Average customer rating:
- Works well, filenaming size issue
- pretty good large display price - not too user friendly
- I like it so far
- Great for a great-grandmother
- Design flaws make it hard to recommend.
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Westinghouse 10.2-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame
Manufacturer: Westinghouse
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Product Features:
- Built-in 128MB Flash Memory
- Input Format: Secure DigitalTM, Multi Media CardTM, Compact FlashTM, Micro DriveTM, xD-Picture CardTM, Memory StickTM, Memory Stick PROTM, Memory Stick DuoTM, Memory Stick PRO DuoTM and USB Flash Drives
- File Format Capabilities: JPEG, AVI Motion JPEG, MPEG1, MPEG4
- Slide Show Features: MosaicViewTM Slide Show, Individual Picture View and Slide Show, Range of Transitional Styles for Slide Show, Variable Speed for Slide Show, Random Picture Shuffle
- Additional Features: Copy and Save Functions, Color Adjustment Functions, Wall Mountable - 75 X 75 mm hole pattern
ASIN: B000NJAFGW
Release Date: 2007-04-15
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Product Description
Your precious memories can be enjoyed for years to come with an exciting 10-inch digital photo frame from Westinghouse Digital. This impressive digital photo frame is equipped with 128MB of internal memory and accepts most memory card formats. Digital story telling MosaicView technology and an expensive 800x400 LCD panel makes a great gift when pre-loaded with photos. Save and Delete Function Color Adjustment Function Extendable stand for angle adjustment Wall-mountable - 75x75mm hole pattern Auto-play after memory card insertion Memory card slots - Secure Digital, Multi Media Card, Compact Flash, Micro Drive, xD-Picture Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo and USB Flash Drives Dimensions - 12.6 x 9.1 x 1.9 inch Weight - 4.4 pounds
Customer Reviews:
Works well, filenaming size issue.......2007-11-30
Overall this product works well. I noticed other reviews complained about order of pictures being displayed. I shut off the shuffle option and mine did display pictures based on filename order. I prefer the shuffle option though. I have not had the power problem others talked about. One thing that was very frustrating was it would freeze at certain pictures. I finally determined that the picture filename of the succeeding picture was too long. Evidently the picture filenames must be 10 characters or less. Once I changed the filename lengths it worked flawlessly. I only use compactflash cards as that is what I have extra of. I have thousands of pictures on my computer so I setup different folders of pictures and copy those folders to a compactflash card to have the digital frame show different pictures when I get bored with the current set.
pretty good large display price - not too user friendly.......2007-11-26
I haven't had the problems that many others who've reviewed this product have had. Basically, I just need a large size electronic display for my digital photos. As it is, I found it to be a decent option for the price.
I think size wise, it's very nice. I had a 7" frame which was too small to be seen properly from across the room. At 10", this one is quite visible. And, close up, the picture is bright and the resolution is good.
I do find the fact that the camera displays pictures in an odd order a little annoying. The buttons could definitely have been better designed. But, for just putting a few pictures on a memory card of some type and turning it on and forgetting about it, it's not bad.
When you read the other reviews, think about how much control you want. Are you looking for a decent priced, large electronic photo display, or do you need a sophisticated, user friendly media display device?
I like it so far.......2007-11-23
Our son picked this up for my wife. I threw about 170 pictures in their original resolution (2-6.5 mb each) on a 2 gb SanDisk compact flash card and turned it on. It does take a LONG time to activate but it started up in "Mosaic" slide show mode right away. After messing around in the menu for a while it plays the photos in a "shuffle" one at a time and looks good doing it.
I haven't tried any video clips or downsized (to 800 x 600) yet. I haven't heard any noise after about three hours running. There's no heat from the frame itself but the AC adapter is warm.
The power cord could be a couple of feet longer and there is a small "wall wart" AC adapter to consider. The screen shows pretty uniform brightness and color. It MAY be just a little lighter at the bottom of the display or it could be the lighting in the room it's in. We don't need sound capability or a remote control so the lack of both is no concern to us.
