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?
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. 😃)