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USA Today
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Score art and entertainment: Samsung's The Frame TV now $500 off
Score art and entertainment: Samsung's The Frame TV now $500 off Upgrade your living room style! I am a Samsung girl. My home is a testament to the brand's seamless integration and user-friendly design. From my phone to my TV, my refrigerator and even my washer and dryer. It's chronic, but I love the user-friendly aspects of each device and the complete customizability and latest technological advances of my phone (a device I firmly believe outpaces iPhones in its innovation, argue with me!). Not to mention, Samsung offers many great opportunities to save on their high-quality devices and appliances during huge sales events. I was in awe when Samsung unveiled its iconic The Frame TV. This stunning TV is designed to blend into your decor to create a minimalist appearance. That means it boasts a slim design that mounts to your wall. It looks like a large photo frame, hence the name. Plus, for a limited time only, Samsung is offering up to $500 off their Frame TVs. You can stream your favorite HD TV show or movie and when you're done, you can turn your TV into a beautiful piece of art that fits your aesthetic, with art from Samsung or from your own collection. Below, you'll see how you can save up to $500 on The Frame TV right now at Samsung. Save up to $500 on The Frame decor-focused TV from Samsung Score the most savings: $500 off 75" Class The Frame QLED 4K LS03D Save on a bundle deal from Samsung Grab the 43" Class The Frame QLED 4K TV and the Ultra-slim Wireless Dolby ATMOS Soundbar and save $450. Is Samsung having a summer sale? Yes, the Discover Samsung Summer Sale runs from Monday, June 2 to Sunday, June 8, with new daily deals launching at 9 a.m. ET each day. Shop the Discover Samsung Summer Sale Other Deals of the Day to look forward to this week:
TechCrunch
05-06-2025
- Business
- TechCrunch
The founder of DeviantArt is making a $22,000 display for digital art
Angelo Sotira started the online digital art platform DeviantArt when he was just a teenager, growing a formative community for millions of artists in the 2000s. Twenty-five years later, Sotira wants to change digital art again, but with a focus on the way it's displayed. On Thursday, Sotira revealed his new venture, Layer, a screen specifically designed to showcase digital art in the best quality possible. 'The way that the canvas needs to perform and behave in your life is quite different than other types of displays,' Sotira told TechCrunch. 'It needs to blend into beautiful environments.' The closest point of reference that the average consumer would have for a product like this is Samsung's The Frame TV, which looks like a painting hung on the wall when it's not turned on. But Layer takes that kind of feel to an even more premium level — unlike The Frame, Layer is not a consumer product, and it's not trying to emulate static paintings or photographs. 'They're $22,000, so that kind of tells you a lot about who that's for,' Sotira said. 'We spared no expense and we spared no effort. We made no compromise in producing what is actually, in our opinion, the very best way to display digital art on a wall.' Image Credits:Layer When Sotira talks about digital art, he isn't talking about digital photography or videos. Layer is working with hundreds of artists like Casey Reas, who makes generative AI art — no, not the kind of generative art you get from ChatGPT, which is created with LLMs that use other artists' work without their consent. Instead, many of these artists are writing their own software to create digital AI artworks that change over time according to what the code says. Techcrunch event Save now through June 4 for TechCrunch Sessions: AI Save $300 on your ticket to TC Sessions: AI—and get 50% off a second. Hear from leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Khosla Ventures, and more during a full day of expert insights, hands-on workshops, and high-impact networking. These low-rate deals disappear when the doors open on June 5. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you've built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | REGISTER NOW But these artworks, like most AI software, require a lot of computing power to execute. That's part of why Layer is so pricey — it needs the technological capacity to display these new kinds of works. 'You're looking at an over 35-year history of extraordinary artists developing the medium of code-based art and essentially, the pixels on the display are being governed by the code that's been written that runs live on that GPU, rendering it in full resolution,' Sotira said. 'It's actually controlling every pixel, so it's not going through any compression algorithms.' Sotira is well aware that he's not the first entrepreneur to try to create a better way to display digital art — when he was at DeviantArt, he was pitched on products like Layer all the time. But because of this, he knows what was missing from the products that were pitched to him in the past. 'One of the driving principles is that you can plug it in, turn it on, and leave it alone, and it should know how to sequence art for you,' he said. In his experience, he enjoys tinkering with these devices for a few weeks, but then it becomes tedious to continue updating the display, so he wanted his own canvas to be more self-sustaining. 'It's going to be on your wall for five years, so it has to play really, really well in your life.' Image Credits:Layer Layer seems like a highly expensive and very niche product, but some venture capitalists and entrepreneurs are betting on it. While in stealth, the startup raised $5.7 million in funding from Expa Ventures, Human Ventures, and Slauson & Co., plus angels like Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and Behance co-founder Scott Belsky. The company's ambitions extend beyond selling hardware to display art. With a Layer canvas, owners get subscription access to a collection of art from the digital artists that Layer partners with. Then, those artists are paid royalties based on the amount of time their works are on view. 'We put artists first, and that's kind of the core mission and philosophy of Layer,' Sotira said.
