On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:37:58 +1300 Hadley Rich wrote: > On Friday 10 February 2006 15:22, Nick Rout wrote: > > Andrew Errington wrote: > > > Another thing on my list is an active picture frame - basically an old > > > laptop in a picture frame, showing photos pulled from the (Linux) home > > > server. > > > > I think you can buy them, not sure of the price differential between an > > old laptop and a consumer grade active picture frame. screen brightness > > could be an issue, depending on the light levels in your home (mine has > > acres of windows and is very light so I wouldn't bother with that > > particular project. ) > > I saw one at Smiths City I think. It was ~$250 and around 5/7".
Far too expensive! You can buy a whole portable DVD with a screen about that size for $350 odd. >I thought it > would be a cool project too, using a gumstix or something. does gumstix have any sort of video out? -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
