A system for displaying a user's personal digitized photographic image data in a comparable manner to a photo album is described. The system comprises a combination of: a gaming console for playing a video game; a domestic television for displaying the video game to the user when connected with the console; and a CD including the user's digitized photographic image data and a viewing application program. The viewing application program is arranged to configure the gaming console to display the digitized photographic image data on the television when the CD has been read by the gaming console. The system can be configured to permit simultaneous viewing of the user's image data at remote locations connected by the Internet.