00:00Samsung's The Frame has been a smash hit ever since it went on sale, and it's not
00:06hard to understand why.
00:08Some people just don't like an ugly, big, black rectangle dominating their living room.
00:12And The Frame looks a lot more stylish.
00:15It's got wooden bezels, it shows nice, classy artwork, and when it's off, it looks just
00:20really nice.
00:21But as a TV, it's always just been kind of… meh.
00:25Okay.
00:26Not the brightest, not the best.
00:27And that changes today.
00:29Samsung just announced the new Frame Pro, and now it's supposed to be just as good
00:34of a TV as a canvas for art.
00:36Samsung made two big changes that put the Pro in The Frame Pro.
00:41First, this TV now uses mini-LEDs, but not like you'd expect.
00:46See, when I heard that, I assumed there would be all these dimming zones behind the screen
00:50for more precise lighting, better brightness, better black levels, and so on.
00:54But Samsung told me that they're actually at the bottom of the screen, so The Frame
00:59Pro is still kind of edge-lit, but there are a lot more LEDs for some of the effect of
01:04local dimming.
01:05So, it should look better than The Frame, but will it look as good as a full mini-LED
01:09TV?
01:10We'll see when it ships this spring.
01:12But the picture quality has taken a big step up, according to Samsung.
01:15Can't really say how much better the picture is here with these demos they have.
01:19It's brighter, but Samsung won't say how much brighter, or make any real statements
01:23as far as how much of a leap up this is over The Frame.
01:26But it is mini-LED in some sense.
01:30As for the second big upgrade, it's the wireless OneConnect box.
01:34There's no longer a thin cable running between the TV and the breakout box where you plug
01:37in all your gaming consoles and streaming boxes.
01:40Now, that connection is wireless.
01:42So that's one less telltale sign that this is a piece of tech, and not a frame on your
01:48wall.
01:49So even if the mini-LED system is not quite what I expected, there are other upgrades
01:53here too.
01:54The peak refresh rate is now 144Hz.
01:56So for you PC gamers out there, that's better than 120Hz, I suppose.
02:01And the breakout box uses Wi-Fi 7 for better connectivity.
02:04So like always with The Frame and The Frame Pro, you can subscribe to Samsung's Art Store
02:07and show some really nice pieces on your wall.
02:09But as far as new software goes, there's a ton of new AI features.
02:14It's almost inescapable.
02:15It's all called Vision AI.
02:17There's Live Translate.
02:18You can generate your own wallpaper.
02:20There's Click-to-Search to show you what actors are on screen, even what food is being shown
02:25on screen, and show you recipes on how to make that food.
02:28I'm very curious to see how accurate or way off the mark that's going to be once this
02:31TV actually comes out.
02:33People love The Frame, but if you're a TV nerd like me, it's always been kind of a compromise
02:38and not the best TV when it comes to the specs that count.
02:42This year with The Frame Pro, Samsung wants to change that.
02:46Will it pan out?
02:47We'll see.
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