Sony's slashing real prices off TVs, soundbars, and headphones as October Prime Day closes out.
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days ran October 6 to 7, with discounts holding into the early hours of October 8. The headline item is Sony's 65 inch Bravia 8 II, a QD-OLED TV that PCMag rated "Excellent," now $2,498 instead of $3,299.99 - a 24 percent cut. Smaller TVs took similar hits, including the 65 inch Bravia 6 OLED at $1,298 (down from $1,999.99) and the 65 inch Bravia 3 at $648. Soundbars and headphones got the same treatment: the Sony S100F soundbar dropped to $98, the Bravia Theater Bar 6 to $448, and the WH-1000XM5 headphones to as low as $135.99 for a refurbished pair.
The headphone pricing is the tell here. Sony is clearing out WH-1000XM5 stock, including refurbished units, now that the WH-1000XM6 has replaced it as the flagship - good news for anyone who doesn't need the newest version. On the TV side, stacking discounts on the Bravia 8 II signals Sony wants its QD-OLED line competing on price, not just specs, against similarly positioned sets from Samsung.
Worth remembering: these are commission-driven roundups on a clock, so the real test isn't the percentage off, it's whether you needed a new TV before you saw the discount.