The menu isn't very intuitive but if you play around with it, or ever navigated a newer TV menu, you can get it to do what you want. These things have been around for a couple of years but they're just getting decent now. I'm certain they'll get better with better processors and larger flash memory capabilities but for now this is fine. Some of the other reviewers are asking for some functions that a device like this just can't deliver. A cheap laptop with a photo display program might be a better choice.
We'll leave it on for a few days to see it there are any glitches but as of now I'm impressed enough to pick up another one to give to my sight impaired Mom. I'll save the cost of good photo paper in about a year with this and a couple of memory cards.
Great for a great-grandmother.......2007-10-09
Imagine a mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother, with grandsons and great grandsons leaving abroad... Many others working all the day ...
She was delighted by the present... She began to operate it and transfer photos and more photos from the cameras and computers.
It was really great to see her enthusiasm.
It is very easy to operate and very decorative.
Westinghouse 10.2-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame
Design flaws make it hard to recommend. .......2007-10-01
To start, to turn it on, the instruction manual says to push the power button "for a few seconds". I've never had it come on in fewer than 15 seconds, and it often takes 30 or more. That's 30 seconds of sitting there like an idiot holding your finger on the button, wondering if the thing is actually defective. Have you ever even HEARD of an electronic device taking that long? Would it kill them to install a simple on-off switch instead?
The 5 operating buttons on the back are identically shaped (except for the round power button). This makes it difficult to use since you have to look at the front of the screen and feel for the buttons, usually hitting the wrong one. You end up having to turn the frame over and back many times to go through the menu and make your selections. It's understandable that they'd put the buttons on the back, given it's intended use as a wall hanging, it just would have been more user friendly if they varied the size and shape of the buttons, or their location, so you could distinguish one from another without having to visually confirm it.
The manual says that you can download files directly from your PC to the photo frame using a (not supplied) USB cord and a somewhat fussy procedure. I tried this and it didn't work. I ended up downloading my picture files using the same compact flashcard reader I use to download the files from my camera to my PC, and then inserting the card into the photo frame. If you load directly from your camera to your PC you might have a problem.
So far, I haven't had the problem identified in one review of having the compact flash card fall through the opening to loosely rattle inside the device, but after reading that and checking the unit, the writer is right. It would be easy to do, and a major pain. You do have to be careful.
The menu gives you the options of randomly choosing picture files to display and whether or not to repeat them. It doesn't give you the option of viewing them in chronological or filename order. Because most cameras name photo files with a numbering system, you assume that the computer chip would default to showing them in that order. That's not how this device works. It may be a result of how the computer saves the files to the memory card, but it doesn't display the files in the order they appeared on your PC when you downloaded them. That may not be a problem in some cases, but will be in others.
Potential buyers should give some consideration to the orientation of the photo's they may display (portrait vs. landscape). By default, portrait oriented photo's are displayed in landscape format, greatly reducing their size and adding some distortion. The software allows portrait formatted photos to be changed to display in full screen, but it's an 8 step process requiring the aggravating back and forth motion described above and it often doesn't work. It's much easier to do it on your PC (a fact the manual points out). Mixing the two formats is not advised if you intend to hang the frame or display it on a table.
A related enhancement would be to give you the option of displaying all portrait oriented photo's and then the landscape oriented ones, although this would only be useful for hand held viewing. If you regularly mix the orientation of your photos, this might be an issue for you.
The MosaicView is hardly the " exciting new technology" lauded in the manual, but rather a minor obstacle most users will choose to ignore. After all, why pay a premium price to buy a photo frame with a larger screen, only to display images at a quarter of that size? MosaicView makes the orientation problem even worse because it packs 4 photos on the screen, which just squeezes and distorts the portrait files even more.
The stand that attaches to the frame is easy and convenient for landscape view, but a pain to convert to portrait. Instead of integrating that option into the design, you have to remove 4 teeny tiny screws, turn part of the stand platform, and then replace the screws. Unless you routinely carry a jewelers screwdriver, plan on at least a 10-minute job.
