Hey friends - hope you're well! Today, let's take a look at the latest Samsung Frame TV
which is Samsung's well-known QLED TV panel and on first impression this is a qled that not only
looks amazing even in direct sunlight it's also transformed by Lounge room visually it has an
updated matte finish slim fit wall mount and framing panels that turn this 65-inch TV into
a work of art but what exactly makes this TV one of the best lifestyle TVs for just about any home
well I've spent the last few months with this TV so hopefully my review today will give you some
idea on just how incredible this TV is and I'm genuinely excited about this review Samsung has
no influence over this video I bought this TV with my own money just as an FYI so let's talk
about this setup first because this TV is made to be mounted and looks absolutely stunning on
the wall everything needed to mount this TV is included in the box and for a clean cableless
setup like this this I had holes drilled into the wall with the single cable running out through
this Outlet here into Samsung's single cable box which gives me access to all the ports that I need
four HDMI outputs one with e-arc optical audio out ethernet port and even three USB ports these
magnetic Snap-on bezels come separately but are our Master by I find the white Blends in perfectly
with the White Walls while I was setting this all up I was actually inspired by how beautiful
the Samsung Frame TV looked and I went ahead and bought a new TV cabinet to lift the entire space
I love how the natural Oak of this simple TV unit matches really nicely with the all-white aesthetic
of the frame and walls I think it looks so much better than the very TARC and plane setup that I
had previously so this TV features a VA 4K panel with quantum dot or qled Tech and even supports
120 hertz vrr and g-sync for the 55 inch panels and above I I was worried about the really bright
living room conditions since this place gets a lot of sunlight but this TV thrives in well-lit rooms
so it has deep uniform blacks and qled produces a wider range of colors but unfortunately it doesn't
have local dimming or mini LED backlighting like Samsung's other high-end TVs I'll go into more
detail about the TV panel and performance later in this video there is something I didn't like
when I first turned on this TV and actually I'm being nice I really do not like it because it's
so poorly designed and that's Samsung's aging teas and operating system the menu design is clunky
and unintuitive and it has this tendency to want to show you all the Samsung TV plus content all
the time even when I simply just want to change the settings it's been really quite frustrating
to navigate thankfully hooking up my Apple TV 4K easily solved the issue so I don't need to deal
with this Samsung operating system Apple TV looks amazing on this panel with the bezel frame thanks
to the snappy a15 bionic chip 4K and HDR 10 plus and Dolby Vision support and the Apple interface
is so much easier to use the other dislike is that this TV isn't exactly cheap at over two
thousand dollars for the 65 inch variant here and that price range is quite close to the Samsung
qn90b or even the LG C2 OLED screen but there's plenty of sales floating around for the frame TV
I managed to find this one on sale for 1 500 which is a much more attractive price point here is the
biggest selling point the TV transforms into framed art and that's what makes the Samsung
frame TV so special before using this TV I was unsure why anyone would buy this TV to hang as art
it seemed like a gimmick and a feature you'd use a few times and just forget about well I was wrong
as soon as I turned on this TV and activated art mode by clicking on the power button once I was
blown away not only does the matte qled display look like a canvas the image quality looks so much
better than I was expecting in person it looks exactly like a real life artwork I thought my
eyes were playing tricks on me of course when you went up closer to the TV on an oil painting for
example you can't see The Strokes it's still Flats but from afar it looks like a piece of artwork and
nothing like a TV and that's the charm and beauty of the Samsung frame TV it Blends into your living
spaces and it's transformed my lounge room from a typical TV on top of the cabinet so something
that's just so much more elevated and cleaner looking it's so much better than a blank TV
screen when it's switched off you can even load your own pictures onto the TV and there's a lot
of customization options like changing the virtual frame time colors and brightness though I like it
without any frame it's a shame that the TV comes preloaded with only a few small handful of Art
and you need to subscribe to Samsung's art store service at 5.99 a month to access all 1400 pieces
of art although there are plenty of free and legal to use high resolution images of paintings online
you can manually add to the TV through the Samsung SmartThings app there is another downside of
negative that I have to share with you and that's the viewing Angle now this TV's viewing angles are
poor and even before passing the corners of the TV you'll see the colors fade immediately that means
if you plan to have this TV with a big couch in a big room the viewers that aren't watching
it straight on are going to experience distorted faded colors for me it's not a problem because my
living space is pretty compact so everyone gets a good view and we're luckily not fighting for
the middle seats now surprisingly this TV isn't just a pretty art frame 4K and HDR content looks
amazing on this qled panel and the high native contrast ratio of 6000 to 1 gives the TV ongoing
deep blacks plus overall great brightness it's so bright I had to lower the brightness down for this
video so the high brightness contrast ratio and anti-glare display looks amazing for just about
any content but especially for sports content two sports that I love watching is F1 and mixed
martial arts and Samsung's upscaling and picture processing capabilities create a brilliant picture
