I've been considering a "The Frame" TV to use as a large, high quality digital picture frame for years, but have never pulled the trigger. Do any of you have one? If so what are your thoughts of it as a digital picture frame?
My wife and I have our TV set up to randomly display a slideshow of our ~200,000 photos (using an HTPC so we can also watch internet videos, browse the internet, play music, etc. easily from the couch). We love the photos. Stimulates a lot of memories and conversations. It is especially nice when we have friends or family over and we set it to just show photos of us with them. It is a whole lot better than printed photos in a photo album that sits unopened for years at a time or photos on your phone that get lost in a giant sea of photos.I've been considering a "The Frame" TV to use as a large, high quality digital picture frame for years, but have never pulled the trigger. Do any of you have one? If so what are your thoughts of it as a digital picture frame?
If you had it on 24/7 it should be $3 to $8 per month depending on TV size, brightness setting, and local electricity rates. But you can set it to turn on/off automatically. So the actual cost is probably half that.I wonder what the electricity cost would be to keep it on 24/7.
My use case would be a pure digital picture frame. I wouldn't use it as a TV at all.What are the use case scenarios for this TV? Do people keep them on all the time with rotating images/art on display?
I've heard people talk about them quite a bit. I'm just not the target market that "gets it". To me it's old technology made in an appealing way to extend such technology. It's LCD with LED backlighting. I'd rather have a high end OLED for movies and PC gaming. Turn it off when not in use.
It seems like there ought to be something good now. I found this from 2016:I really wish you could get something like an E-Ink screen with good color. So you get the image without the backlighting.
The LG G series OLEDs fit flush to the wall and would look better compared to Samsungs The Frame. The problem is that the organic nature of OLEDs makes it a hard fit for how you want to use it. Being on 24 hours a day would certainly decrease the longevity of the display. It's also much more expensive.I should look into OLEDs. I really wish you could get something like an E-Ink screen with good color. So you get the image without the backlighting.
@dullard not sure why I've never thought to put a slide show screen saver on my HTPC, I should at least do that.
I just bought a new TV and was dead set on OLED for the color capacity, but the brightness just still isn't there for a well lit room. We have huge bay windows in our living room and while no direct sun, it would have probably washed out an OLED. But you're right - the burn in - while diminished in risk, still happens if an image is static long enoughThe LG G series OLEDs fit flush to the wall and would look better compared to Samsungs The Frame. The problem is that the organic nature of OLEDs makes it a hard fit for how you want to use it. Being on 24 hours a day would certainly decrease the longevity of the display. It's also much more expensive.