Cosmopolitan
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
An Honest Review of the Samsung Frame TV 2025
If you're anything like me, aesthetics are very important to you. I enjoy looking at beautiful things, sue me! It's why I've put so much time, effort, and (my fiancé's) elbow grease into decorating my tiny NYC apartment, turning it from a glorified closet into my personal oasis over the years. It's also why I've had my eye on Samsung's The Frame TV for as long as I can remember (aka since it first came on the scene in 2017). The Frame is a TV designed to look like a piece of framed art hanging on a wall when not in use, and it has low-key changed the interior design space forevermore. It's basically a TV made for people who hate the look of TVs, blending seamlessly into whatever room it's in and displaying photos of art that look so real (thanks to an ambient light sensor), you wouldn't believe they were being broadcast on a screen. But it's also really good at being a TV, too, thanks to its high-quality display and smart features. I'll get into all of that and more below, because I did end up getting one of these babies after many years of waiting, and I'm reviewing it for you here so you can decide if you want to splurge on one too. Because yes, they do cost a pretty penny—about $750 and up, depending on the size you choose. Read on for my honest thoughts. This, my friends, is the true beauty of The Frame. The TV sits completely flush against the wall, thanks to the no-gap mount, and there's only one single (thin and transparent!) wire stemming from it (which I easily hid behind a plant), so it truly just looks like a piece of art hanging on a wall. (You can also conceal the cord behind the wall, but that's a lot more effort than I was willing to put out.) There are four different styles of bezels to choose from (white, teak, brown, and gold metal), which snap around the screen, further adding to the "frame" illusion. The screen itself is designed to resist any glare and mimic a canvas-like finish using subtle texture, so it doesn't come across as a screen at all, especially when Art Mode is on. There's also an ambient light sensor, which senses the light of the room and adjusts the screen brightness accordingly. I'm not normally one to be knocked off my feet by new technology, but I could immediately tell that this was a nice TV the second we turned it on. And honestly? We had a pretty damn good TV before (my fiancé takes his sports watching very seriously). But the picture quality on The Frame is unlike anything I've ever experienced before—it's just unbelievably crisp, and the colors are so vivid. I've since learned that's because it has 4K QLED resolution, which basically means it uses ultra-teeny little dots (also known as quantum dots) to produce a wide range of colors that regular LED TVs can't. Respect! No, really. The Samsung Art Store has over 3,000 art pieces to choose from, and it's constantly being refreshed with new works, often spotlighting different artists, photographers, and museums around the world. My fiancé leaves for work before me every day, and now he always changes the art to something new for me to see when I wake up. Sometimes it's some alarming abstract art, but most times it's a pretty painting of flowers or a snapshot from Slim Aarons (my favorite). No matter the size of your wall, there's a Frame TV for you. Models start as small as 32 inches and go as large as 85 inches, which is honestly massive. Once you go smart TV, it's hard to go back, so I was thrilled when I learned that The Frame is well-equipped with all the latest and greatest technology. Specs and stats tend to scramble my brain, so I won't bore you with all the techy details, but just know that it comes with pre-loaded streaming apps, built-in voice assistants, and can easily connect with other smart home devices. It also uses Samsung Vision AI to enhance the picture and sound quality of whatever you're watching. If you're shopping for your first TV or are on a tight budget, The Frame might not be for you. Depending on the size you're looking for, these bad boys can go for up to $4,000, which, of course, isn't chump change. But if you're looking for an upgrade, or are down to fork over a couple thou in the name of aesthetics, you won't be disappointed. Unfortunately, the bezels—which make The Frame look like, well, a framed piece of art—come at an additional cost. They'll set you back as little as $99.99 (for a 32-inch TV) or as much as $299.99 (for the gold metal bezel for the 85-inch TV). This extra investment can come as a surprise to a lot of buyers, so just keep it in mind when you're budgeting. If you want full access to the Samsung Art Store, you'll have to shell out $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, which is a small sum, but adds up. That said, you do get access to 370+ free pieces annually, so you definitely don't need to subscribe if you'd rather save some dough. The Frame isn't cheap, and I get that. It can be hard to justify paying the price of rent for a TV. But if you (a) love beautiful things, (b) spend a good chunk of your life watching shows and movies, and (c) have been debating taking the plunge on this fine piece of tech for a while now, I say go for it. Samsung's Frame TV really does what it says it does, and, in my opinion, lives up to all the hype. I admire it every time we're bingeing a show, and seeing fresh art on my way to work every morning is the best way to start my day. Don't blame me if your bank account gets drained as a result of your purchase, but dear reader, you deserve nice things. You really do.
