Saturday’s Sheldon comic attacked digital photo frames. You can see it here:
- Sheldon Comic Strip: Daily Webcomic by Dave Kellett
Since Sheldon’s grandpa doesn’t quite understand the concept, I thought I’d shed light on all the reasons why I LOVE my digital photo frame.
- I don’t have to cover my wall with photos of my family: I love my family and I WANT to cover my walls with pictures of them, but with the digital photo frame, I can have ONE thing that shows me all my loved ones on a rotating schedule.
- I can be impartial: If you think the kids and grandkids aren’t going around the house counting photos of themselves and comparing these counts to the number of photos of their siblings and cousins, then you’re fooling yourself. With my digital photo frame, I can easily see how many photos there are of each special person in my life.
- I LOVE to sit and watch it: Sometimes, when I have a quiet moment in the house, I love to just sit at the kitchen table and watch my digital photo frame flip through the pictures of my loved ones. I find it enjoyable and almost meditative.
- Kids love it: Even children who can barely speak will become vocal around my digital photo frame. The few words children learn at first are “Momma” and “Pappa.” When they see a picture of their parents or siblings they will light right up. Of course, the older children are casually trying to count their ratio of photographs, but they still will watch it for longer than any normal photo frame.
- It will bring your mom into the digital age: We bought my mom a digital camera many years ago. It sat unused until we got her a digital photo frame. We gave it to her pre-loaded with some family photos, but she very quickly understood that if she took photos with her dusty digital camera that had been hanging around the house, she could add new photos to her snazzy new picture frame. The digital photo frame single-handedly brought my mother into the digital age.
- It’s not just about photos: As the larger digital photo frames become affordable, I suspect that artists will use them to exhibit their artwork. Imagine being able to showcase EVERY piece of art you have created in one spot on your wall. Even after you have sold your work, you would be able to show it off on your wall at home. Additionally, you can have a photo frame that shows all of the greatest artwork of the centuries in one simple place.
In the end, I’ve found the digital photo frame to be FAR superior to the old school frames. It is one of the few technological devices that happens to be better than the thing it replaced.
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