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Originally Posted by SCION
What would be funny, is if someone posted that they did try it!  |
I did try it.
I have purchased very cheap digital frame (slightly damaged, but that does not play any role here).
It turned out to be unusable for book reading.
- display is very low quality lcd
- there is an "effect" when it changes pictures and there is no way to switch it off. Each change takes about 2 seconds and is implemented as an animation. Those animations would drive me crazy in a short time
- it has no battery and has quite high energy consumption (12V DC input, so the external battery pack would have te be quite big)
- the button for advancing pictures is in place that is uncomfortable to operate
- jpg - the only supported format is not very well suited for text. png or gif or whatever lossless format would be optimal
- there *are* models that are much fancier and support enough formats, are configurable enough, and have decent screen but those are close in price to a second-hand e-ink reader.
- did I mention the absolutely abysmal quality of display?
A portable DVD player would be much better for book viewing.
My friend has such player and I have already promised that I would provide a book for him that is a series of bitmaps. Such low-end DVD player costs about 50Eur if you look hard enough or when you find a sale.