On 2 December 2014 at 22:25, Mike Lazzari <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My wife and I have enjoyed having a digital picture frame with slideshow
> playing in the dining room. The available frames we've had have been junk.
> All 3 have failed after about a year. One failed just before the 1 year
> warranty and was replaced. Replacement failed within a year too. The rest
> conveniently failed just outside of warranty period. Not going there again.
> You must think I'm a bit slow for buying three :)
>
> Anyway, small TV's are dirt cheap so I'm thinking of getting one just to
> play jpg's. Most of them have a usb port and will play jpg's but I'm not
> sure that they have a slideshow function that works without user input.
> Ideally I like to program a time period to start and run and shut down. Our
> old TV will play jpg's but has none of the features I want. Anyone have a
> new TV which will do this? I'm willing to get a "smart" TV with wifi if
> necessary. Maybe I can stream from the computer ??
I suggest for consideration the idea of getting one with an HDMI input (or
a cheap monitor with the same) and adding something like a Raspberry Pi to
do the picture frame thing.
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