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by leokennis 1540 days ago
Exactly...as an example:

The ArtFrame 6": - Has a 166 PPI 6 inch eInk screen - Can store 150 pictures (let's be generous and presume it has 1 GB of internal storage) - Costs €349

The Kobo Clara HD ereader: - Has a 300 PPI 6 inch eInk screen - Has 8 GB of internal storage - Costs €140

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I got a PocketBook e-reader with a 6" 300PPI screen for €100. You can add your own software to it (e.g. KOReader), and with a little bit of software to automatically change the pictures it would do exactly the same as this. You can get larger eReaders with similar quality for not much more. The only difference with this ArtFrame is that the frame around the display doesn't look as nice, but that's also a fixable problem with a minimum of technical chops.

6" is also really small for an art display IMO. Even 13.3" is kinda small. If they would be offering a much larger 40" art display I might consider it for €900, depending on picture quality. But at this price 150/166 ppi display is just bonkers.