Viewing digital images via a games console

摘要

A digital image viewing system 10 comprises a gaming console 14 for playing a video game, a domestic television 12 for displaying the video game to a user when connected to the console 14, and a CD 18 including a user's digitised photographic images 24 and a viewing application program 26. The viewing application program 26 is arranged to configure the console to display the images on the television when the CD has been read by the gaming console. The system 10 may also be configured to permit simultaneous viewing of the images at remote locations connected by a wide area network such as the internet 126.