A follow-up to my original post with first impressions: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheFrame/s/SUjdt4IGHz
This TV is still going strong on day-to-day use. There were some growing pains as we tried to figure each other out.
Sound Issues: the original soundbar I had plugged in would occasionally start making a loud buzzing (like, max volume 100) completely randomly. It was an older Samsung soundbar and I had already been looking to upgrade to Q-symphony so I made the switch. I got a HW-S700D ultra slim soundbar on clearance, and I had a frame speaker that came with my TV from Costco so I got a second to put behind for a true 5.1 experience. A true experience I did not get with Q-Symphony. I was having serious issues with an echo between the TV and the rest of the system. I tried hard-wiring the soundbar to the micro-HDMI port on the back of the TV but it never recognized. I thought the one-connect was the lag point and was very disappointed, so I just used the soundbar for output. Fast forward 8 more months and I had to replace my router and it turns out some devices were on the 2.1 band and others on the 5.4. They’re now all synched and it sounds good!
The TVOS is still hot garbage trying to milk you for data and I try to stay out of it when I can. I use it for art and that’s it. I still have 1 year of art left by getting the TV through Costco. I rarely change it, so I’m going to find another high quality image of this Van Gogh and go it alone when I’m done. I will say browsing the art store is nice, but they’re putting up more and more AI-looking trash and I’d rather stick with classic pieces. If I want AI trash I can make it myself.
The hardware is what really shines here. The matte screen is wonderful and shows every brush stroke well. I have the TV synched with my Alexa to turn artwork on when I’m home and off when I’m not, and it turns off at night or when it doesn’t sense anyone around. Overall the art-mode is solid.
If I could do it again I’d probably rather have the wired one-connect box they’re getting rid of: the power cable is thicker and it runs through the wall where it would be anyway. Also, the GIANT usb-C brick they have you plug the one connect box into makes my entire media console stick out an extra inch for my outlet strip.