WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT

DIGITAL PICTURE FRAMES

BUY THE BEST

see buyer's guide

BUILD THE BEST

See DIY instruc­tions

WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT

DIGITAL PICTURE FRAMES

BUY THE BEST

see buyer's guide

BUILD THE BEST

See DIY instruc­tions

WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT

DIGITAL PICTURE FRAMES

BUY THE BEST

see buyer's guide

BUILD THE BEST

See DIY instruc­tions

”A great dig­i­tal pic­ture frame is some­thing that you nev­er knew you need­ed - but once you have expe­ri­enced it, you will nev­er want to miss it again.

Wolf­gang Män­nel, Pho­tog­ra­ph­er and Author of TheDigitalPictureFrame.com

THE BEST DIGITAL PHOTO FRAMES TO BUY

UNBIASED PRODUCT REVIEWS AND PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Buyer's Guide

The FRAMEN software suite for digital photo frames, televisions and mobile devices

The com­pa­ny FRAMEN is not just a man­u­fac­tur­er of dig­i­tal pic­ture frames. In fact, I would even argue that the real val­ue that the team has cre­at­ed is more on the soft­ware side.
Buyer's Guide

Spotify for visual content - Meet FRAMEN in Frankfurt am Main

FRAMEN wants to become the "Spo­ti­fy for visu­al con­tent" and stir up the sleepy mar­ket for dig­i­tal pic­ture frames. I talked to the founders in their Frank­furt office about how they plan to suc­ceed.
Buyer's Guide

The ultimate 10-Point checklist for buying a digital picture frame

Dig­i­tal pic­ture frames will trans­form your home, or help you increase busi­ness rev­enues. But how do you know which one is best for your require­ments and bud­get?
Buyer's Guide
5 essential tips I learned from building digital picture frames

DIY HARDWARE QUESTIONS

THE RIGHT STUFF TO GET FOR YOUR DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME

DIY Instruc­tions

How to configure the software for your digital picture frame in 60 minutes

How you can set up a Rasp­berry Pi as a plat­form for a dig­i­tal pic­ture frame in no time.
DIY Instruc­tions

10 essential tips for picking the right monitor for a digital picture frame

If you want to cre­ate some­thing last­ing and beau­ti­ful, you should def­i­nite­ly read this before get­ting your dis­play. You will love the dif­fer­ence it can make.
DIY Instruc­tions

How to get rid of the blinking rainbow square on your Raspberry Pi picture frame

Do you see a slow­ly blink­ing rain­bow square in the top right cor­ner of your dig­i­tal pic­ture frame? Here is how to fix it.
DIY Instruc­tions
How I built a digital picture frame with a Raspberry Pi
DIY Instruc­tions
Why the Raspberry Pi is the best choice for your digital picture frame

DIY SOFTWARE HACKS

CODE SNIPPETS, PYTHON SCRIPTS, AND LOTS OF HACKS AND TWEAKS

DIY Instruc­tions

How to add photos to your digital picture frame via email

You want to email a pic­ture from your phone to your dig­i­tal pic­ture frame at home? And allow friends & fam­i­ly to do the same? Here is a Python script solu­tion using a secret code word.
DIY Instruc­tions

A simple way to automatically turn your digital picture frame on and off at fixed times

Learn how to auto­mat­i­cal­ly turn your dig­i­tal pic­ture frame dis­play on and off at spe­cif­ic times and save ener­gy when you are not at home.
DIY Instruc­tions

How I added crossfading slide transitions to my digital picture frame using Pi3D

The image view­er soft­ware con­trols the type of tran­si­tions between your pic­tures. Using the free Pi3D soft­ware for cross­fad­ing is a game chang­er.
DIY Instruc­tions
How to configure the software for your digital picture frame in 60 minutes
DIY Instruc­tions
The easiest way to build a Raspberry Pi picture frame: Streaming with the FRAMEN Photo App
DIY Instruc­tions
How to remotely access your digital picture frame from anywhere
DIY Instruc­tions
Use your iPhone to turn your digital picture frame on and off
DIY Instruc­tions
How to get a professional and automatic aspect ratio crop for your images
DIY Instruc­tions
How to create a Dropbox-like file synchronization setup on the Raspberry Pi with Resilio Sync
DIY Instruc­tions
How to customize your Raspberry Pi splash screen (Raspbian Stretch April 2019 Version)

HOME AUTOMATION

INTEGRATION OF YOUR DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME IN HOME ASSISTANT

DIY Instruc­tions

Control your digital picture frame with Home Assistent's WiFi presence detection and MQTT

I will show you how to use Home Assistant's wifi-based pres­ence detec­tion sys­tem to con­trol your dig­i­tal pic­ture frame using the MQTT pro­to­col. It is also the basis for Ama­zon Echo or Google Voice con­trol.
DIY Instruc­tions

Display the number of photos on your digital picture frame in Home Assistant

I always want­ed to see how many images I have loaded onto the frame over time. With Home Assis­tant and MQTT this is very sim­ple to do.
DIY Instruc­tions

Voice control your digital photo frame with Amazon Echo and Home Assistant

If you have Ama­zon Alexa and want to use it to voice con­trol your dig­i­tal pho­to frame, here is how to do it using Home Assis­tant and Nabu Casa. It pro­vides for great effects and is easy to set up.