Hisense’s answer to Samsung’s The Frame is 50% off right now at Amazon
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A 65-inch Hisense ‘Frame’ competitor at $997.99—half off—shows how fast premium-looking display hardware is commoditizing. For consumer brands, the defensible layer is shifting to software, content, and ecosystem lock-in, not the panel on the wall.
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