The power cord is 6 feet long, making it just long enough to reach from your average wall socket straight up the wall for an average height viewer. A few more feet would cost next to nothing and at least give you the option of trying to hide the cord behind a curtain or the woodwork as it works its way up your wall, or alternatively, to pass the frame from person to person while sitting in your living room.
After using this thing for a couple weeks, my biggest gripe is that I think the designers really missed the boat on what could be the best use of this product, which is as a hand held picture viewer. IMHO, what this country needs is an easy way to share digital pictures when you're not sitting at a computer. I'd hoped that I could use this as a replacement to prints in informal settings. I thought that at work, in a restaurant, or when I have friends over and want to pass around my latest vacation photo's, I'd be able to pass it from person to person, letting them advance each frame by pushing a button. While you can do that with practice, the power cord and button location makes this pretty inconvenient. If this thing was battery operated and had more user-friendly operating buttons, I think the market would recognize it as the final link in the digital loop, a convenient way to carry and show your digital photos.
For those that feel my criticism is misplaced because it focuses on a use not intended by the manufacturer, you're right. If all you want to do is hang this device on the wall and forget about it, these concerns probably won't be much of a drawback. To be fair, the screen delivers very acceptable sharpness at a resolution of 800 x 400 and the small size of the files required at that resolution mean you can pack a lot of pictures onto a pretty inexpensive memory card (one caveat noted below). That capacity is poorly matched to the software's navigation system however, which requires you to move through each picture one at a time if you want to save a picture to the internal memory (on the other hand, the manual gives no reason why you'd want to do that, so most people won't bother). In the final analysis, I think most users will want greater flexibility to use this device as a portable photo album. If that's important to you, you should think about waiting for the next generation.
One final note: For users of compact flash cards, a word of advice. The quality of the card makes a difference! I first tried an old Kodak 16MB card because it was large enough to handle the 200 pictures I wanted to view after I saved them to an 800 x 400 resolution, but I noticed distinct digital artifacts making squared lines in circle or wave patterns through what should've been a smooth transition of color in many pictures. At first I thought it was a reflection of the 800 x 400 screen resolution, but after switching to a 1GB Sandisk card, the problem went away. This probably goes for other types of memory cards as well.
Product Description
Features:10.4" LCD With Hi-Resolution And Hi-BrightnessSupports SD, MC and Memory Stick Flash Memory CardsBuilt-in Memory Can Store up to 20 PicturesUSB input Jack for Plugging In Your Digital CameraBuilt-In SpeakersCard Style Remote ControlA/V Input/Output JackBrightness AdjustableHave Slideshow ModeAXN-9105M
Customer Reviews:
Good price, good image, easy to use.......2007-12-28
This is my 2nd frame. The first one requires to edit the pictures taken from camera to fill the screen. This one, with a standard resolution of 640x480, you just select a resizing to a 20x25 640 pixels in Picasa and voilá!!.
Cons: Play only MPEG videos. Videos taken from Canon Camera can't be played on it.
Do not buy this to give as a gift!!.......2007-12-24
When you load it up with pictures, choose you custom settings, and give it to your granny... You will find that your custom settings are forgotten every time it is unplugged. This is inexcusable!
Nice Looking but lacking in features.......2007-12-14
At the time I purchased this frame, it was reasonably priced for the size screen that it offered. My only complaint about the product is that it does not have an option to randomly sort the pictures loaded to it for the slide show. This may not be an issue for some, but I was compiling pictures from relatives to give as a gift, and was hoping for the pictures to shuffle randomly across all relatives, rather than by title, as it appeared to, despite my efforts to manually sort them on the memory card. Otherwise, the resolution is good and the frame itself is attractive and blends nicely when out on display.
Axion 10" Digital Picture Frame--really isn't worth your money!.......2007-12-08
This digital picture frame is probably the biggest money-waster you will ever have. I have just received one as a gift and nothing works on it. The screen is supposed to be touch-sensitive but it is not; the buttons have response time of well over 2 seconds! By the time the "copy" button activates the "copy" screen, the picture I wanted to save on the digital frame has moved on... furthermore, once the option does come up, it won't go away and I cannot even see the next 2 pitures showing. I have not been able to save any of my pictures on the built-in memory! The picture quality is very poor! In the age of flat screen monitors, this is a BIG junky! Save your money!
