shabbs wrote:
If you have an XBOX, a modded XBOX can achieve all of this for you for
a pretty low cost.
The XBOX isn't silent, and while the aesthetics are in the eye of the
beholder (I think it's fugly, whereas my roommate thought it looked
pretty cool), doesn't bear much similarity to most consumer AV gear.
Perhaps a slim AV style Mini-ITX enclosure with DC-DC power supply,
network booted from a remote server? That would be an essentially
silent solution in an unobtrusive case. It doesn't really have the
simplicity and ease of use of a "Squeezebox for photos", though. It's
also expensive, by the time you add up the various components.
I imagine that the photos would be displayed on a TV? Some models of
TVs now include flash card slots for displaying photos; that would
require no additional hardware, and would also be silent. Of course,
that's a pretty big investment, especially if you have a TV you're happy
with already.
There are also a lot of standalone little devices like this:
http://www.inkjetcartridge.com/datvphshcofl.html
(Caveat Emptor -- above link found through Google, no idea if they're
reputable or not).
For $15, you get a standalone flash card reader with video out. I
suspect the quality matches the low price point, but it may be adequate
for your purposes?
Nick
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Nick Silberstein
Senior Developer
Flying Machine Development, Inc.
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