LG unveils Gallery TV, a canvas-style rival to Samsung's The Frame

[midian182]

Something to look forward to: Say the words "canvas-style TV," and most people will think of Samsung's The Frame. But other companies have joined the segment with similar products of their own. At CES, LG will reveal its new take: the aptly named LG Gallery TV.

The LG Gallery TV will use the company's Gallery+ content service launched earlier this year. The library offers more than 4,500 pieces of artwork. Owners can also create pieces using generative AI or add their own images from a personal gallery – it even plays background music from built-in tracks and via Bluetooth. But like Samsung's Art Store, opening up all the Gallery+ features will require a subscription.

LG writes that the TV's Gallery Mode has been developed with museum curators. It optimizes color and brightness to reproduce the visual texture of original masterpieces. LG even provides a physical frame with the TV, which is something Hisense also does with its Canvas TV. The default frame color is white, but there's an option to buy a wood-colored one.

The TV has a "specialized screen" that LG says reduces glare and minimizes reflections for an art-like viewing experience. It also automatically adjusts picture quality based on changing ambient light to maintain clarity throughout the day.

The 4K television comes in 55-inch or 65-inch sizes and uses LG's MiniLED tech – LG hasn't revealed specific backlighting details. It features an a7 AI processor, too.

This isn't LG's first art-style TV. There was the LG GX Gallery TV OLED model from 2020 (below). It also called its premium G-series OLED TVs the Gallery Series until a few years ago.

LG hasn't revealed any pricing or availability details for the Gallery TV, but we can expect to learn more once CES starts next week.

The TVs are just the latest products LG has confirmed it will be showing off at the world's largest consumer tech event. It will unveil its new UltraGear evo line of gaming monitors, consisting of OLED and Mini LED models with 5K resolutions. The company will also show off its CLOiD robot and FlexConnect modular soundbar system.

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LG unveils Gallery TV, a canvas-style rival to Samsung's The Frame

 

[JMGuy]

I bought LG’s evo gallery edition a few years back and the entire “gallery” part, where you display artwork, is completely worthless without a subscription—I cannot use local network or USB sources at all.

And since I refuse to connect my TV to the internet directly, or pay subscriptions for pre-crippled built-in features, it’s been broken from the outset. Fortunately I didn’t make this purchase for that purpose; just played around with the feature only to learn the truth.

It’s funny because I can do all of that for free with an external device so long as it’s the one running the software—which is basically just a simple screen savor and/or slideshow. Really LG? A subscription for a slideshow feature? Get bent.

Learning that truth gave me a sour view of LG moving forward. After having used the TV a bit I’m pretty unimpressed with their brand experience all around. I don’t expect I’ll be buying or recommending LG in the future as a result. WebOS is a terrible interface and LG crippled anything of value.

 

[Squid Surprise]

I doubt that 99% of people would notice the difference between this and any high-end tv connected to a device that can show photos…. Heck, every smart TV has a screensaver function that shows “art” if you really need it…

I don’t understand why people feel the need to “disguise” their TV in their living rooms. Almost everyone has a TV nowadays and they’re not the ugly CRTs from the 80s… just display your big rectangle proudly and watch your TV like the rest of us…

 

[NumberNine]

Maybe if all of southeastern asia combined their industrial might, they could manage to produce a consumer television with a metal chassis and more than 5 buttons on the remote control.

 

[Kashim]

I bought LG’s evo gallery edition a few years back and the entire “gallery” part, where you display artwork, is completely worthless without a subscription—I cannot use local network or USB sources at all.

Yeah, that's the whole point. Why would anyone "subscribe" if you can just use local network or a USB stick to do your own slideshow? LG has become one of these parasite companies who think everything should be a subscription model and you should pay for their nonsense every month. If it was up to LG they'd charge you a subscription for breathing oxygen.

Anyway, I think it's funny when people pay extra for a "feature" to find out they only paid for the privilege of paying a "subscription" in perpetuity.