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| Thread ID: 124205 | 2012-04-12 02:20:00 | Can you use a Monitor as Digital Photo Frame? | phijoa (14702) | Press F1 |
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| 1269553 | 2012-04-12 02:20:00 | Hi, I've googled this and I couldn't find anything recent and relevant. Digital Photo Frames are relatively expensive and small, on the other hand a reasonable size and quality LED-LCD monitor can be had cheaply. Is it possible to set up a stand alone monitor as a digital photo frame with an attached usb thumb or external hard drive? I guess the issues would include running the slide show software on the drive and interface issues between the drive and the monitor. I'm sure I'm not the first to think about this so I'm guessing there are complications. If this is possible I'm sure it would make a great 'build article'. :) Thanks and regards Phillip Palmer |
phijoa (14702) | ||
| 1269554 | 2012-04-12 02:24:00 | Yup you can. Some monitors with USB on them can do this. LCD Tv's can also do this | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1269555 | 2012-04-12 03:04:00 | Yup you can. Some monitors with USB on them can do this. LCD Tv's can also do this Thanks Speedy, I presume I would need the photo album software as well as photos on the drive or could you search the monitor's menu to fetch and play? |
phijoa (14702) | ||
| 1269556 | 2012-04-12 03:10:00 | You could et the pictures up as the screen saver and let them scroll continuously | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1269557 | 2012-04-12 03:36:00 | You could et the pictures up as the screen saver and let them scroll continuously Hi Gary, thanks. I presumed screen saver setting were part of windows - can you get an independant program that would run from a drive hooked directly to the monitor (I'm not wanting it attached to a pc)? |
phijoa (14702) | ||
| 1269558 | 2012-04-12 04:38:00 | Nope, that part can't be done. You've gotta have a PC powering it. Otherwise, you've got to have a special monitor (More TVs support it than monitors really) that plays JPG files from a USB Thumbdrive. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1269559 | 2012-04-12 04:47:00 | Nope, that part can't be done. You've gotta have a PC powering it. Otherwise, you've got to have a special monitor (More TVs support it than monitors really) that plays JPG files from a USB Thumbdrive. Thanks, So if it's 'special' I guess it'll be advertised in the specs - so it would be a matter of looking for a monitor with USB input as well as onboard software for playing JPG (as opposed to just listing USB input)? The sweet price on 23"-24" monitors was part of the attraction rather than a TV so I'll go hunting monitor spec sheets. I'll post back if/when I find something that looks likely. |
phijoa (14702) | ||
| 1269560 | 2012-04-12 05:59:00 | It looks like I'm hitting a brick wall with trying to find a monitor with a USB input (that can play JPG files). As has been suggested I've found TVs that can do it. What I'm wondering now is if you can connect a DVD player directly to a monitor? I'm thinking if I got a DVD player that could read JPG files with an HDMI out and then copy my pics to a DVD I could still end up with a cheap-ish Digital Photo Frame. | phijoa (14702) | ||
| 1269561 | 2012-04-12 06:08:00 | You could connect a DVD to a monitor. If both have HDMI. Or buy something like this. (www.thewarehouse.co.nz) Its got a DVD built into it. Or buy a digital photo frame | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1269562 | 2012-04-12 06:13:00 | A digital photo frame would be the cheapest way to go. $60 - $250 or so depending on size. I cannot see why you would want to stuff around trying to reinvent the wheel :) | CliveM (6007) | ||
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