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Samsung Electronics America has officially expanded its Art TV lineup for 2025 with the introduction of The Frame Pro and an updated version of The Frame, alongside a broadened Samsung Art Store experience. These new offerings let users personalize their living spaces with artistic and entertainment-focused technology. Both devices were unveiled at CES 2025 with the updated Samsung Art Store.

Leading the charge is The Frame Pro, available in 65”, 75”, and 85” sizes. It boasts a stunning Neo QLED 4K display with the powerful NQ4 AI Gen3 Processor for sharper contrast, deeper blacks, and vibrant color. It also features the new Wireless One Connect Box for a cable-free, clutter-free setup, and is the first Art TV to support wireless transmission of all inputs. Like its sibling, it’s certified by Pantone for ArtfulColor and includes Samsung’s Anti-Reflection Matte Display for gallery-quality viewing.

The refreshed 2025 The Frame (43”–65”) also sees major upgrades, including a 144Hz refresh rate, AI-powered enhancements, and the same premium features such as dynamic refresh, energy-saving sensors, and customizable bezels. Both models include Samsung’s Slim-Fit wall mount, which sits nearly flush against the wall for a true picture-frame look.

Samsung’s proprietary Vision AI powers innovative features like real-time actor bios, live caption translation, and smart home notifications via Home Insights. Users can also control their TV with gestures using a Galaxy Watch and enjoy a personalized interface through the new One UI Tizen, which offers up to seven years of OS upgrades.

The Samsung Art Store has expanded and is now available across more Samsung TV models, including Neo QLED and MICRO LED. It features 3,000+ works from over 1,000 artists, and a curated “Art Store Streams” collection that rotates monthly — all without a subscription.

The bezels are fully interchangeable, allowing users to customize their TV to match their personal style or room décor. Samsung offers a variety of distinctive options, including Modern Brown, Modern Teak, Modern White, and the elegant Sand Gold. Additional premium bezel designs are available through partners like Deco TV for those seeking even more artistic flair.

With integrated smart home control, access to Samsung TV Plus, a growing karaoke library, and more, The Frame and Frame Pro are redefining the modern TV — as both entertainment hub and digital canvas.

Prices

• 85” The Frame Pro: $4,299
• 75” The Frame Pro: $3,199
• 65” The Frame Pro: $2,199
• 65” The Frame: $1,799
• 55” The Frame: $1,299
• 50” The Frame: $1,099
• 43” The Frame: $899

Samsung Expands 2025 Art TV Lineup with The Frame and New Frame Pro

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Samsung Electronics America has officially expanded its Art TV lineup for 2025 with the introduction of The Frame Pro and an updated version of The Frame, alongside a broadened Samsung Art Store experience. These new offerings let users personalize their living spaces with artistic and entertainment-focused technology. Both devices were unveiled at CES 2025 with the updated Samsung Art Store.

Leading the charge is The Frame Pro, available in 65”, 75”, and 85” sizes. It boasts a stunning Neo QLED 4K display with the powerful NQ4 AI Gen3 Processor for sharper contrast, deeper blacks, and vibrant color. It also features the new Wireless One Connect Box for a cable-free, clutter-free setup, and is the first Art TV to support wireless transmission of all inputs. Like its sibling, it’s certified by Pantone for ArtfulColor and includes Samsung’s Anti-Reflection Matte Display for gallery-quality viewing.

The refreshed 2025 The Frame (43”–65”) also sees major upgrades, including a 144Hz refresh rate, AI-powered enhancements, and the same premium features such as dynamic refresh, energy-saving sensors, and customizable bezels. Both models include Samsung’s Slim-Fit wall mount, which sits nearly flush against the wall for a true picture-frame look.

Samsung’s proprietary Vision AI powers innovative features like real-time actor bios, live caption translation, and smart home notifications via Home Insights. Users can also control their TV with gestures using a Galaxy Watch and enjoy a personalized interface through the new One UI Tizen, which offers up to seven years of OS upgrades.

The Samsung Art Store has expanded and is now available across more Samsung TV models, including Neo QLED and MICRO LED. It features 3,000+ works from over 1,000 artists, and a curated “Art Store Streams” collection that rotates monthly — all without a subscription.

The bezels are fully interchangeable, allowing users to customize their TV to match their personal style or room décor. Samsung offers a variety of distinctive options, including Modern Brown, Modern Teak, Modern White, and the elegant Sand Gold. Additional premium bezel designs are available through partners like Deco TV for those seeking even more artistic flair.

