Nice, finaly a step in the right direction, but as Jeff pointed out it's still not realy "decent".
I especially dislike those huge bezels they always put around them. Though the Gigantors bezel at least isn't "huge", I'ld like it even smaller.
Anyway, still the best option seems to DIY, buy a cheap TFT, make your own bezel, put a mini Linux on the back and you'ld have something far superior to all the commercial offering ... if I just had the time to do it ;)
And about the features, I realy don't get why they bother. It's a photoframe, it's supposed to display still images. Put in a well-configurable slideshow mode and drop anything else. That's my take on it ...
> still the best option seems to DIY, buy a cheap TFT, make > your own bezel, put a mini Linux on the back and you'ld > have something far superior to all the commercial > offering
I've done something like this with a nano-ITX board. The new pico-ITX boards would be even better.
> I especially dislike those huge bezels they always put > around them
There's a trade-off between extra bezel size and extra depth; the guts have got to go somewhere. I have seen one DIY frame with less bezel and more depth, and it stuck about 15 cm out from the wall. The nano-ITX heatsink design is not ideal from this point of view.
> It's a photoframe, it's supposed to display still > images. Put in a well-configurable slideshow mode and > drop anything else.
I disagree; I think that a well-designed way of browsing your photos using a remote is essential. For example, I have GPS tags for many of my photos, so you can browse them against a zoomable world map. None of the commercial offerings comes close to this yet.
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Nice, finaly a step in the right direction, but as Jeff pointed out it's still not realy "decent".
I especially dislike those huge bezels they always put around them. Though the Gigantors bezel at least isn't "huge", I'ld like it even smaller.
Anyway, still the best option seems to DIY, buy a cheap TFT, make your own bezel, put a mini Linux on the back and you'ld have something far superior to all the commercial offering ... if I just had the time to do it ;)
And about the features, I realy don't get why they bother. It's a photoframe, it's supposed to display still images. Put in a well-configurable slideshow mode and drop anything else. That's my take on it ...
> still the best option seems to DIY, buy a cheap TFT, make
> your own bezel, put a mini Linux on the back and you'ld
> have something far superior to all the commercial
> offering
I've done something like this with a nano-ITX board. The new pico-ITX boards would be even better.
> I especially dislike those huge bezels they always put
> around them
There's a trade-off between extra bezel size and extra depth; the guts have got to go somewhere. I have seen one DIY frame with less bezel and more depth, and it stuck about 15 cm out from the wall. The nano-ITX heatsink design is not ideal from this point of view.
> It's a photoframe, it's supposed to display still
> images. Put in a well-configurable slideshow mode and
> drop anything else.
I disagree; I think that a well-designed way of browsing your photos using a remote is essential. For example, I have GPS tags for many of my photos, so you can browse them against a zoomable world map. None of the commercial offerings comes close to this yet.