Best way to view photos on an (HD) TV

[irbdavid]

My Dad bought a Canon 450d and filled up a few gigs of space with photos from a trip to China a few weeks back, and is looking for a way to show off the results.

My first thought was to buy him a generic external dvd writer so he can put them on to DVD using iPhoto/iDvd as a slideshow type thing. He has an old G4 Mac Mini.

Alternately, he has a Wii as well, which supposedly can view photos using it's sdcard reader, but no luck with this so far apparently - is there something about the way the 450d stores images? Same thing happened when I tried to connect his camera directly to my PS3 - nothing, basically.

So, is the DVD burner the best way to go about this, or are there any alternatives?

 

[leighonigar]

If you had the cash - AppleTV.

 

[davidwarren]

x2 on ATV, I have one, it works great. Alternatively, you could just get a cable to hook your computer up to the tv.

 

[cube]

What about this? But it doesn't understand RAW.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665346856

There's a cheaper 7" version.

 

[cube]

How is people with PCs supposed to look at their photos with the AppleTV?

 

[cube]

OK. Photoshop Album or Elements manual sync. Hmm...

 

[devman]

+1 on AppleTV. Photo viewing is one of it's most understated features.

 

[Lovesong]

Use this. Connect mini to TV. Enjoy photos.

You don't need to spend several hundred dollars on an ATV.

 

[scotthayes]

I thought the 450d came with a video out cable. just connect that to the camera and the composite connection (yellow connector) on the TV and job done. Doesn't need to be a HD connection to view the pictures.