The Samsung The Frame 2024 QLED is part of Samsung's Lifestyle TV lineup. Like its predecessors, it has a unique design that's meant to look more like a wall-mounted piece of art than a traditional TV, and you can separately purchase covers that go over the TV's black bezels to change the color or give it a wood-like look. The TV comes with Samsung's Slim-Fit Wall Mount plus two plastic feet if you don't want to wall-mount it. It uses quantum dot technology, designed to deliver more vibrant and lifelike colors than traditional LED TVs. Unlike most TVs on the market, it uses a matte screen coating that is meant to significantly reduce reflections in a bright room. The TV has 40W 2.0.2 channel speakers built-in and comes in six sizes: 43-inch, 50-inch, 55-inch, 65-inch, 75-inch, and 85-inch.
Our Verdict
The Samsung The Frame TV is mediocre overall. It has low input lag and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for up to 4k @ 120Hz with VRR, so it's a good option to pair with modern gaming consoles. However, its response time just isn't good enough for a truly responsive gaming experience. It is suitable for a bright room due to its excellent direct reflection handling and good SDR peak brightness, although inversely it struggles with ambient sources of light. The TV isn't a good choice for home theater use, as it lacks a local dimming feature, giving it poor black levels. Its colors aren't deep enough to truly impress, and it also lacks Dolby Vision, as well as not passing through advanced DTS audio formats through eARC.
Very low input lag and VRR support leads to a good gaming experience.
Excellent reflection handling with direct sources of light.
Bright enough in SDR for well-lit rooms.
Good image processing overall, with fantastic HDR native gradient handling.
No local dimming feature to further improve black levels.
Doesn't get bright enough in HDR for highlights to stand out.
The TV's response time isn't quite good enough for a motion-blur free experience.
Smudges glare from ambient lights across the screen instead of reducing its size.
Colors are just alright.
The Samsung The Frame TV is passable for home theater, although it lacks Dolby Vision, and doesn't pass through DTS audio formats. It also has good image processing, as its HDR native gradient handling is fantastic, and it upscales low-resolution content well. If you like to watch a ton of content from streaming services, however, the TV isn't at its best there, as while it does clean up some macro-blocking, a lot of it remains. It has decent motion handling, and it can remove judder from most sources, but there's some stutter in slow panning shots. Unfortunately, the TV lacks a local dimming feature, giving it poor black levels. It's also not bright enough to make highlights pop in HDR, and its colors are fine, but don't impress. Finally, the TV isn't very accurate pre-calibration, especially in HDR, and it's hard to calibrate.
Removes judder from most sources.
Good image processing overall, with fantastic HDR native gradient handling.
Mostly free of micro judder.
No local dimming feature to further improve black levels.
Doesn't get bright enough in HDR for highlights to stand out.
No Dolby Vision or DTS audio support.
The TV is not very accurate in HDR, and is hard to calibrate.
Noticeable stutter.
The Samsung The Frame TV is bright enough in SDR for well-lit rooms, especially with its excellent direct reflection handling and good SDR peak brightness. That said, it struggles with ambient lighting, as the TV's matte cover smudges reflections across the panel, negatively impacting the unit's perceived contrast and colors.
Excellent reflection handling with direct sources of light.
Bright enough in SDR for well-lit rooms.
Smudges glare from ambient lights across the screen instead of reducing its size.
Colors are just alright.
The Samsung The Frame TV is decent for watching sports. The TV has excellent direct reflection handling and good SDR brightness, so it easily overcomes glare in a bright room when watching sports. Its image processing is good enough to clean up low-resolution feeds well, and it'll even remove some noise when you're watching sports through streaming services, although there's still some compression artifacts in the feed. Unfortunately, its color performance is just alright; it won't make the colors of your favorite jerseys pop out of the screen. Its viewing angle is okay, but barely; it's not the best option to use if you have people seated at extreme angles, as they won't get the best possible image quality.
Excellent reflection handling with direct sources of light.
Bright enough in SDR for well-lit rooms.
Good image processing overall, with fantastic HDR native gradient handling.
Good transitions with few artifacts.
Image degrades when viewed from extreme angles.
The TV's response time isn't quite good enough for a motion-blur free experience.
