com, a direct store, the manufacturer’s official store or a seller rated 4.0 with 100 or more sales, usually paying upfront, on the date we checked. It changes without notice, and the color can change the price. The buy button goes straight to the store, where the price of the day applies.
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Where the numbers come from
The guide only claims what the Radar’s history proves. Its own history began on 09/10/2026 and is still being built; without it, no percentage change by month is cited. The rule is the 30-day median (RADARDEMONITORES.blackFriday.regua). The catalog numbers come from the day’s check.
The guide helps you decide and doesn’t recommend a monitor for you: the final price is the one at the store, and the spec score doesn’t measure the real calibration or durability.
Data from Nov 6, 2026.