CleanFrame: A quieter home screen for Samsung The Frame

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We have 2 Frame TVs. It's a great product if you aren't someone who obsesses over picture quality and have the budget.

I'd love a clean UI to accompany the minimalistic design of the TV itself...but this looks a bit early for me to try :).

My Frame TV developed a dim strip in the centre of the screen after four years of ownership.

Samsung would only proceed with organising a repair if I updated the firmware to the latest version. Something I deliberately held back on to avoid the introduction of ads.

Now I have new firmware. And new ads.

Oy for Samsung to tell me that spares are no longer available for my four year old TV, and would I like to buy a new one (with more ads).

Now everywhere I look I see Samsung displays being used in residential and commercial settings, and I'd estimate 30% of them have noticeably inconsistent backlights, with bright or dark spots.

Never again.

I've also noticed a lot of early degradation on edge lit Samsung TVs. Their TVs with backlight zones seem to fair much better.

It's nothing permanent, just a different launcher. You can test it and remove it if you don't like it.

It is interesting how little AI written text it takes for me to be grossed out. Just one sentence it seems.

It's like textual uncanny valley.

Same thing but for AndroidTV: https://github.com/mdrzn/cleanframe-tv

Looks awesome, had I had something like this a year ago, I wouldn't of bought an nvidia shield. The Tizen home screen is so busy..

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