Samsung and The Thomas Kinkade Company Have Joined Forces

From Slashgear comes some amazing information! The Thomas Kinkade Company and Samsung have combined forces to create a large-scale digital picture frame that is also a tv!

It’s only a prototype right now, but when it’s released, this is going to be a BIG ONE! I mean that in more than one way; the screen will be a 46-inch 1080p LCD with a 40GB hard drive.

That’s big.

Plus, instead of a traditional bezel, the panel will be surrounded by a Thomas Kinkade picture frame. Classic and beautiful!

Right now, all Kinkade art will be controlled by The Thomas Kinkade Company. Eventually, the plan is to add and distribute Thomas Kinkade art via wired or wireless internet channels - such as FrameChannel, which already has several art channels, itself. Thomas Kinkade - “The painter of light” - is so very popular with so many people that I just know a Kinkade Channel would be a selling point for this frame.

The finished product will have a touchscreen, as well as hidden controls to sort and arrange the images in various ways. All of the Kinkade art images will be formatted by The Thomas Kinkade Company’s distribution network.

Samsung is the world’s largest provider of LCD panels, and The Thomas Kinkade Company distributes the work of one of the most popular artists of our time: together, this team will be unstoppable!

“Imagine having a piece of museum-quality fine art right above your mantle and then as you sink into the couch instantly switch to American Idol, the latest sports playoffs, or a Blu-ray action movie at the touch of a button, ” said Scott Birnbaum, Vice President, Samsung LCD Business. “The Thomas Kinkade Company is planning to product a trend-setting combination of two of the most unlikely partners in visual entertainment - fine art and electronic programming.”

Todd Stewardson, vice President of the Thomas Kinkade Company, says that “From the outset, we’re going to deliver a truly superior digital viewing experience that’s a quantum leap beyond the staid world of screen savers, an easy-to-enhance electronic gallery befitting the tradition of artistic excellence that has been a hallmark of Thomas Kinkade art. We will later modify our planned system to permit consumers to be able to see the brush strokes, shading, and texture of the canvas in a rendering comparable to the finest artistic reproductions.”

This amazing frame will be available later this year through any Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery worldwide. In the second half of 2009, the Thomas Kinkade Company may make it available through a select group of leading retailers. No price has been announced yet.

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