With integrated smart home control, access to Samsung TV Plus, a growing karaoke library, and more, The Frame and Frame Pro are redefining the modern TV — as both entertainment hub and digital canvas.

Prices

• 85” The Frame Pro: $4,299
• 75” The Frame Pro: $3,199
• 65” The Frame Pro: $2,199
• 65” The Frame: $1,799
• 55” The Frame: $1,299
• 50” The Frame: $1,099
• 43” The Frame: $899

Samsung Expands 2025 Art TV Lineup with The Frame and New Frame Pro

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Samsung has finally detailed the prices of the new TVs it announced at CES 2025. The company is selling updated version of The Frame TV, multiple ranges of OLED TVs with faster processors and The Frame Pro, a high-end version of its popular TV / digital picture frame.

The major upgrade The Frame Pro offers over the original The Frame is a 4K Neo QLED display and the Wireless One Connect Box. Samsung’s Neo QLED displays use MiniLEDs to offer improved brightness and local dimming. To better sell the illusion that The Frame Pro is a picture frame, the Wireless One Connect Box lets you hide the cables you’d normally plug into your TV in a cabinet, and wirelessly transmit their inputs directly to your display. For those upgrades, plus the included NQ4 AI Gen3 Processor, The Frame Pro is $2,199 for a 65-inch model, $3,199 for a 75-inch model and $4,299 for the 85-inch model. Samsung says an 83-inch model will be available at a later date.

Samsung

The changes to The Frame are more modest. The TV now sports a refresh rate of up to 144Hz and also comes with the NQ4 AI Gen3 processor. The chip powers video upscaling on top of AI-powered features like “Click to Search,” the ability to look up an actor’s bio while watching something, and “Live Translate,” the ability to generate real-time captions of whatever you’re watching in another language. If you want The Frame, you’ll pay $899 for the 43-inch model, $1,099 for the 50-inch model, $1,299 for the 55-inch model and $1,799 for the 65-inch model.

The updates to Samsung’s more traditional OLED TVs vary depending on the series and size you purchase, but all of the new TVs support Samsung’s AI-powered features. The S95F comes with the NQ4 AI Gen3, a new glare-free display, Samsung’s “brightest-ever OLED screen” and the Motion Xcelerator 165Hz feature for smooth gameplay during demanding video games. The S90F gets the same chip and Motion Xcelerator 144Hz (for a slightly lower refresh rate) and the S85F uses the NQ4 AI Gen2 processor and Motion Xcelerator 120Hz. The S95F starts at $2,299, with sizes that range from 55 inches to 75 inches. The S90F starts at $1,299 for the 42-inch model and can go up to 83 inches. The S85F, meanwhile, starts at $1,499 for the 55-inch model and also goes up to 83 inches.

All of Samsung’s new TVs are available to order today, and the company is guaranteeing seven years of software updates to the TVs’ One UI Tizen operating system when you purchase.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/home/home-theater/samsung-is-not-selling-the-frame-pro-for-cheap-185607096.html?src=rss

Sony is beefing up the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for Extra and Premium subscribers with a bevy of new additions for April. The headliner here is Hogwarts Legacy. This is one of the biggest blockbusters of the past couple of years, even in the face of J.K. Rowling doing her darndest to destroy her personal Hogwarts legacy with anti-trans nonsense.

For the uninitiated, it’s an open-world action RPG set at Harry Potter’s favorite wizarding school. However, the game takes place in the 1890s, over a hundred years before Potter and his buds careened around the campus. The game hits the service on April 15.

Also on the docket this month is the puzzler Blue Prince. This is actually a day-one launch for the platform. The reviews of this one have been particularly effusive, with most people praising the clever puzzles, the atmospheric game world and the addition of roguelike mechanics. It’ll be available for download on April 10.

The second installment of Don’t Nod’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage will also be available on April 15 for subscribers as a day-one launch. This follow-up concludes the time-twisting narrative adventure that’s set in both 1995 and 2022. This is generally considered a spiritual successor to the iconic Life is Strange.

Other games dropping this month include EA Sports PGA Tour and the restaurant management sim PlateUp! PS4 players are also getting a little treat, as Battlefield 1 will be available from April 15.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playstation/hogwarts-legacy-and-blue-prince-come-to-playstation-plus-game-catalog-in-april-175501864.html?src=rss

Last year, Sony rebranded its portable speaker lineup under the ULT umbrella with new models classified as either Field or Tower. The former are the more “traditional” Bluetooth options while the latter are the party box, karaoke machine sort of devices. Just like 2024, the company has three new entries in the ULT lineup this time around with the ULT Field 3, ULT Field 5 and ULT Tower 9. Those first two fill the mid-range gap between the current ULT Field 7 and ULT Field 1 while the last item is a smaller alternative to the ULT Tower 10.