Stuff.tv
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Stuff.tv
Samsung TVs just received a big Disney-themed upgrade
Samsung and Disney have joined forces to turn your TV into the happiest screen on Earth. Starting today, you can beam Disney, Pixar, Star Wars and National Geographic artworks straight onto your TV – turning your living room into a gallery filled with childhood memories, galactic heroes and stunning wildlife. Samsung's Frame TV is, in my opinion, one of the best 4K TVs you can buy, and this update adds a fresh dose of nostalgia and cinematic beauty to Samsung's digital art subscription service. It boasts more than 3500 curated pieces, now including Ariel, Rapunzel and Snow White, next to sweeping shots from the Star Wars saga and jaw-dropping landscapes from Nat Geo. It's not just for owners of The Frame either – the artwork is now available across all Samsung TVs from the Q7F onwards, including the new Frame Pro, which pairs Neo QLED tech with a matte display to cut reflections and look more like an actual canvas. I've owned a Frame TV for a while now, and I love it. It's one of the few bits of tech in my house that gets compliments. It looks like a real picture frame, displays proper art when I'm not watching anything. I've always loved The Frame's ability to look like actual art when the screen is off, but the addition of Disney's best makes is perfect for fans of the film (whether grown-up or little). It's comforting and homely. The Art Store subscription costs $4.99 / £3.99 a month, and I think it's a great way to keep your living room looking fresh. At the same time, Samsung has announced that if you pre-order today, you'll get 20% off and a free Galaxy S25. Liked this? Sony will give you a free 55in 4K TV – here's how it works
CNN
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Best Buy's Memorial Day sale is filled with editor-favorite gadgets, grills and more
If you're searching for the best electronics and gadgets on sale for Memorial Day, you've come to the right place. Best Buy has launched its annual long weekend sale, and I'm ready to put my near-decades worth of deals-hunting experience to work finding all of the retailer's best deals. This year's best early Memorial Day deals include CNN Underscored's top-tested TV brands, patio gadgets like grills and pizza ovens, gaming PCs and Samsung appliances. Below, you'll find the 21 best ways to save through May 26. Sony 65-Inch Bravia 8 OLED 4K Smart Google TV Sony makes some of the best OLED TVs in the game with its Bravia lineup. I've been eyeing this exact television for a few months now, and at $800 off, it might just be time for me to pull the trigger and add this to my home theater while it's at the best price of 2025. Samsung 55-Inch The Frame TV It's rare to find a product that is loved by CNN Underscored editors and our readers this much. But that's exactly what you get with Samsung's The Frame TV. It won us over year after year with a design closer to a picture frame than your typical TV. Save $500, scoring one of the best discounts to our review LG 65-Inch Class C4 Series OLED Evo TV If the Sony Bravia was too pricey for you, the LG OLED is the next best thing. The previous generation C4 series is at the best prices of the year, with this 65-inch version at $300 off. That means you can enjoy its impressive 1,500-nit screen without paying full our review Samsung B-series 3.1-Channel DTS Virtual:X Soundbar If you already have a television you love, it's time to improve your home theater's sound. This affordable soundbar includes a wireless subwoofer for added bass to help round out movie nights with the kind of booming sound you'd find at the actual theater. Samsung 77-Inch S84D 4K OLED TV If your television isn't cutting it for viewing baseball games, upgrade to this massive 77-inch OLED TV, going big for the rest of the year. It's $200 below the previous discount I tracked over Presidents Day, marking its best price of the year. LG 65-Inch UT70 4K Smart webOS TV This 65-inch TV won't break the bank. It has a 4K panel and built-in streaming support with LG's webOS tech. At the best price I've tracked, take $250 off ahead of Memorial Day weekend. Lenovo Legion Go Gaming Handheld This gaming handheld combines the flexibility of a PC with the convenience of a Nintendo Switch. We found it a worthy competitor to the Steam Deck, and today's $100 discount makes it an even better value. Read our review Sonos Move 2 Portable Durable Smart Speaker I was excited to see the Sonos Move 2 go on sale this week but even more so now that the olive color I own is joining in on the savings. It's not available at other retailers, but Best Buy is offering a new all-time low price on this color. This is