r/TheFrame

The wife and I are updating our living room and considering a frame tv of some sort. We don't watch a ton of tv, mainly sports, and a few shows or a movie after our kids go to bed. I know art tvs can't match the picture quality of most modern tv's so that is kind of a bummer but not a total dealbreaker since tv isn't a mainstay of our life. Here's my question: in todays market would you buy it again?

I feel like almost all the posts in here are either people love it or absolute hate it and they have a plethora of issues. Would you actually buy another fame tv, or the frame pro, or risk it on the new LG gallery tv, etc, or has anyone gone back to a regular tv and forgone the aesthetic of the art on the wall look.

I see so many people complaining about picture quality….

But if you stripped away the fact it’s matte, includes a mount, and is incredibly thin. I assume $700 would likely be around $300 — so is this tv better or worse than your average tv when you look at it like that?

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I’ve seen conflicting comments saying art mode does or doesn’t work with an Apple TV 4K. I am looking to get one when the new one releases (hopefully) this year. So, does art mode work when turning off the device?

I bought a Beam 2 during Prime Days for a simple living room setup. We watch news,TV series and occasional movie. We need Amazon Alexa in this room.

Now facing the “Sonos crackling speaker” issue which seems to be attributed to WiFi interference. It occurs randomly and annoyingly even for audio source via HDMI. Really don’t want to bother fixing the Sonos problem only to have it appear again after the return period expires.

The Yamaha SR-X50A looks attractive for use with our Samsung Frame.

Opine please — I just want a simply life with reasonable audio that fits on the mantle!

I have a 2026 Frame Pro 75" shaped brick.

At least 3 times a month I try to use my brick to watch TV and I can't because of "network issues."

I check my network, my network is fine. My brick is connected to the network, but can't connect to the Internet for some reason.

I can't check all the other devices on my network, all the other devices on my network connect fine.

I run diagnostics on my brick.

My brick tells me to "log into my ISP" or to "contact my ISP for more information."

This is fucking ridiculous.

Why does my brick need to phone home to Samsung to use a third-party application?

So, if Samsung's servers are down, I can't watch YouTube?

What the actual fuck?

Fuck you Samsung.

When not watching tv do you leave the tv in art mode at all times? Is there a timer you can set. I know the idea is to have it in art mode so it’s not just a black void on the wall. But do you leave the tv on all the time even when you go to bed, or do you shut it off at night and then turn it on again when you wake up. Also, how much electricity/money does it cost to do that. What’s the best way to be energy and cost efficient as well as longevity for the tv.

Planning on getting one for the kitchen so won’t be used a ton for watching tv (mainly while cooking) rest of time will be in art mode. Is there a setting for it to turn on art mode while in the room and go into a sleep mode when no one is around? So basically, do art tv consume a lot of energy being on all the time in art mode and will it make a
Significant difference in the electric bill?

My wife and I wanted a frame so that our living room didn’t have a big black box on the wall. I lurked this sub for a while, read reviews, and almost backed out because I found so much negativity online about this TV. And they’re wrong! It’s great. Granted our old TV was almost ten years old, but the picture is quality is a major upgrade for us, and the art collection looks great. Once we get a bezel and upgrade the sound, it’ll be perfect for our space. Glad I didn’t listen to the loud internet trolls 👍

We already have a main TV setup in another room, so this one would mostly be for casual streaming, music videos in the background, and having something nice on the wall when friends are over. Most of the time it honestly might just be showing art.

My sister has a Samsung Frame, and I really like how it looks in her house. When it shows art, it actually feels like part of the room instead of a normal TV. That’s pretty much what I want.

I’m just not sure about the extra frame cost, the art subscription, and some of the software complaints I’ve seen. I don’t want to buy something that looks nice but gets annoying to use every day.

I’ve also started seeing people mention the Hisense CanvasTV S7 as an alternative. The matte screen and included wood style frame plus no monthly subscriptions sound so good. Our living room gets some daylight too, so glare is actually something I care about.

Has anyone compared the Frame and the CanvasTV S7? I’m mostly curious if the art mode really looks like wall decor in real life, and if the software feels smooth enough for daily use.

Original Image:

https://preview.redd.it/3ru2h44cuxah1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=d6856807f535191130120f4845f3d26979823b38

When I try to download:

https://preview.redd.it/1o59xjthuxah1.png?width=1464&format=png&auto=webp&s=c7a079cd2929c1b82bc963942c58a89217108bca

Does anyone know why this happens or how to fix it? Feeling sad because I just wasted an hour browsing the museum collections to build a collection that is unusable.