Worst Digital Picture Frame Ever.......2007-12-01
Reason why this product is not recommended by me:
The transitions between photos takes too long (2.5 - 3) seconds.
It is not as smooth as the other brands I've seen in stores.
I put 2 different kinds of SD cards in the unit to view my photos.
After taking the cards out, all of the photos were destroyed and can be only viewed by using the axion unit. I tried every means possible to retrieve or fix the photos. I tried Bad Disk Pro, various card readers, everything. I also did everything I could to figure out where I could send the unit for repair, but Axion has very little to no info online. Stay clear of this unit and this company.
Product Description
Larger screen, more viewing comfort! Display your digital photos in high pixel density quality and perfect digital color with Philips PhotoFrame 10FF2CMW - now with two designer frames for a change of pace or to change with the season.Designer frames are easy-to-change, luxurious design touches in brushed aluminum and rich mahogany you can attach to Photo Frame for a change of pace or to match a room's decor.
Product Description
Pictures are meant to be displayed and enjoyed, and that is exactly what you can do with this 10.2" LCD photo frame. Wireless networking, a memory card reader and a USB interface make uploading images effortless while MomentoLive service lets you share your pictures with family and friends near and far(additional fees may apply).
Customer Reviews:
Awful, both in usability and functionality.......2007-12-27
I bought this frame, and have to say that it's easily in the bottom 10% of all gadgets I've bought in my lifetime. There are literally a dozen or more major issues I could elucidate, but I'll focus on the three that made me return both of the Momento frames I bought within 72 hours of opening their boxes.
First, let's talk about the frame's usability. The *only* way to control the frame is via the small remote that comes with it, and the frame's response to the remote is spotty at best. This might be because the tiny processor inside the frame is woefully underpowered, and frequently is busy doing other things (like showing pictures or trying to access the network), but in any event, between the remote control and the incredibly slow menuing system, it's a frustrating experience trying to get anything done with the frame. Even choosing which picture source you want to use is both slow and unintuitive, and that's what I'd consider a core function for a digital picture frame. And of course, if you ever lose the remote, you might as well throw the frame away, because there's honestly no other way to control it.
Second, let's address the frame's ability to use an online source for the photos it displays: simply put, it's fundamentally broken, in that the Momento takes all the images it gets from online sources and *resizes them so they don't fill your frame's screen*. Seriously. So if I loaded a full-screen-resolution image onto the frame via its USB port, the image filled the screen, but the very same image gathered from Flickr or Picasa got resized by the frame so that it only filled about 50% of the screen. I honestly thought this was a bug, so I reached out to technical support to inquire about it, and learned that this is simply the designed behavior of the frame, with no way to disable it. So in the end, one of the main selling features of the frame is also its biggest flaw; if you're looking to buy this frame because of its ability to stream photos from an online source, look forward to being very disappointed.
Finally, I'll address the tech support, which is functionally nonexistent. i-mate, the maker of the frame, only offers support via an online form or an email address, and it took a minimum of two days for me to receive a reply to requests sent via both methods. There's no phone support of any kind, and while I'm usually very, very good at ferreting out a hidden phone number that'll eventually reach a support tech, there's really *nothing* out there for i-mate phone support. So thus, my worst example was that one of my two frames stopped booting up past a certain point on the very first day I tried to use it, and I emailed them for support. Two days later, I received a reply that stated plainly: "Contact the retail store you bought the frame from" -- no attempt at diagnosing the problem or helping me get the frame working, nothing. Of course, to me, that means that I should just return the frame and move on, which I'm in the process of doing.
In the end, I honestly believe that these two Momento frames -- this one and the Momento 70 -- are unusable, and clearly not ready to be in the hands and on the desks of users.
Getting i-mate to connect.......2007-12-27
I'm running Windows XP w/ WMP 11. I'm running wireless security WPA TKIP. I was able to get the Momento to connect to my router by doing two things.
1) Reduce the length of my wireless passkey from 63 to 31 characters...only letters & numbers. I don't know the maximum but 42 was too large. So somewhere between 31 and 42.
