We love our TVs, we’d like our TVs. However for the aesthetically-minded amongst us, incorporating a TV into our house décor could be…a problem. Samsung answered this dilemma with The Body TV. The model’s line seamlessly turns TVs into artworks when turned off, plus, this spring, Samsung launched a Body speaker that appears simply one other image body in your gallery wall.
Till this yr, Samsung did not have a lot competitors because it launched The Body in 2017. Again in 2022, Amazon embraced aesthetic multitasking with its line of Omni Fireplace TVs. Now, TV leaders Hisense and TCL are coming into the sphere with new life-style TVs.
Credit score: Hisense
Meet the HiSense CanvasTV
Launched in July 2024, the Hisense CanvasTV presents an immersive Artwork Mode. Proper on par with The Body, Artwork Mode on the CanvasTV reveals a set of pre-loaded paintings in addition to personalised pictures when not in use. So reasonably than the boring black display screen you are used to, the CanvasTV reveals stunning photographs of your selecting.
Whereas the immersive Artwork Mode is the large draw of The Body-style TVs, they’re additionally actually good at their principal operate. The CanvasTV is 4K QLED and options Hisense’s Hello-Matte tech for anti-glare viewing. Plus, it is loaded with encompass sound — no additional sound system wanted. It is a Google TV as effectively, offering entry to your favourite streaming apps.
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It is accessible in each 55- and 65-inch fashions. The CanvasTV comes with a teak body, with further frames accessible for buy. The very best a part of the Hisense CanvasTV is that it’s considerably cheaper than Samsung’s The Body. The 65-inch Hisense CanvasTV prices simply $1,299.99, whereas Samsung’s same-sized mannequin is $1,999.99.
Credit score: TCL
The most recent competitor — the TCL NXTFRAME TV
And simply this week, TCL introduced its NXTFRAME TV. Like The Body and the CanvasTV, it is all about merging décor with the performance of a TV. The NXTFRAME TV boasts an exceptionally skinny design (apparently the thinnest TV ever), simply 1.1-inch deep (1.2-inches on the 85-inch mannequin). It mounts flush to the wall to mix into your gallery and comes with a curated Artwork Library. It additionally includes a private photograph gallery mode and has AI Artwork capabilities, an attention-grabbing selection contemplating how controversial AI artwork has been.
TCL has additionally entered a licensing partnership with Bang & Olufsen, giving NXTFRAME TV Professional fashions audio by Bang & Olufsen. Like the opposite artwork TVs accessible, it is 4K QLED with a matte anti-glare display screen. It is available in 4 sizes: 55-, 65-, 75-, and 85-inches. Like Samsung and Hisense’s TVs, it comes with a swappable picket body.
The 55-inch and 65-inch NXTFRAME TVs are presupposed to be accessible now however nonetheless listed as coming quickly on TCL’s web site. The 75- and 85-inch fashions are coming in September. Fashions begin at $1,499.99 for the 55-inch mannequin, the very same value as Samsung’s 55-inch The Body. Nevertheless, TCL’s NXTFRAME TVs are cheaper than Samsung’s because the fashions enhance in dimension, saving you many hundred {dollars}.
