Method, apparatus, and system of displaying personal digital media according to display characteristics

A media display apparatus, comprising:

• a processing module to automatically determine a display characteristic of each of a plurality of shared media objects based on metadata of each of the plurality of shared media objects;
• and
• a display module to automatically display each of the plurality of shared media objects according to its display characteristic,
• wherein the display characteristic is one of order, duration, frequency, transition, and effect.

A system for displaying media, comprising:

• a media library to store a plurality of shared media objects and metadata of each of the plurality of shared media objects;
• a processor to automatically determine a display characteristic of each of the plurality of shared media objects based on the metadata of each of the plurality of shared media objects;
• and
• a passive media display apparatus to automatically display each of the plurality of shared media objects according to its display characteristic,
• wherein the display characteristic is one of order, duration, frequency, transition, and effect.