When to Buy a Monitor
Monitors follow some pretty familiar seasonal sales patterns--but don't forget that arranging to purchase a bundled display when you purchase a new PC can be a big money saver, too.
Jeff Bertolucci
The best times to buy a monitor--whether a cutting-edge wide-screen LCD or plasma display or an older standard-aspect LCD (or even one of the shrinking number of CRT models still available)--are the usual big three: the back-to-school period, post-Thanksgiving holiday sales, and January-February inventory clearance time.
In addition, throughout the year, vendors bundle "free" monitors with desktop systems, though they undoubtedly factor the cost of the monitor into the package price. Still, if you buy a monitor with a PC, you're likely to get a better deal.
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