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Candi Ruman
Who here saw and loved all three series of the Netflix Demonata TV series that started to stream in 2017?!? You must remember it -- directed by Andy Muschietti? Theme song called "Salt of the Earth" by a band called Lovedrug?
The page was created by a fan (I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but some small little detail has set me thinking it might have been a fan by the name of Andy Muschietti...) but it's fooled at least a few people, as I've had to field some enquiries from other fans in recent times, wanting to know how they can watch the show!! Sadly, unless it exists in a parallel universe where the powers that be at Netflix are more demonically enlightened than their counterparts in our universe, we're all going to have to wait for quite a while, as there has been no interest from any movie or TV folk in the Demonata in recent years. Hopefully it will happen one day, though part of me thinks it would be a VERY tricky series to adapt, for all sorts of reasons, so I won't be holding my breath, and nor should YOU, no matter what you might read on Fandom!!!! :-)
My mother died in 2009. She lived a thousand miles away, and it was my responsibility to vacate her apartment in Florida. It was a small, one-bedroom place, but it was packed wall-to-wall with her belongings. Mom had great taste (she could have been an interior designer), and none of her stuff was junk. Nevertheless, there was a lot of stuff in her home.
Mom was constantly shopping, always accumulating more stuff: She had antique furniture throughout her apartment, a stunning oak canopy bed that consumed almost her entire bedroom, two closets jam-packed with clothes, picture frames standing on every flat surface, original artwork adorning the walls, and tasteful decorations in every nook, cranny, and crevasse. There was 64 years of accumulation in that tiny apartment.
I am not my stuff; we are more than our possessions.
Our memories are within us, not within our things.
Holding on to stuff imprisons us; letting go is freeing.
You can take pictures of items you want to remember.
Old photographs can be scanned.
An item that is sentimental for us can be useful for someone else.
If you have ever seen photos on Instagram where the person's TV looks like framed art, it's almost definitely a Samsung Frame TV. After seeing them all over the place, we finally purchased one for our family room and we had very high expectations. Now that we've had our first Samsung Frame TV for well over 3 years and our newest one for over 4 months, I wanted to share my unbiased review of this TV that looks like framed art with you.
We purchased our first Samsung Frame TV in 2021 and have loved it so we purchased our second Frame TV in November of 2023 to hang in another highly visible spot in our home. You can see the exact models we own below.
The Samsung Frame TV is a QLED HDR Smart TV (4K), so you can use it to stream from Netflix or any of your other favorite streaming services. The Samsung Frame TV is also equipped with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, so you can use voice control features if you want to.
It uses a brightness sensor to detect when external lighting conditions change and responds by automatically adjusting screen brightness to keep the colors of your artwork consistent even when external lighting changes. And it uses a motion sensor to turn your artwork on and off based on motion (more on this later).
You can almost mistake it for a piece of original artwork hanging on the wall when you are not watching TV on it. I say almost because since it is backlit, it's never going to look like an original canvas or print hanging on a wall. But the resolution is stunning and you can adjust the white balance/tone to make it look as realistic and natural in your room lighting as possible. And without a doubt, it looks more like art than a big black box on the wall!
There are several unique features that are unique to the Samsung Frame TV, many of which I didn't even know about until after we hung it on our wall and started using it. First of all, the no-gap wall mount that comes with the TV is AWESOME. It mounts your TV directly onto the wall, exactly like a piece of art. Typical TV mounts leave several inches of space behind them.
The ability to display digital art on our Frame TV is definitely my favorite feature and it's what made it worth the price for our family room. I love, love, love how easy and fun it is to change the digital art display, and I do it pretty frequently. It's especially fun to change it up for the holidays! I added this colorful digital Christmas art to our Frame TV this past Christmas.
As I mentioned earlier in this post, you can almost mistake our 2021 Frame TV for a piece of original artwork hanging on the wall but because it is backlit, it's never going to look like an original canvas or print hanging on a wall. In addition to being backlit, the screen does result in some glare, much like a piece of glass over framed art would have. But the glare from the TV screen coupled with being backlit just results in a different look than a framed art print. So there will be a visible difference between it and other art in your home.
