CleanFrame: A quieter home screen for Samsung The Frame

Posted by ingve 14 hours ago

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Comment by tym0 4 hours ago

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.

Comment by mdrzn 3 hours ago

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

Comment by jmathai 12 hours ago

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 :).

Comment by mdrzn 3 hours ago

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

Comment by publlus_enigma 10 hours ago

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.

Comment by dlcarrier 8 hours ago

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

Comment by holysoles 13 hours ago

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..