the best portable smart speaker I've used. HP 14-Inch Chromebook If you're searching for an affordable way to browse the web and check emails, this Chromebook is it. It's down to a record-low price at Best Buy with $210 in savings. That's over 60% off. GoPro Hero 11 Black Mini Capture all your upcoming hikes or outdoor adventures with this GoPro action camera. The Hero 11 Mini is smaller than its standard camera but still features the same rugged, go-anywhere design. It's also far more affordable at $120 off the usual price. Marshall Woburn II Bluetooth Speaker I listen to music every day on this speaker's newer version, the Woburn III. This earlier iteration packs all the same retro designs and booming sound but with a far more affordable price tag due to today's $200 all-time low discount. Asus 16-Inch ROG Zephyrus G16 If your portable gaming needs aren't met by something like the Lenovo Legion Go on sale above, this Asus laptop has entered the chat with a $500 discount. It's matching the last low price, tracked during Presidents Day weekend. It offers better performance with an Nividia RTX 4060 graphics card. Segway Max G30P Electric Kick Scooter Take a whopping $450 off this electric kick scooter from Segway. The brand is one of the most trusted in the micro mobility space, which makes today's offer even better. This scooter is great for cruising around the neighborhood this summer or taking quick trips to the store. Sony Ult Wear Headphones A $50 deal landed on this pair of CNN Underscored-approved Ult Wear headphones that launched last spring. These are some of my favorite headphones, especially when you factor in the sale price. I particularly enjoy the booming bass and respectable ANC features. Today's offer is $1 below our previous mention. Read our review Logitech Pro X Superlight Wireless Gaming Mouse This is still the best gaming mouse money can buy. I purchased mine in 2021, and it has been handling gaming sessions like a pro ever since. I recommend it years later, especially when a 33% discount lands. Traeger Grills Pro 22 Pellet Grill and Smoker When we tested the best grills, Traeger stood above the rest in the pellet grill category. This discounted model has the same reputation as our best-tested pick but with a smaller design perfect for compact patio setups. It's also matching its lowest price. Samsung Stackable Smart Front-Load Washer There's more to like about this front-load washer than its sleek stainless steel finish. It also features Samsung's Super Speed Wash tech and smart features to streamline laundry day. Ooni Koda 16 Gas-Powered Outdoor Pizza Oven This outdoor pizza oven is seeing a rare discount for Memorial Day weekend. It's the first notable chance to save in 2025 with $120 in savings attached. Samsung 27-Cubic-Foot 3-Door French Door Smart Refrigerator Our experts previously walked away impressed by the higher-end version of this Samsung Bespoke refrigerator. This one shares many of the same features but mostly nixes some fancier additions to offer the same cooling for less. Throw in this $500 discount, and it's an even better way to renovate your kitchen. Traeger Grills Pro 34 Pellet Grill and Smoker If you need more grilling and smoking space than the Traeger above, this discounted model offers a larger cooking area and even more savings. It's a bit pricier, but it is at least resting at a new low price this year for the holiday weekend. Bella 4.2-Quart Pro Touchscreen Air Fryer Take half off this affordable air fryer at its best price of the year. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles as our top-tested model, but it'll certainly get the job done if you want to upgrade the kitchen for less. CNN Underscored's deals experts are always shopping for the best discounts online. Outside of holiday weekends, we cover weekly guides to the steepest price cuts from specific retailers. These early Memorial Day deals are worth a closer look now, considering many items are down to their lowest prices of the year, even beating previous discounts I've covered. I'm constantly tracking price cuts across multiple online storefronts to ensure the deals are as good as the retailers say. The rest of the deals team and I dive into each product's price history while cross-referencing reviews and guides from other CNN Underscored editors to determine if it's worth your cash. Quite simply, our goal here at Underscored is to save you money. Our senior deals editor Rikka Altland has been doing just that for nearly a decade, and that kind of experience extends to the rest of our deals team. Being an advocate for buyers to make sure we're only recommending the best prices on the best products is what we're all about, and that focus comes across in our work.
