Samsung The Frame review
A Smart Painting for the 21st century in all but name
It’s a given that one of the most popular technology products of the last 50 years, the television, would gradually evolve from the ugly little rounded box of the ’60s to the monstrous rectangular box of the 90s to the flat and easy-on-the-eyes device of the 00s to the slim and beautiful surface of the last decade. But during all this time most of us probably assumed that its main functionality, displaying TV content of all kinds, would remain largely the same. Internet connectivity changed that to a certain extent, Smart TV even more so and Samsung clearly has a few ideas about how that functionality could be changed forever with its TV models collectively called The Frame.
The Frame belongs to Samsung’s Lifestyle TVs category, along with other exotic models such as the purely decorative The Serif or the oddly vertical The Sero. It’s not the kind of television yours truly is usually keen on reviewing, to be perfectly honest, as it is image quality and the evolution of cinematic picture that he’s mostly interested in. But after playing with the 65-inch model of The Frame for a few days it’s hard for anyone to not walk away impressed, as this is a unique TV that does tick all the boxes it’s supposed to. Is it a recommended buy for most people, though? That’s the question this piece will…
