Simple and Cheap Large Digital Picture Frame! (DIY)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ส.ค. 2016
- In this video I will show you how to repurpose an old monitor into a digital picture frame that will blow any other digital picture frame you can buy out of the water. I know that mine doesn't have a frame but I just don't have time right now to build one and for now I like the way it look as it is right now.
Brilliant. Thank you! I love the way you kept it simple - perfect for people like me!
This was brilliant! I was gonna do that whole Raspberry thing too. Great vid.
Cool, thx. Was always worrying about what to do with excessive screens, now I can just go yolo. Old ones can go into my card display shelves, book shelves or even pantry. A good source of light and makes everywhere looks modern and super cool
Thank you for the video, I was trying to do this myself for our massage room, a relaxing slide show going of nature, ocean etc... any way to add a small speaker to it for nature sounds ?
Thank you so much, this is AWESOME! And so easy!
this is brilliant! now just add motion sensing so the TV shuts off when nobody is there
I would love to see if you made that frame? I hope so, and would like to see that video. Thank you!
Thank you! Perfect solution.
awesome idea!!!
this is awesome!
Perfect, just what I was looking for, thank you
Damn.... Good idea. Can't believe I didn't think of that haha.
Wow how cool and I was just trying to figure out how to do wifi frame with what I have and something that was not difficult. Going to do this
Thank you so much. After buying and returning expensive and poorly made large digital photo frames, I was looking for alternative ways to show my family jpgs digitally, and your video was really very clever, well explained and so helpful. I can't thank you enough. John
Smart! Do you have a final reveal?
Can you tell me which model/generation Fire Stick that you used? There are several models out there; the most current works with Alexa....don't think that is what you used...was thinking I could find the older model on ebay....
Love it!
I'm gonna do this over Christmas. Like you, I got a $20 Fire stick back when. Also got a cheap 1st gen Chromecast which I never used, and maybe that's the way to go if it'll revert to a screensaver more easily.
Hope to hook the setup to HomeKit via a WeMo switch or something so maybe it won't have to run 24/7. My phone, a wall switch, or my voice via Alexa can then all control it, and make it timed if I want. We'll see.
Would love to add a motion sensor on top of that, but one thing at a time.
Did you build the frame and tuck the wires? Would love to see a linked pic if you did.
Does the Fire remote advance the pictures?
Thanks. Can't believe you've only gotten 500 views.
Great video man I was thinking about buying one of those Wi-Fi digital frames that's a hundred plus dollars I'd rather do this
This is an awesome idea, thank you!
Do you need to run it on WIFI though? I have a funeral to do and the place might not have wifi. Thanks.
It helped me ty!
How about vertical position ?
Perhaps it depends on the monitor.
Any advice for me? I’m trying to turn a monitor into a digital picture frame. I bought a media player (MICCA Speck G2) but then realized my monitor does but have an HDMI or A/V port. I then went & bought a HDMI - DVI-1 cable so I could connect them. But nothing is happening on my screen! HELP please!!
Do you have the final look once you framed into the wall?
Its funny now they sell tvs that have photo frames. But I going to use my extra frame for this. Thanks.
You are a genius and thank you
If you power down do you have to select photos each time? I’d like to be able to turn it off and on in photo mode.
Great idea. Too bad my old monitors don't have HDMI ports. I'm hoping a simple HDMI to DVI adapter will do the trick.
Did you try this? I'm thinking of doing the same thing and getting an adapter. Only thing is, the Fire Stick is now has Alexa and is $35. I can't find the $20 model anywhere....might still do it anyway.
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I COULD KISS YOU RIGHT NOW OMG! THANK YOU!!!
nice!
I know this is an old video but I have a question, any way to do this easily with local storage? I don't want it to be on the internet at all
Can you have it scrolling videos as well instead of photos?
What did you use to click with? A mouse?
Remote for the fire stick
Can someone fill me in on how this works?: Does the firestick have local storage, or does it have to connect to another device or the internet? Are you using an external pointing device to navigate through the Amazon menus?
same
what is that ''amazon'' behind monitor?
Amazon Fire stick
Is internet required for it to work?
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I am thinking of doing this same thing but with a Chromecast. The reason being that a Chromecast will automatically go into screensaver mode, so I can hook up a day/night or motion sensor - that way it will not be on 24/7. I just wish it didn't result in so many cords, but HDMI doesn't allow enough power to run the Chromecast by itself.
If you built some sort of housing you can tuck the wires into the housing and just have the extension cord running to the wall outlet. The wires aren't a big deal to me because I have it running behind that cabinet and its hidden. But I guess it would matter depending on where it is. I don't mind it being on 24/7 because of how monitors these days drain such little power. But if it does matter then maybe you can connect it to the light switch on your wall so that you can turn it off at night. But if I did that with mine I would have to let the fire stick boot and set it all up again. So it is easier to just let it stay on all the time.
Did you get the frame built yet? Going to do the same to replace my broken $1500 Photovu that closed and has no repair support
No, I went in a different direction. I found a 13" tablet on Amazon for $130. A few apps later and I'm in business. It was for my parents, but I may still do the monitor/Chromecast thing for my own use...
The software makes this alternative good for parents at a distance shop.nixplay.com/ Just got the Seed 10" for 119., 30% off via CNET Cheapskate. Last year they had 40% off the Edge models after T-Day.
But as nice as the software is for managing albums and playlists, I want one for our house, and since I have an extra 27" lying around doing nothing, I think maybe I'll set it up and have a big display while saving some bucks.
Can you say what best apps you found for the tablet? ty
I'm still looking for a perfect setup... :-( Ideally, I want to use a *shared* album so that other family members can easily add pictures from their own accounts. However I can't find any apps that can read shared albums, so this is likely an intentional limitation within Google Photos. My current config uses Automagic to launch Google's built-in Daydream mode that is set to look at ALL pictures under the account with the shared album. That only works because my mom doesn't keep any pictures in her account. The main limitation is that the photos don't auto-update - you have to open the Photos app, open the shared album, and click the cloud icon to "copy to device". Supposedly the Dayframe app might work better, but it crashes when I try to open it on this particular tablet, probably because it is running an old version of Android. I'm open to any suggestions!! :-)
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Is this a computer monitor or tv?
He has a computer monitor but this should work on a tv and that is what I plan on doing.
You can use woodprix, it has the best handbooks and ready instructions. You can learn much from them and make it yourself.
This is awesome, if you have the parts, if not then it would cost as much as buying a digital frame (which are way overpriced)
A $35 Craigslist monitor and a $25 fire stick is too expensive ??? Not following you.
@@ussmillerco I never said it was too expensive..try reading. I said doing this would cost as much as just buying an actual digital frame... then I said Digital frames are overpriced.
Ahhhhh.... challenging my comprehension....touché. Well....perhaps. But your comment stating that without the items in possession would indeed cost as much as buying an actual dedicated digital photo frame, seems to me a difference without a distinction. But hey maybe I should look for all those 24” digital frames selling for $60 -70.
Cloud = other 'questionable morals people' computers. Go the Pi route if you value your privacy.
Kind of expensive way to go if you don't already have a fire stick and TV.