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I'd like one of these for my wall mounted TV in the living room. It would be much nicer without the "black mirror" effect in what is an otherwise bright and col

I'd like one of these for my wall mounted TV in the living room. It would be much nicer without the "black mirror" effect in what is an otherwise bright and colorful space.

simondotau 2y ago
A much cheaper solution would be to have an array of accurate ambient light/colour sensors and have the TV mimic the colour of your wall. So long as the TV had near-perfect viewing angles, the result would be very reasonable.
wlesieutre 2y ago
Just don't try to hide the cables behind it. Samsung's The Frame TVs might be up your alley if you don't mind wasting some electricity.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > don't try to hide the cables behind it I assume anyone deploying these in the next decade would be running cabling behind the drywall.
  - wlesieutre 2y ago
    I bet the better way to install one of these is suspending it from ceiling joists instead of trying to land the mounting hardware on wall studs in the 1/2" strip where you can't see it. Or redesign your living room to include a glass wall like it's a fancy shower, and you can glue the TV to it.
- bigstrat2003 2y ago
  As someone with a Frame TV, don't get one. I have one because my wife really wanted it (and still wants to keep it), but I hate it. The software is designed with this weird "must keep content going at all times" mentality where it will switch inputs (usually to the antenna) if you turn off whatever is connected to the current input. The TV turns itself on and starts playing content for no reason sometimes. The remote doesn't work half the time. And it has the advertising on the home screen everyone knows and hates from Samsung. It is the worst TV I have ever owned, by a large margin. One of these days I'm probably going to stab it from sheer frustration. The only reason it hasn't long since been replaced is because my wife likes it.
JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> would be much nicer without the "black mirror" effect in what is an otherwise bright and colorful space Oh, you could put art behind it!
- pgreenwood 2y ago
  You could put your old TV behind it !
crtasm 2y ago
A piece of fabric with a nice pattern is my preferred solution for this.

I'd like one of these for my wall mounted TV in the living room. It would be much nicer without the "black mirror" effect in what is an otherwise bright and colorful space.

simondotau 2y ago

A much cheaper solution would be to have an array of accurate ambient light/colour sensors and have the TV mimic the colour of your wall. So long as the TV had near-perfect viewing angles, the result would be very reasonable.

wlesieutre 2y ago

Just don't try to hide the cables behind it. Samsung's The Frame TVs might be up your alley if you don't mind wasting some electricity.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> don't try to hide the cables behind it I assume anyone deploying these in the next decade would be running cabling behind the drywall.
- wlesieutre 2y ago
  I bet the better way to install one of these is suspending it from ceiling joists instead of trying to land the mounting hardware on wall studs in the 1/2" strip where you can't see it. Or redesign your living room to include a glass wall like it's a fancy shower, and you can glue the TV to it.
bigstrat2003 2y ago
As someone with a Frame TV, don't get one. I have one because my wife really wanted it (and still wants to keep it), but I hate it. The software is designed with this weird "must keep content going at all times" mentality where it will switch inputs (usually to the antenna) if you turn off whatever is connected to the current input. The TV turns itself on and starts playing content for no reason sometimes. The remote doesn't work half the time. And it has the advertising on the home screen everyone knows and hates from Samsung. It is the worst TV I have ever owned, by a large margin. One of these days I'm probably going to stab it from sheer frustration. The only reason it hasn't long since been replaced is because my wife likes it.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago

> would be much nicer without the "black mirror" effect in what is an otherwise bright and colorful space Oh, you could put art behind it!

pgreenwood 2y ago
You could put your old TV behind it !

crtasm 2y ago

A piece of fabric with a nice pattern is my preferred solution for this.