The ULT Field 3 will replace the SRS-XE300. As the name suggests, Sony’s ULT button is among the updates, a control that adds instant access to ULT1 mode for bass boost. The company also expanded the customizable EQ and added its Sound Field Optimization. Inside, a single woofer and a tweeter are angled slightly in the center while two passive radiators are positioned at the ends of the speaker. The ULT Field 3 works in both vertical and horizontal orientations where the XE300 was only vertical.

There’s a new Party Connect button to easily sync with other Sony speakers and you can charge your devices via the USB-C port. The company kept the 24-hour battery life the same as the XE300 but improved the quick-charge feature to give you two hours of use in 10 mins. The ULT Field 3 remains IP67 waterproof, dust proof and shock proof like its predecessor, however this new speaker is also rust proof. A removable shoulder strap is among the additions too, but there’s one major item Sony retained. The ULT Field 3 is the same price at the XE300 at $200. 

Sony

The ULT Field 5 isn’t quite at large as the ULT Field 7, but it’s still hefty. This speaker will replace the SRS-XG300 in Sony’s arsenal, clocking in at $330 — $20 less than that predecessor. Here you’ll get a single woofer and two tweeters angled in the middle of the unit with passive radiators at either end. You’ll also be able to use a second ULT mode, ULT2, that “emphasizes powerful sound” in addition to the ULT1 bass boost. A 10-band EQ and Sound Field Optimization help maintain sound quality and that new Party Connect button is on this larger speaker too. Like the ULT Field 3, you can use the ULT Field 5 in either vertical or horizontal positions, and similarly there’s a removable shoulder strap. 

Battery life remains up to 25 hours on the ULT Field 5, just like the XG300. Once again, Sony improved quick charging to give you 30 more minutes of use in a 10-minute session. This speaker has lights at the ends though, which can impact longevity. Sony says you’ll reach that 25-hour mark using ULT modes with the lights off, but using both will drop that figure to 10 hours. There are three different light modes though, so there are options available. On the back of the ULT Field 5, there’s a panel with aux input, USB-C charging in/out, a battery care button and a switch for the lights. That’s protected by a sealed flap, which helps the speaker achieve its IP67 rating. 

That brings us to the ULT Tower 9. The party box joins the ULT Tower 10 on Sony’s current roster, replacing the SRS-XV900. Expanded EQ, Sound Field Optimization and two ULT modes are among the additions here, as are a redesigned handle and wheels for better portability. Sony improved the lighting for 360-degree projection as well as making the top control panel splash proof. Besides the Party Connect button from the new ULT Field speakers, the ULT Tower 9 has a dedicated option for a stereo pair. The top panel also houses controls for lighting, volume, power and two inputs for microphones (one of which can be used for a guitar). 

Sony

Like the XV900, you can use Sony’s TV Sound Booster feature to enhance living room audio on the ULT Tower 9. The speaker has that ULT button, which gives you two modes for either bass boost or “powerful sound.” The driver arrangement inside includes four tweeters, two of which are pointing out the back of the speaker, along with two mid-range units and a single woofer. The wireless version of the ULT Tower 9 is the same price as its predecessor at $900, but Sony is also offering a wired option that must remain plugged into an outlet for $750. If you opt for wireless, battery life is the same on that Tower 9 as the ULT Field 5: up to 25 hours with only ULT mode and up to 10 hours with both ULT mode and lighting active. 

Lastly, Sony revealed the ULT Mic, which is a $150 set of two wireless microphones and a transmitter that are designed to be used with the company’s party speakers. This new accessory pack works with both the newer ULT Tower speakers in addition to the ULT Field 7. You can also use it with any older Sony speakers that support a microphone jack and receiver (like the XV900, XV800, XV500, XP700 and XP500). The mics are rechargeable with up to 20 hours of battery life and they feature a shock proof design. What’s more, the company equipped these devices with noise reduction for hands, breath and wind, plus there’s a Duet Assist tool to compensate for uneven vocal volumes. 

The ULT Field 3, ULT Field 5, ULT Tower 9 and ULT Mic are all available now.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/audio/speakers/sony-adds-three-more-speakers-to-its-ult-lineup-bass-boost-button-included-160008038.html?src=rss