Samsung's The Frame will be an easy choice for anyone who would simply feel most comfortable investing in the OG. The Frame is quite a bit more expensive than its beloved dupe, the Hisense Canvas, in every size. But the Frame's best-in-class anti-glare display and higher peak brightness will fare better than the Canvas if your framed TV is going to be in a room that gets heavy direct sunlight.

Yes, it's mildly annoying that access to the Samsung Art Store requires an extra subscription. But the gallery is massive, featuring a curated array of masterpieces from famous museums and even Art Basel, plus gorgeous digital Disney-themed artwork. If you can see yourself using Art Mode more than watching TV, or being serious about switching up the aesthetic vibe on a regular basis, the premium Samsung experience will probably be more satisfying than what Hisense offers.

Well, I have to mention the classic art TV in this list — its massive popularity says a lot about how well Samsung has perfected the design over the years.

Compared to the 2024 and 2025 models (which are also great, and often on sale), the 2026 The Frame TV (LS03HE) has a faster processor, a more realistic matte display, and richer color accuracy through Pantone Validation. It also furthers the framed art fantasy with AI-infused Art Mode, which intelligently tweaks picture quality for an even realer in-person museum feel.

Aside from the Hisense Canvas, The Frame Pro is the other immediate comparison that comes to mind. The Frame Pro is generally more vibrant, offering nearly 1,000 more nits of peak brightness thanks to a strip of mini LEDs along the bottom of the screen. But that's the thing: The Frame Pro's mini-LED lighting isn't full-array local dimming. You're not getting the precise contrast that you would when thousands of tiny LEDs are arranged in zones across the entire screen. Since Samsung ironically doesn't include a nice frame (past the standard black one) with The Frame models for free, the Frame Pro feels unnecessarily steep when it's all said and done.

If you're trying to decide between The Frame and The Frame Pro, my advice would be to save a bit of money and go with the standard Frame — or wait for the mini-LED LG Gallery TV with Frame to release (it's already available to preorder). If you need an art TV smaller than 55 inches, the 2025 Frame TV comes in 43 and 50 inches.

The Hisense CanvasTV is a beloved affordable art TV for those who don't want to near the $1,000 point — you can go as big as 65 inches and still pay less than $900 if it's on sale (it often is). Not that a ton of hardcore gamers who strictly play graphics-heavy games would be in the market for a lifestyle TV over an OLED, but the 144Hz refresh rate does make the Canvas a zippier choice for gaming than The Frame or the Ember Artline.

It's also a great choice if you're looking for the best art TV without a subscription (the Amazon Ember Artline also has a free art mode). Why should you have to pay to take advantage of your art TV's most important feature?

The most well-known dupe for The Frame, the Hisense Canvas' value is hard to pass up if budget is a consideration at all.

The Canvas is known to be every so slightly dimmer than The Frame, but its ambient light sensor still does a fabulous job at adapting the display's brightness and tone to naturally match the lighting in the room. Casual TV watchers probably won't care about the small vibrancy difference as long as their TV is doing its job of looking like a real frame on the wall. The teak frame is the default that comes with the TV, saving you another $200 over Samsung if you're adamant about avoiding the all-black look.

Hisense's Art Mode offers subscription-free access to more than 1,000 works of art (some famous, some not so famous), plus some GIF-like immersive screensavers. The smaller gallery won't be a huge deal if you'll be displaying your own photos like a true picture frame, and transferring those to the TV is super easy.

The Amazon Ember Artline is the art TV for the crew who's very partial to the Fire TV layout. The Ember Artline frame also comes in 10 colors, and the one of your choice is already included in the price. (Samsung and Hisense aren't so generous.) If you're more hyped on the aesthetic possibilities of a fig-colored or gold frame than you are about the sit-down cinematic or gaming experience, you'll be content with Amazon's lifestyle TV.

Being so late to the art TV party, the Amazon Ember Artline had to do something different to stand out. So, Amazon decided to remedy one glaring complaint that many shoppers have with Samsung: that you have to pay $200 extra for the white or wood-look frames that everyone associates with art TVs, which feels wrong for a TV literally called The Frame. While Samsung locks you into black (and Hisense locks you into teak), you can choose from one of 10 Ember Artline colors, including unique ones like fig (purple-ish burgundy), midnight blue, and pale gold.

Amazon's art gallery is also free. You're free to choose a piece of art on your own or display your own photos, or let the "Match the Room" feature suggest something. Just upload a few pictures of your space and the AI-powered tool will make recommendations that mesh with the surrounding colors and decor style. Plus, for the price, the Ember Artline's reflection handling is top-notch.

Then again, "for the price," the Ember Artline has a few weak spots that the cheaper Hisense Canvas doesn't. (The 55-inch and 65-inch CanvasTVs can almost always be found on sale for several hundred dollars less than their Amazon counterparts.) The Ember Artline's refresh rate maxes out at 60Hz, and its contrast is subpar. Perhaps the biggest letdown is that the Ember Artline doesn't actually lie completely flush against the wall. You may not notice the inch that it sticks out if you never see the TV from a side angle, but it's definitely a miss for the framed wall art illusion.