quality from Live HD Sports broadcasts and by using the intelligent adaptive picture mode
here it makes sure that the picture quality looks close to perfect in any setting night and day so
it's a great feature to set and forget so the TV does the work of adjusting the brightness I just
can't get over the amazing matte finish 2 on this display because my previous lgba OLED look like a
mirror during the day and the frame TV is by far the best TV in brighter rooms it's even a huge
step up from the older frame TV models without that matte finish color accuracy is really good
in this TV after an easy quick calibration via Apple TV and an iPhone it makes it super easy to
calibrate by just placing my phone in front of the TV here Android users also get access to a
similar feature directly on the Samsung frame TV if you're looking to take color accuracy to the
next level the frames filmmaker mode turns off all image processing and then locks in the technically
correct settings for watching movies and switches colored temperature to 6500 degrees Kelvin which
gives you as close to movie calibrated watching without getting it professionally calibrated
which can be a lot of money okay so This TV has a secret weapon up its sleeve and it's surprisingly
a good 4K gaming display ticking almost every box needed for gaming on the PS5 Xbox x and switch
using HD DMI port number four gives you 4K at 120 hertz with variable refresh rate which I did not
expect for a lifestyle TV the input lag time of 9 to 10 milliseconds is actually very similar to
the more expensive Samsung s95b and then we have the Samsung integrated game bar too this is an
overlay you get when you press and hold the play button here this gives you info like FPS input lag
and tweaks key game settings all I had to do was tweak the settings once playing around with the
advanced settings I've left it ever since it was well worth the 20 minutes tinkering around with
these settings because the picture quality looks amazing now for gaming just make sure your console
is plugged into the HDMI port with the controller icon otherwise you won't get access to the gaming
settings which originally had me confused because I didn't plug it into the right Port so I've been
syncing a lot of hours into the new Zelda game tears of the Kingdom shadow in the comments if
you've been playing this too it's definitely a game of the year Contender it's obviously not
a game though that takes advantage of 4K 120 hertz but its art Direction and Rich colors on the matte
display is absolutely stunning the entire world of Hyrule looks like a portal into interactive
artwork just take a look at this it's so beautiful now the local dimming and HDR does not have the
complete eye-popping highlights of other OLED TVs like the lgc2 a90k or s95b it still holds
its own as a gaming TV though also a really cool feature for new Samsung TVs including the frame
is that they have first access of the Xbox game pass app which lets you play Xbox games without
the console which is awesome for people like me who don't have an Xbox I gave it a quick go
with my third-party controller here and it works really well it's essentially cloud gaming so it's
capped at 1080p 60 frames but the frame does a pretty good job at upscaling to improve visual
quality I'll probably share a full video on Xbox app cloud gaming separately because it's pretty
interesting so the Samsung frames remote is worthy of a mansion as well it looks really
sleek and minimal to match the TV and it's able to set up as a universal remote through the settings
to control the Apple TV 2 or other entertainment units what makes it extra special though is the
solar Tech there's no batteries to replace here it just gets charged by the solar panel on the rear
and if you need to manually charge it there's a USBC port at the bottom it's a win for convenience
and sustainability but it's a little Annoying that the remote doesn't have a direct input
source change button to be honest it just adds to that clunkiness of the menu for Sound there is
an inbuilt 40 watt speaker that sounds decent for all types of content but the bass is lacking which
is to be expected but the cool thing is that it supports Dolby Atmos and Samsung Q Symphony which
uses the TV speakers in unison with supported Samsung Soundbars to provide a multi-channel sound
experience without getting extra speakers I don't have a Samsung soundbar but I do have sonos's
amazing Arc Soundbar in white which I think looks really nice in this setup it Still Remains one of
the best sound bars you can buy today it makes a great match aesthetically and audibly to the
frame TV take a listen to the difference between the Sonos soundbar and the frame TVs audio [Music]
okay so here are my final thoughts if you're after the best lifestyle TV you can buy right now that a
hundred percent looks amazing in any room when mounted the Samsung frame TV is the one to go
for hands down there's nothing else like it at the moment but you will have to pay for it and
you will have to deal with the insanely clunky menus and user interface and for those who are
aiming for the best of the best screen performance like a home theater setup or gaming only TV there
are better Alternatives like the LG's G3 Sony's a95k or even Samsung's s95c but again you will be
paying top dollar for it so overall yes this was quite an overwhelmingly positive review and it
wasn't influenced by Samsung at all in fact they even reached out with the opportunity to sponsor
this video which I didn't go with just so I could share my honest opinions with you that I wanted
to share with you so if you did find this review useful please drop a like to let me know and if
you made it to the very end of this video comment the code word framed and I'll give your comment
a like I'll leave a video right here to my home theater projector setup which is incredible for
huge screen movies and gaming as always thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video
thank you