Samsung’s 65-inch Frame Pro TV costs around $1,797.99 ($402 off) – a new all-time low – at Amazon and Best Buy during Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days. The 75-inch model costs around $2,197.99 ($1,400 off) on Amazon and Best Buy, which is also its cheapest price.
When you’re not watching it, the TV switches to “art mode” and cycles through a gallery of famous paintings, which look a little more like real works of art on its matte screen than they would on an LED or OLED screen.
Art mode is the Frame Pro’s main attraction, but it requires a subscription ($50 per year) to access. Once registered, you can choose the paintings you want to display, including world-famous works like that of Vincent van Gogh. The starry night. Samsung says the Art Store library can change at any time, so check it often and make sure you have a few favorites in case a piece you like is removed.
The Frame Pro’s hardware was designed to support Art mode. Its QLED panel is matte, which means you sacrifice some color vibrancy for a screen that shows far less glare from sunlight or indoor lights. The TV creates a thick digital frame around the artwork in Art mode, but it displays an edge-to-edge image when used for anything else. Samsung includes both a stand and a wall mount with the Frame Pro.
The Frame Pro only has one built-in HDMI port. The other four HDMI ports – plus two USB-A ports, a coaxial port, an Ethernet port and an optical audio port – are on the Wireless One Connect Box. You connect your devices (a games console or 4K Blu-ray player for example) to the Wireless One Connect Box, and it sends the audio and video signal from the source to the TV without any cables. There is some latency, which means it’s not conducive to using the system to play fighting or first-person shooter games, since even a fraction of a second can mean the difference between victory and defeat. Still, if you’re sensitive to how your room is designed and decorated, or don’t like your TV spending hours a day doing nothing, the Frame Pro might be compelling.
