Whether you call it an art TV, a frame TV, or a gallery TV, we’re all talking about the same thing. An anti-reflective matte screen, paired with a thin (often wood or wood-looking) bezel so that when it’s turned off you can approximate a gallery painting or photographs instead of staring at a blank black screen. These trendy TVs are the new best way for home design lovers to not compromise their aesthetic visions while still entertaining.
Art TVs are for the people who care about their home design as much as their actual TV watching experience. The breakout, genre-defining example was The Frame. Samsung’s 2017 release was the first TV model that truly masqueraded as an art piece on your wall.
Instead of a big blank space on your wall, you now have art when you're not watching TV, and a TV when you are. Switch that black screen to one of any classic artworks from The Met or one of many museums worldwide. It took a few iterations to get right, but less than a decade later Samsung was doing enough right that other TV manufacturers, Hisense, LG, and TCL are following suit.
These four art TVs are a marvelous blend of form and function. I tried to pick a range of sizes between 50 and 75 inches, but most of these TVs come in every size between 55 inches and 85 inches. Whatever your budget or space allows, you’ll find the right one here.
Samsung still makes the best art TV out there. With the introduction of the Frame Pro line, Samsung made the first premium art TV. Premium picture quality, premium sound (for once), and—if you’re willing to pay a handsome $4.99 a month—the largest selection of fine art you can get on one of these.
Even for the low price, it’s annoying to essential pay the Met a subscription fee to use one of the main features of your TV. It’s all real art and no AI; refreshing in this economy. The free library cycles through about 30 new pieces of art a month, so even if you aren’t paying you’re getting a new influx of (real) art periodically.
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