Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I've hankered after one of these for a few years but have always balked at the price. They seem to be coming down a bit now but I'm flummoxed as to which is a good one to get. Anyone got any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Which? did a report on them last month. I have thrown the magazine away, but I seem to remember that Kodak did quite well. I'd like one too. I'd put family history photos in it and have them scrolling through. I've looked now: The top 4 best buys are: Toshiba TekBright Kodak Easyshare - M820 and M1020 Sony D?F V900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 We have bought two this Christmas. One is a pressie from hubby to me. That is a Jessops own brand one. The other is a Kodak one for son who is into photography. The thing to look out for is the resolution of the screen. Some of the cheaper ones have very low resolutions which result in poor image quality. The other thing to consider is how the images are going to be transfered to the frame, ie what digital cards you use, if you have images stored on computer and need to transfer them using usb, etc. to the screen. My Jessops frame has a usb and an internal memory of 1GB. That way I can take images from my computer and store them on the hard drive of the the digital frame. My son's frame was reduced in Boots and has a hard drive which is smaller than mine but he is mainly going to use memory cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hi ANH Yes, I bought one for OH last Xmas. It is this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K695LO When I was looking for one, the thing I had the greatest problem with was the the aspect ratio (i.e., the ratio between the length of the long side and the short side) did not match that of OH's camera, which means that instead of the image filling the full photo frame you get black borders on the sides that don't match. The screens seem to come in the same ratios as TVs which is not the same as digital cameras Most use 4:3 (and some are even 16:9), whereas most digital SLRs are 3:2. So, my advice is to check the aspect ratio of your camera and try to get a frame that is compatible with that, otherwise there will be a lot of wasted space! If you look at the one I bought you will see that the screen resolution is given as 720x480 pixels which is an aspect ratio of 1.5:1 (which of course is the same as 3:2). Of course, the one I got has been superseded by now so perhaps the manufacturers have seen the sense in producing frames that match the sensor size of the digital cameras but I doubt it somehow! Of course the resolution and whether they can take the right digital card type for your camera is also important as Janty says. Hope this helps x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 This seems to be a good deal http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Gadgets/Toys+and+Games/7%22+Arianet+Digital+Picture+Frame+?productId=33853 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 I knew I could get help here . Thanks . I'm a point and click kind of girl, so don't know what my camera's aspect ratio is . How would I find that out? (It's a Fuji Finepix F10.) I've been looking at the ones suggested. Definite possibilities. I'll just have to persuade OH first! Do they all have a slideshow timer of up to 24 hours? I really just want it to replace the photos on my piano which just get covered in dust and are behind us anyway, so we don't really look at them. I'd like a different photo every day rather than every few minutes or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Your is a 4:3 aspect ratio camera...just looked it up on Google. That's according to the online manual anyway. Edited to say that your aspect ratio can apparently be adjusted to 3:2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I had the problem of the black strips left and right but you can alter the images to fit. i just typed in google 'resize images to fit digital frame' and got answers mine only has tiny memory so i leave the usb key in there i used something like this : http://www.somacon.com/p523.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 the outlaws gave us one for christmas. Its a kodak 10" and its currently on offer in Comet I believe (approx £100?). Its silver and stores a lot of photos, I have mine on all the time...love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Think I might put one of these on my Christmas list . I'm sure OH would be more than happy to get me one. Perhaps we could have one in the bedroom too . Click on "skip intro" then on "where to buy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Yes i'll have 2 please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 OK, back to the real world . I quite fancy this one. Is it similar to yours, Janty? It only has 256 MB but does take cards (I have a couple of 2Gb ones). A lot of the others I've looked at are great but I like the 10" screen (eyesight not what it used to be ), the card compatibility and the other functions (although I don't reckon I'll use the video ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I bought this one http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/Digital%20Photo%20Frames/products/Jessops/10.2%20LED%20Digital%20Picture%20Frame-75449/Show.html The image quality was really good and it looks nice when the blue surround is turned off. I nearly didn't consider it until I realised that it could be turned off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Now I'm dithering again . Main difference seems to be that yours has a huge internal memory but as I've got cards already (unused except on holidays) I don't suppose I need that? Thanks for all your help - it's made deciding much easier . Now I've just got to work on OH . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I've got a Digital Spectrum Memory Frame (mf-8115) www.dsicentral.com, which I got for Christmas & birthday last year. Picture changes every 5-10 seconds, which confuses quite a few people when they aren't expecting it to change as it looks like a traditional picture frame once it has it's wooden frame attached. It can be adjusted to change however often you like, although I'm not sure if it stretches to daily! It's entertained many a nosey child before now! Don't know anything else technical about it as DH is the techy in our house! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I think it's worth spending a bit more to get a better one. I have one which was a present from a friend, and very welcome too but it's at the cheaper end of the scale (I sound ungrateful I know, but really I'm not!) and I get the black stripes mentioned above because the picture doesn't fill the screen. It also has limited options for changing between pictures. My brother's got a much more pricey Phillips one (I think) and the difference is clear. I've just bought this for a friend and loaded some pictures of her and her children onto the internal memory, as a Christmas present. The display is ok but I couldn't get it to read an SD card which is disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I had the problem of the black strips left and right but you can alter the images to fit. i just typed in google 'resize images to fit digital frame' and got answers mine only has tiny memory so i leave the usb key in there i used something like this : http://www.somacon.com/p523.php If you resize the images they either get stretched so you get some odd looking people or they crop off some of the image, so you might lose someone off the edge. Best to get a frame with the right aspect ratio. As most compact digitals are 4:3, it should be straightforward to find a photo frame to suit, but just beware of the occasional 16:9 example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 They are deal of the week on ebay for under 20 quid, BUT - have you thought how much energy they use? If you're a bit green, they are a bad idea because they use power round the clock unlike a trad photo frame. I have a 'flip' frame which holds 16 images. I just turn it over by hand when I want to see something different. Much more energy-friendly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffin Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 We have got two e-starling frames as they connect to our wifi which makes downloading pictures a doddle - the frame is in one room and I can do it all from our PC. They can also receive RSS feeds - so my husband has loads of pictures on flickr and those all go to one frame and then my family shots go to the other one. For a more basic one I have just bought an HP 8" one for my grandparents which looks pretty good and has plenty of flexibility re loading pictures. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
