Top Chinese TV seller Skyworth has become the latest brand to try and topple Samsung Electronics in the artsy television segment with the launch of its 100-inch Canvas Elite Art TV, which doubles as a digital picture frame.
It’s the biggest TV in its artsy class, and it’s launching alongside a slightly smaller 86-inch model, which also outdoes Samsung in the size stakes. The highly successful Samsung The Frame TV, which invented the gallery TV concept, maxes out at just 85-inches.
Like the TV it’s trying to displace, the Skyworth Canvas Elite Art TV is meant to be hung on a wall, where it can double as a picture frame, with a choice of hundreds of artworks available to display via its integrated store, including numerous free pictures. Users can also use it to display their own images, if they desire.
Skyworth said the new TV makes use of its proprietary OmniView Matte technology, which is a special type of three-layer panel developed in partnership with BOE. According to Skyworth, the panel uses Mini-LEDs to deliver deep blacks and a stunning array of different colours, allowing it to faithfully depict hundreds of art masterpieces when it’s not showing movies or TV shows. .
It’s truly a premium TV. There are more than 1,000 local dimming zones present on the 4K Skyworth Canvas Elite Art TV and its display peaks at a decent 2,000 nits of brightness. The display has a 144Hz refresh rate and supports Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG, as well as Dolby Atmos and Dolby Audio surround sound via its pair of built-in 10-watt speakers. The integrated Art Time virtual gallery has more than 400 free to use artworks, as well as a smaller selection of paid ones. The TV runs the Google TV operating system, and there are three HDMI 2.1 ports that support 4K/120Hz gaming with VRR and ALLM.
With such high-level specifications, it’s clear that Skyworth intends to make a real dent in an increasingly competitive gallery TV segment, where Samsung faces competition from the likes of Hisense, which sells the Canvas TV, TCL sub-brand iFFALCON’s Mural TV, as well as LG Electronics G5 TV, which can also be used as a gallery TV but isn’t really marketed as such.
The Skyworth Canvas Elite sits above Skyworth’s existing Canvas Art TV range, which has lower specifications and is sold in 55-inch, 65-inch and, from today, 75-inch sizes.
Skyworth said the Canvas Elite TV is launching in the U.S. next month and has a recommended retail price of $4,999 (around £3,700). It’ll be on show at the CEDIA Expo 2025 smart home technology exhibition that takes place in Denver, Colorado on Sept. 3-6. There’s no word from the company yet about a U.K. or European launch.
