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Digital Picture Frame: 1920x1080 vs 1280x800 (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've got a pretty simple question, I'm looking to buy a digital picture frame for my fiance's bedroom and was on the fence about going with 1920x1080 vs a 1280x800 one. I'm not really familiar with anything like this but all of our pictures are taken with iPhones released in the past 2-3 years if that gives an idea of the quality of pictures we're taking. Is there a reason to spend the extra money for the 1920x1080, is the difference substantial enough or is it pretty minor for the kinds of pictures we are taking?

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[–] Patches 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

How big is the Frame? Look at the PPI - that's what is going to matter

You won't notice the difference in a 4inch 720 vs 1080 vs 4k but you will at 60 inches.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

For tl;dr, definitely take the FullHD one.

In slightly longer, it also depends on the physical size of the screen. If it's the size of a playing card, 1280x800 will do. If it is larger than a phone I'd say you will certainly notice the difference between the two; if your picture frame is the size of an iPad mini or above, you absolutely will notice the difference.

If the price difference is huge, that's obviously a tradeoff, but if the price difference isn't too big a kick in the wallet it's worth the higher quality.

(For what this is worth, phone photos have greatly exceeded that resolution for a long, long time. Modern iPhones shoot quite amazing photos; can certainly see why you want to showcase them. 😃)