Samsung - HW-S800D

A reliance digital sales guy quoted 54K for 990D, I didn’t have budget so I went with 800D for 26K

Q800d/f is your best option. Slightly over your budget but worth it. I have bought 800d and q930f and both were excellent for movies.

Just got the 800D from Samsung. Coming from a Yamaha 3.1.2. Massive leap. I haven't tried watching a lot of my physical media as of yet, only a few but it's amazing so far. I'll probably want to get the 9500s satellites down the road but right now it's perfect for my setup.

Probably the Samsung s800. It's pretty decent actually. Nothing amazing but for the size packs a punch. I might also recommend the Samsung q600f or lg s9cs but those are both 2.2 or 2.4 inches. Hard limit of 2 the s800 is the best bet. And yes. It's better than g5 speakers by themselves

If you are not interested in the Multiroom abilities at all, it's hard to recommend the Beam. For 800 bucks you can get a  Samsung Q990D, which comes with Sub and rears and destroys the Beam Gen 2. Even the 800D performs better. It comes with a Sub and costs roughly the same as the Beam alone. The Sonos Arc Ultra is significantly more expensive, but also in another galaxy regarding sound quality. However, if you care for money more than for multiroom audio and music, the Samsung would again be the better choice.

I bought a samsung s90d a few months ago and am using its stand which is very similar but a normal soundbar wouldn’t fit in front because it is too tall. I ended up with a samsung s700d soundbar+sub and a set of 9200s rear speakers for full surround. If you have enough width you could do the s800d which has upfiring speakers too but with my stand the tv is on it would’ve hung off. I use it with qsymphony since my tv is also samsung and it sounds great

The s700/s800d are only 1.5” tall so they will fit in front without blocking view

The Ultra Slim line from Samsung is your absolute best option, hands down. The Sonos Arc is good, but I'm not sure why people say it's the best when the S800 from Samsung is built with this exact pairing in mind. Dolby Atmos sound in the slimmest body possible with a compact wireless subwoofer for a fraction of the cost of Arc and Sub. Sonos benefits: more robust whole home audio platform, better Sound quality Samsung benefits: far better design (in the case of pairing with The Frame or a flush mounted TV), better value, works with Music Frames.

The S800D is compatible with the 9500S rear speakers, which are solid, in my opinion. They are Dolby Atmos enabled rears with front and top firing audio. They use a full wireless connection, so you only need power to speakers, no weird transmitter box. I'll reinforce the fact that the main reason you would go this route is if you favor design more than anything with bonus points for value. There truly is no better option in the soundbar space for a design pairing with The Frame. While it certainly doesn't lack in audio performance and puts the S60A to shame; you would have better performance with something like the Arc Ultra, Sub, and Eras for rears. Keep in mind that we are now talking over $2,000, and at this point, we are comparing to the Samsung Q990 or the better option at that price: component audio. One other minor benefit of Samsung to Samsung is the Q-Symphony and Wireless connection support. Dolby Atmos via Wifi and compatibility with TV Speakers + a Music Frame adds to the value. While I always suggest using HDMI to connect to the TV, the WiFi connection offers a quick and painless setup with no cables and maintains (compressed) Dolby Atmos support.

I got the 800D store display unit. Works great so far

Samsung Soundbar for Frame is the best option. You can use SmartThings app to tweak and update. Other than that it is faily set it up once and you are done kind of world.

Stay away from the Samsung s800d. I currently have an older LG I received a few years ago and wanted to upgrade. Bought the s800d and it sounded terrible. Hooked my old soundbar back up and returned the Samsung. Good luck.