Smudges glare from ambient lights across the screen instead of reducing its size.
Colors are just alright.
The Samsung The Frame TV is okay for playing video games. The TV is responsive in Game Mode due to its low input lag, support for a variety of VRR modes, and large number of supported resolutions. It also has the HDMI bandwidth to game at 4k @ 120Hz, although unfortunately, only one port has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, so the TV isn't very versatile if you have both next-gen consoles. Furthermore, visually, the TV doesn't impress. Its HDR brightness in Game Mode is too low to make highlights in games pop, its black levels are poor due to the lack of a local dimming feature, and its colors are alright, but aren't notable.
- HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for up to 4k @ 120Hz.
Very low input lag and VRR support leads to a good gaming experience.
No local dimming feature to further improve black levels.
Doesn't get bright enough in HDR for highlights to stand out.
- HDMI 2.1 bandwidth is limited to one port.
The TV's response time isn't quite good enough for a motion-blur free experience.
The Samsung The Frame TV's brightness performance is alright. It is quite bright in SDR content, enough for well-lit rooms. In HDR content, however, it's too dim to make highlights pop, leading to a mediocre HDR viewing experience.
Bright enough in SDR for well-lit rooms.
Doesn't get bright enough in HDR for highlights to stand out.
The Samsung The Frame TV has poor black levels. This is mostly due to its lack of local dimming, which leads to poor contrast as the entire screen looks blueish and washed out in darker scenes.
No local dimming feature to further improve black levels.
The Samsung The Frame TV's colors are okay. It has alright color volume in HDR, and passable volume in SDR, leading to a pleasant, albeit unexceptional, image. Its HDR pre-calibration accuracy is only mediocre, however, and it's quite hard to improve upon through calibration. Thankfully it is vastly more accurate in SDR out-of-the-box. Still, purists will want to invest in a professional calibrator to get the most out of the TV.
Good SDR pre-calibration accuracy.
The TV is not very accurate in HDR, and is hard to calibrate.
Colors are just alright.
The Samsung The Frame 2024 has decent motion handling when watching content. It removes judder from most sources and is usually free of micro judder, but it struggles a bit with 25p content sent via a 60p source. It has a great response time with clean transitions, but there's noticeable stutter in slow panning shots. Its motion interpolation feature is just okay, but it can't do much to reduce stutter.
Removes judder from most sources.
Mostly free of micro judder.
Good transitions with few artifacts.
Noticeable stutter.
The Samsung The Frame TV is responsive in Game Mode, as it has very low input lag, support for a variety of VRR modes, and a large number of supported resolutions. Unfortunately, its response time isn't fast enough to provide a truly motion-blur-free gaming experience, and this is especially noticeable at 60Hz. Stick to 120Hz for the best gaming experience out of this model.
- HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for up to 4k @ 120Hz.
Very low input lag and VRR support leads to a good gaming experience.
- HDMI 2.1 bandwidth is limited to one port.
The TV's response time isn't quite good enough for a motion-blur free experience.
Note: We're in the process of improving our tests related to image processing, but this score will give you a general idea of how a model performs overall with its image processing capabilities.
The Samsung the Frame TV's image processing is good overall, but it's mostly because of its fantastic HDR native gradient handling; there's barely any visible banding on this TV. It also upscales low-resolution content well. Its low-quality content smoothing and PQ EOTF tracking are decent, but there's still some macro-blocking in low-bitrate content, and the TV's blacks are raised.
Good image processing overall, with fantastic HDR native gradient handling.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Mar 17, 2026:
We added text to our new Cinematic Motion Handling performance usage and our new Transition Artifacts and Stutter Reduction Via Interpolation test sections after converting the review to TV 2.2.
- Updated Mar 10, 2026: This review has been updated to TV 2.2. We've added new sections for Transition Artifacts and Stutter Reduction Via Interpolation, and updated the way we test Stutter. Additionally, we removed the 'Broken' disclaimer from our Motion Handling usage.
- Updated Feb 05, 2026: We added text to the new Micro-Judder section and refreshed the text in the updated Judder and Response Time Stutter sections after converting the review to TV 2.1.
