Sometimes the easiest questions turn out to be the hardest to answer, so when a client asked the difference between a DVD with a slideshow and a photoframe I was a bit floored. Where do you start ....
Well, a photoframe shows digital image data files, typically jpgs. Not so with a slideshow DVD, that may start with a jpg but the burn process converts it into a format compatible with a TV screen.
Menu structure? Transitions? Running order? All of this is user defined and controlled when you set up your slideshow. You can achieve many of these features on your photoframe by accessing controls from a main menu. You might feel it gives you greater flexibility.
Music? Every TV will play a slideshow soundtrack but this is available on few photoframes. Personally, I think music lifts a slideshow significantly.
Personalisation? Not via a cheap plastic DVD, but the price of photoframe food including USB memory sticks is falling. Think of each dinky memory card as a digital photoalbum. As with traditional photo albums remember to label it, after a while they all look the same and it's annoying to have to put five or six into the photoframe to find the set of photos you want.
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