SAMSUNG 50-Inch QLED 4K The Frame TV

Absolutely stunning TV, its been many years that I swore off Samsung because of their TERRIBLE interfaces. Setting this TV up was a reminder of why I swore off Samsung for so long! I purchased a 55″ LG TV for my vacation home a few weeks ago, wow was it simple to setup and it did not miss a beat in the process.

This Samsung had a number of hiccups in the setup process, but i made my way through it abandoning the auto setup and manually completing it. At one point it said I had a 50 meg download, and it would take several hours. I cancelled that, deciding to do it at the end instead, but when I was finished, it was not there any longer, so not sure I have the recent version.

PROS: Amazing design, fits against a wall like a picture and the control box is tethered to the TV with a thin wire that allows placement at least 15 feet away. Picture quality and display of pictures is indeed like a piece of art on the wall. Mounting makes it easy to place on wall and level, but the template and instructions are very poor, however once you figure out what they are trying to tell you, its simple.

CONS: settings to control functions of TV is VERY VERY BAD. Even LG is not that intuitive, but Samsung is FAR WORSE. Took me several days playing with settings to figure out how to keep artwork permanently on the screen. Artwork is VERY LIMITED. Unlike the LG where they include dozens of categories of art and then within an art category their might be a dozen artworks for a slideshow. On Samsung your lucky to get ONE single artwork for free. Everything else is pay for, and I cant even figure out if its PER art work or for a group. Again VERY BAD descriptions and intuitive interface.

Worse the screen is LOADED (but so is LG) with advertisements for movies and such where you cant get rid of them.

Sadly like all the so called “SMART” TVs, the menu systems and switching between things takes a lot of memorization.

Finally, it seems a bit deceiving about the “art” frame. Its just a standard narrow bezel around the TV. If you want it to look like an artwork framed, then that is an OPTION, and it is NOT cheap. Prices for the most basic frames start around $350, which is actually no surprise if you’ve framed any art work lately, so its about the same as what it would cost you to frame a piece of art. I find it nice looking the way it came, since I’ve installed this on a fireplace wall.

Summary: I would buy this again for the shear beauty of the TV. If you are looking for something that appears like art on your wall, then this is the TV you want. The very nature of the external control box is what makes it unique to attach to the wall and look like art.

Hi – loved what I’d seen of the Frame options before this, and so signed up imediately for the pre-release when I learned about the anti-glare option coming in 2022. I love the bezel (very narrow), the anti-glare LOOKS like it should work great (we have a lot of huge windows in our room, so that was key). it’s very thin, seems well made, great custom frame finishes, was well packaged, came fairly quickly, and wasn’t too pricey. So – what’s not to like ? Well, the whole idea behind paying the extra coin for this model is so that it’ll look clean (like a picture on the wall) – yes ? Unfortunately, whoever designed the OneConnect module clearly never used the set. You CANNOT put it inside the wall, either behind or below the panel (it has needed connection ports on 2 perpendicular faces of the box – WHO is the i-dot who thought that could work ? It only comes with a short connection cable even if you DO decide to mount it externally outside the wall (and then it looks dopey since it is ungainly, and VERY poorly thought out needing cables to exit ifrom two perpendicular sides – insane). Want a longer connect cable ? No problem – just pay a ton more for an aftermarket version 🙁 We hired the top professional in Denver to attempt to dress it all up and make it work. He came over, listened to what we wanted thinking it’d be no problem…looked at what was here…thought and played around for a while…then promptly refunded all of our $ (even the trip charge) telling us that – in his opinion – no matter what he could think of, it was never going to look “clean” 🙁 Another trifling item – WHO is the clown who thought that a storm-trooper white remote control was a good design idea (for something which folks routinely need to pickup and manipulate with their hands) ? Just a gross, fingerprint-showing nightmare to constantly be cleaning, and yet another example of this product NOT having been tested even a little by folks who actually USED it 😮 Add in the fact that you can see the electrostatic emitter behind the screen due to the charge massively grabbing dust out of the air around the set (despite having 2 brand new air filters which we installed to scrub the air in an effort to eliminate that issue), as well as the problems referenced in other reviews with displaying your own pics and Samsung trying to make extra bucks selling you online art; and you have just a recipe for a very vexing, disappointing product 🙁 We WANTED so badly to really like this – it just seems strongly like it wasnt’ really ever tested by anyone who actually USED the product for more than an hour or two or in their own home. Overall, I’d have to say – it isn’t the WORST…but wait another generation or two until Samsung (who is normally awesome) to actually issue a product with the kinks worked out that is ready for consumer use. As it is – it’s WAY better in a store setting than anything you’ll actually put onto your wall at home. Just my thoughts – but I did waste a ton of effort and time trying to make it work 😮

I just bought another Samsung Frame TV for my house (one for my bedroom and one for the living room. Love it! Really enjoy the sound, picture quality, and ease of use. Also, love the Art feature…I get lots of compliments from friends.
Try it, you’ll love it!