Samsung The Frame 2.0 UE49LS03N
49", LCD, 4K, 2018
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3 reviews
With a little more effort Samsung could have built the perfect digital photo frame, but if you want to display more than a handful of your own photos it's extremely cumbersome
I have a large photo collection and want to display them on the Samsung The Frame. I would expect to simply save all the photos to a cloud (Dropbox etc.) or NAS folder and have them randomly selected by the TV. But no: with the iPhone app you have to upload each photo individually. Too cumbersome for many photos. Via USB stick, first the surprise: photos only go up to 33 megapixels, not suitable for my 36 MP camera. Downscaling to 4K resolution on the PC doesn't work either, because the TV software looks at the original resolution in the EXIF data instead of the effective resolution. Unbelievable. So you have to remove the EXIF data on the PC with software. The TV receiver box has 3 USB ports, so you would think that you could just plug in a USB stick with all the photos. But no, you have to copy the photos into the max. 500 MByte on the TV. With the remote control, each one individually, i.e. for 500 photos you have to press 1000 times. And if you want to change the photo selection, you have to delete each one individually, i.e. press 1000 times again. Dear Samsung: Please 1) import and delete all photos, 2) leave the photos on the USB stick instead of copying them to the TV, 3) downscale the photos in the TV, 4) implement cloud support, 5) random order (at the moment only one after the other, and if you change the playback time it starts all over again).
Pro
- Picture quality
- Beautiful pictures in the (chargeable) Art-Store
Contra
- Software to upload images in Art Mode
For art lovers.
Stylish and good quality TV although Samsung has better and newer screens.
Pro
- its look
Contra
- could simplify the use of its Art mode.
Picture mode very good and tv. discreet
Expensive but ideal if you want a more discreet tv. in a location.
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