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Build Your Own LCD Picture Frame

Posted by michael on from the when-thumbtacks-just-aren't-good-enough dept.

mbrain writes "PopSci is running a really good how-to story that shows how to build your own LCD picture frame. Since you are building it yourself, you can make it any size you like, using an off-the-shelf LCD monitor as the display. The frame as described uses a cheap motherboard, power supply and HD and runs Linux. It can hold thousands of photos. A little pricey, but still a cool project (especially if you have some of the parts laying around)."

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  1. A bit OTT indeed :-) by Space+cowboy · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... a fiend of a friend offered them to us for a quid each.


    Man, you're hard on your friends!

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  2. A solution in search of a problem? by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, there's nothing like converting a low-res display and computer hardware to make a high-tech $300+ version of a $10 picture frame.

  3. Wireless, eh? by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 5, Funny
    With the basic functionality up and running, you can start to play around with expansion options. My first project was to give the frame a wireless connection so I could transfer new pictures without taking it off the wall.

    Wargoatseing, anyone?

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  4. Re:Visa Commercial by damiam · · Score: 4, Funny

    Except it would be a Mastercard commercial.

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  5. The possibilities by ecarlson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Put in a tiny camera and have a portrait image with eyes that follow the viewer. That would be pretty creepy. Or add some speakers, and and have it "jump out and scream" at the viewer when they get close, like those trick images on the web.

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