That allowed the Momento to see the router.
2) Configure my XP firewall to allow local inbound/outbound UDP traffic on port 1900.
That allowed the Momento to see WMP11 and sync up.
Hope that helps someone. If it wasn't for the passkey issue the item would be fantastic...it really is cool.
Won't connect to Network.......2007-12-13
I received my Momento 100 but it won't connect to my Linksys WRT54GX wireless router. I've spent hours playing with the configuration and setup of the router and nothing. It sees the router but won't connect. There is no technical documentation what so ever with the Momento to describe what it's wireless capabilities are (e.g., B vs. G, type of security it is compatible with etc.) and they do not provide a phone number for technical support.
I ended up by totally disabling all security on the router and while the Momento can see the network and tries to connect - nothing. Would not recommend this product.
Further Info: after contacting Momento by phone, they said that I should try Factory Restoring the frame as it sometimes would lock onto "settings" and would not refresh in order to try connecting with different settings. I subsequently managed to get the frame to connect to my network but continued to have glitchy problems with it. In the first two days of use I had to "factory restore" it 3 times. This product may be okay for people who are computer literate and like to fiddle but I don't think its ready for the rest of us. I still wouldn't recommend it.
Using FrameChannel with this frame.......2007-11-30
This is a great frame to use FrameChannel with! FrameChannel is a free web-based tool that allows customization of the content displayed on your wireless picture frame, desktop widget, or RSS enabled device. FrameChannel enables customers to remotely manage their frames over the Internet and provides them with a library of interesting content to include in their photo stream.
You can even add your facebook, flickr, picassa, etc. photos to your frame so that when you update photos on those sites, your frame updates automatically!!
Check it out at: www.framechannel.com
There is also a useful blog with info on wireless frames and devices: www.wirelesspictureframe.com
Best product of its class on the market right now.......2007-11-05
Great purchase! Lots of options and looks great. I am going to make a list of downsides for future buyers so there are no surprises:
1. Wireless setup only supports one type of setup (i think it is 40 bit WEP AES), but if you read in to more of the reviews you will see others saying the same. the device will detect WPA and what not but will not connect to it.
2. I use it from my media server over the wireless. I have roughly 4,000 pictures added to a playlist i created in Windows Media Player. The device will show these pictures, but what i have noticed is it will only show a handful of these pictures. It is almost like it pulls like 10 pictures over, then shows these repeatedly and will pull only one or two new ones over every few minutes.
3. Loss of connectivity. The device will lose connectivity on my wireless from time to time even with a strong signal. It defaults to its cached pictures when this happens. It will reconnect automatically.
This is a great product, but using it with a media server over wireless to share a mass amount of pictures does not work the greatest. I think the user has to have a much smaller amount of pictures shared or should use the USB port to show pictures if there are a lot of them.
I do recommend it, but the product has a little way to go!
Product Description
Breathtaking image quality assured by a high-performance 10.2 megapixel DX Format CCD sensor coupled with Nikon's image processing engine and the world's most sophisticated light metering system, the Nikon D200 digital SLR has a framing rate of up to 5 frames per second and minimized (50 ms) shutter lag provide ultra-fast handling characteristics, allowing high sequential image speed for sports, wildlife, fashion and event photography. The Nikon D200 is uniquely enabled to perform to a standard once reserved for cameras costing far more. Image Sensor - RGB CCD, 23.6 x 15.8mm Image Size - Up to 3,872 x 2,592 Maximum Storage Media - CompactFlash (CF) Card Type I and II and Microdrive Sensitivity - 100 to 1600 (ISO equivalent) in steps of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV with additional settings up to 1 EV over 1600 File System - Exif 2.21, Compliant DCF 2.0 and DPOF Interface - NTSC or PAL White Balance - Auto (TTL white balance with 1,005-pixel RGB sensor), six manual modes with fine-tuning, color temperature setting, preset white balance, white balance bracketing possible (2 to 9 frames in increments of 1, 2 or 3) Picture Angle - 35mm format is approx. 1.5 times lens focal length LCD Monitor - 2.5-inch, 230,000-dot, TFT LCD with brightness adjustment Self-timer - Electronically controlled timer with 2 to 20 seconds duration Compatible Lenses - All AF-DX, AF-D, AF-G, AF-I, AF-S, and AF VR Nikkor lenses provide full AF & metering operation Dimensions - Width 147 x Height 113 x Depth 74mm / Weight - 830 grams
Customer Reviews:
Awesome camera and lens!.......2007-12-26
I've been using my Canon S50 for the last three years thinking that it was time for an upgrade. For me, the MOST important and hardest to get photos are usually the indoor ones (ie weddings or events). So I decided to spent a bit more on camera equipment to fulfill that requirement. Having absolutely little knowledge of SLR cameras (dont get intimidated by this), you should know that there is a Program mode where you can use this as a point and shoot camera. As you get used to it, you migrate more to the manual mode and take advantage of the unique capabilities of this camera.
