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If you’re wanting a digital photo frame, why not build one yourself? Well, building one from scratch might be quite a big ordeal, however, RedPost Inc. has launched their own kit for doing just that.
This thing looks like a modder’s wet dream. It has a 19” LCD monitor, a 200MHz fanless x86 CPU with 128MB of memory. It has built-in 802.11 b/g wireless and even boots DSL (Damn Small Linux) from a USB flash drive. The images load via Samba over your local network, or it can be pointed to an external website.
They will custom-build a steel case with 6 different color finishes and is VESA mount capable. The $549 price actually sounds pretty reasonable for what you get here. I usually don’t get excited about digital photo frames, but I would love to have one of these hanging in my office.
RedPost/Kit’s birth announcement [via redpost]
Looks good but I’m not sure how many people would have the time to mess around with setting one up, given that one of the advantages of the digital photo frame is that you don’t need to be tech-savvy to own and use one… also the price seems a bit over the top?
It looks like it is being aimed more at the tech enthusiasts than the average Joe. The price seems reasonable only because it’s powered by a Linux PC and has wireless capabilities. I should hopefully be getting one in to test soon, so check back in and I’ll let you know what I think and hopefully be able to answer any questions on it.
All of that dragging and dropping images into a folder takes loads of tech-savvy.