The latest Samsung Frame TV model features a new matte, anti-glare display that makes it look more like artwork hanging on your wall. It was made possible by Samsung switching from a semi-gloss screen coating to a matte, anti-glare screen coating.
The Frame TV hanging above our fireplace is the 2021 model (QN55LS03AAFXZA). When we purchased our second Samsung Frame TV in November of 2023, we chose the latest model (QN55LS03BAFXZA). Since we have one of each, we have a really good sense of whether the new anti-glare, matte display makes a difference.
I'm happy to report that the anti-glare, matte display is a VERY NICE feature that is a solid upgrade. Our new TV is situated by a large window that lets in lots of natural light, so glare could definitely be an issue. But I am thrilled to report that there is absolutely no glare when we are watching TV on it.
The One Connect Box runs the whole TV and acts as a hub for all of your cables and connections in one place. That means you can connect all your devices such as cable boxes, streaming devices (Apple TV, Fire Sticks, etc.) and more with the following ports:
Then the One Connect Box connects to the Frame TV with one tiny, fiber-optic cord that is referred to as an invisible connection. That cord is all you need to power it and connect all of your devices to the TV. It's pretty cool.
What you don't get for your money is a custom frame for your TV. Out of the box, the frame of the TV is black plastic and it doesn't look like a picture frame. I didn't realize that when we first started looking into it, so I feel it's worth mentioning. You can buy TV bundles that include a bezel, but you are still paying for it above and beyond the price of the TV itself.
So, we decided to make a DIY TV frame for our new TV! In the end, it cost us around $80 and I love it so much more than the frames you can order online. It's so substantial and the style is exactly what we wanted.
No matter what, you should know that you will need to buy (or make) a frame for your TV if you really want it to look like a picture frame with art on the wall and the price of the frame you choose needs to be factored into the overall price, which is expensive to begin with.
We were lucky that we already had an electrical outlet above our fireplace. So in the end, we wound up cutting a hole in the drywall behind our TV and installing a recessed media box to hold our One Connect Box and other components. You can see a photo of the hole we cut in our drywall and the box we installed below. It does mean we will need to take the TV off the wall if we ever need to reset the box for any reason, but the TV is not difficult to remove from the bracket, so we are okay with that.
I have not subscribed. I prefer to buy my high-definition digital art on Etsy for between $2.50 and $5.00 each. I find the selection to be wider and it's easier to find pieces that suit my particular style. You can see some of my favorite picks below!
If you need a TV that you only look at when you are watching it or that you spend very limited time looking at when it's off (like our primary bedroom TV) I would recommend saving your money. Just use this method to display art on your basic smart TV! We've done it in our bedroom and our bonus room (see below).
Hi Jennifer! We used the mount that comes with the Samsung Frame TV. It does not tilt at all and sits very flat to the wall so that it mimics a framed piece of art as closely as possible. I hope that helps!
One question I have is with regard to the heat management of the One Connect box. The Samsung blurb says that the box needs to sit flat to dissipate the heat and that, if mounted in cabinet, adequate space for ventilation needs to be allowed for.
I have been considering the frame tv so I was glad to see your post this morning. When entering our house you can see the wall the TV is mounted on from the side so the fact that it sits flat to the wall is a plus for me. Thanks for your review and information!
We love using chairs rather than a sofa when we need to place seating where the main flow of traffic comes into the room. In this space, we chose chairs with these beautiful metal backs that you see when you walk into the space, and we love how it works to open up the design and pull everything together.
Try this at home: Is there a piece of furniture blocking the flow of traffic in your space? Experiment with moving it around to see if you can find a better solution. You never know what you could come up with!
We love pulling out design elements that speak to us in a home and incorporating them in our furniture and styling. Since we got to be involved in this project from start to finish, we knew from the beginning that the big black metal windows would be a defining feature in the final result. To draw the eye to the windows, we tied in black metal or wood elements in accent pieces throughout the entire home.
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