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Updated Aug 20, 2025:
We bought and tested the Samsung The Frame Pro 2025, and added a comparison to the Contrast and SDR Color Volume sections of the review.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 65-inch Samsung The Frame 2024, and the results are also valid for the 55-inch, 75-inch, and 85-inch models. Note that the 43-inch and 50-inch models deliver similar picture quality, but they have a 60Hz refresh rate and don't support VRR. The last four letters of the model code (FXZA in this case) vary between retailers and individual regions, but there's no difference in performance.
Costco sells a variant of the TV with a slightly different model code. It comes with an extended warranty and some other store-specific perks, but it performs the same.
| Size | US Model | Short Model Code | Refresh Rate | Variable Refresh Rate | Costco Variant |
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| 43" | QN43LS03DAFXZA | QN43LS03DA | 60Hz | No | QN43LS03DDFXZA |
| 50" | QN50LS03DAFXZA | QN50LS03DA | 60Hz | No | QN50LS03DDFXZA |
| 55" | QN55LS03DAFXZA | QN55LS03DA | 120Hz | Yes | QN55LS03DDFXZA |
| 65" | QN65LS03DAFXZA | QN65LS03DA | 120Hz | Yes | QN65LS03DDFXZA |
| 75" | QN75LS03DAFXZA | QN75LS03DA | 120Hz | Yes | QN75LS03DDFXZA |
| 85" | QN85LS03DAFXZA | QN85LS03DA | 120Hz | Yes | QN85LS03DDFXZA |
Our unit was manufactured in March 2024.
Popular TV Comparisons
The Samsung The Frame is a unique TV designed with style in mind. It looks like a framed piece of art when wall-mounted, so it can blend in with the rest of your decor, and its matte screen coating means you don't have to deal with mirror-like reflections. Unfortunately, its picture quality isn't nearly as unique as its design, and there are much better TVs loaded with features you can get with your money, like the Hisense U8/U8N and TCL QM8/QM851G QLED. Inversely, for a cheaper direct alternative, look up the Hisense CanvasTV QLED 2024 or the TCL NXTVISION. They're all art TVs with matte coatings, and perform relatively similarly, even if the Samsung is the better performer of the three. Still, it comes at a premium, so consider the other models before making your choice.
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The Samsung The Frame Pro 2025 is a significant upgrade over the older Samsung The Frame 2024. The Pro version is a lot brighter in both HDR and SDR, so it looks better in a bright room and delivers a more impactful HDR experience. The Pro also has better colors, with a wider range of colors and better color volume. The Pro also adds an edge-lit local dimming feature, which Samsung calls Mini LED, but it has nothing in common with real Mini LED TVs and the feature is largely useless. Since the local dimming can't be disabled on the Pro, the lack of this feature is actually a benefit to the older Frame.
The Samsung The Frame 2024 is better than the Hisense CanvasTV 2024, but the Samsung is also noticeably more expensive. Still, the Samsung has better contrast and is brighter in HDR, has better reflection handling, and is much more accurate pre-calibration than the Hisense. The Hisense does have the edge for PC gaming due to its 4k @ 144Hz support. For home theater us it also has Dolby Vision with advanced DTS audio format support. Still, overall, the Samsung model is definitely the better performer.
The Samsung The Frame 2024 is more expensive than the TCL NXTVISION, but it's also noticeably better. The Samsung model is far brighter in HDR and SDR, delivering a more impactful viewing experience. It's also the most accurate of the two in HDR and SDR. While both TVs struggle with ambient sources of light, the Samsung TV's matte coating does a better job at reducing their impact than the TCL's. Overall, the Samsung model definitely delivers a more impactful viewing experience, but at a premium.
The Samsung The Frame 2024 and The Samsung The Frame 2022 are similar, but the 2024 version is slightly better. The 2024 model gets brighter in HDR, so highlights stand out more in HDR content than on the 2022 model. The 2024 model also has better image processing, so low-quality and low-resolution content looks better.
We buy and test dozens of TVs yearly, taking an objective, data-driven approach to deliver results you can trust. Our testing process is complex, with hundreds of individual tests that take over a week to complete. Most of our tests use specially designed test patterns that mimic real content, but we also use the same sources you have at home to ensure our results match the real-world experience. We use two main tools for our testing: a Colorimetry Research CR-100 colorimeter and a CR-250 spectroradiometer.
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