B2 · Hall of smart-shame Oh no, you didn’t?

Samsung The Frame

By Samsung.

Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

Automatic content recognition logs what you watch, the home screen sells it back to you as ads, and the apps stop getting updates long before the panel wears out. It hangs on the wall like a painting, which is the nicest thing a smart TV has ever done.

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Wi-Fi, Ethernet or cellular. An attacker can be anywhere, and it can collect data.

Buy the dumb one instead

• Amusing Ourselves to DeathLevel 0 · No electricity · Dumb as a rock $10View
• Kodak Carousel slide projectorLevel 1 · Electric, no logic · An electric rock $50–150View
• LG UR340C commercial TVLevel 2 · A quiet chip · Dependable doofus $452View

We do not link to the smart one. You can find it.