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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. Just go out and buy one... by answerer · · Score: 5, Informative

    At the prices + time you're looking at with a project like this, you might as well go out and buy one.

    http://www.artpix.com/
    http://www.pacificdigital.com/products/memoryframe .asp

    This project is only economical if you have old laptops sitting around. If that's the case, you probably won't have enough CPU/RAM to install the latest version of debian. For me, I don't even have a hard drive.

    Anyone found a lite solution to picture frame software? Here are two solutions that I've found so far:

    PictureFrame Linux
    - Too heavy on system requirements
    DOS Solution