Digital photo frame

Digital photo frame

A picture frame that stores and displays digital photos, eliminating the need to print physical copies.

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Active matrix

Consumer electronics; Digital photo frame

Describes the use of transistors, or diodes, to control the voltage supplied to each pixel of a ("Liquid Crystal Display") screen. Active matrix produces brighter, sharper images – with a broader ...

Refresh rate

Consumer electronics; Digital photo frame

This is the speed at which the image displayed on a digital photo frame, or computer monitor, is redrawn. Slower refresh rates produce perceptible flickering, while higher rates create a steady ...

Bluetooth

Consumer electronics; Digital photo frame

The name given to a radio technology, adopted by Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia and Toshiba, for the transmission of signals, wirelessly, over short distances between telephones, computers and other ...

Contraction of "Picture Element". The smallest element of data in an image that can, independently, be assigned a colour. A digital photograph, for example, may be composed of thousands, or millions, ...

Resolution

Consumer electronics; Digital photo frame

A measure of the level of clarity, or definition, that you can expect in a digital image. The resolution of a digital photo frame is often expressed as the total number of "pixels" (see "Pixel"), or ...

Thin film transistor (TFT)

Consumer electronics; Digital photo frame

Usually made from amorphous silicon, or "a-Si", this controls the on/off voltage to each pixel of an active matrix LCD screen. The fact that each pixel is controlled by its own transistor means that ...

Universal serial bus (USB)

Consumer electronics; Digital photo frame

A protocol for transferring data between digital devices. Many digital cameras and memory card readers are equipped with a USB port for connexion to a computer. USB offers higher speeds of data ...