First, Nikon lenses are great! The pictures are clear and with VR, it really helps eliminate some blurred images from shaky hands. As you proceed to no-flash indoor photography, VR helps a lot (up to only a certain shutter speed before you need a tripod). Having a 18-200mm lens covers most of your everyday needs. For me, I bought a few other lenses to play with... It will become costly but the pictures are priceless. Paying extra for VR is well worth it. When you look for other lenses, you will see the price difference with or without VR. I REALLY would recommended spending the extra on VR especially when you are zooming in..
Second, the camera is VERY sturdy and quite heavy. So this is obviously not the most portable camera around. It is an SLR so what do you expect?
Finally, four months after my D200 purchase, I have absolutely no regret of spending over 2300$ on this. So if you are new to SLR cams and debating whether to buy this or not AND portability is not an issue, I highly recommend that you go for it. I am sure that Canon offers a similar line of camera just as good, but I decided to try Nikon after using a Canon for so long.
Happy Photog.......2007-12-18
I migrated from Nikon d70, which is a fantastic camera, just wanted a new challenge. This is definitely a few steps above d70.
It has more professional features, faster response. I used Ken Rockwell's website to aid me in the setup. The results are probably 75% of where I want to be. Photos are brillient. I use 18-200mm and Nikon 50mm 1.8d.
Great Buy.......2007-12-17
Truly a great product. Only wish that Nikon could have offered a compatible case without which, one has to really search to find a suitable one......
Great camera for two years now.......2007-11-25
My D200 has been getting the job done for nearly two years as I write this. Ergonomics, build quality, performance are all outstanding. All it lacks is better high ISO image quality.
I was an early adopter of the D200, buying mine in late December, 2005. It replaced a Fuji S2 Pro which I had chosen over the D100 (in retrospect, a wise choice). I've been a Nikon SLR shooter since the late 1960s, so never considered other than an F-mount DSLR. My camera did exhibit the early D200 banding problem, but only in extreme situations. It went back to Nikon and was quickly fixed.
Compared to either the Fuji S2 or the D70s I got for my wife, this camera is 100% pro quality in build and performance. Compared to the Fuji, the image quality is improved, but not by a huge margin. Metering and menus are better, as well.
I'm a part-time pro shooter, doing mainly landscapes and fine art photography, but I've shot a few marathons, and the D200 has the speed and buffer capacity to handle them nicely. Although it's a bit slow switching from my 28mm f2 to my 105mm f2.5, it's great that Nikon accommodated these superb old AiS manual focus lenses.
One of the appealing qualities of the D200 is the package of size/weight/performance. My last Nikon SLR was the F5. It was a tank, just like the D2X I've used. I learned with the F5 that I was paying too high a price in size and weight for a lot of features I never used. True, the D200 is not a great party camera. But it is the right package for most "serious" photography.
Since it appears that the D300 resolves my high-ISO complaints about the D200, I'll be adding one of those to my bag in the spring after prices settle down. That will allow me to have the D200 converted for use shooting IR.
d200 vs d80.......2007-11-13
Nikon D80 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera (Body only)
i bought my d200 more than a year ago. i am in love with this camera. when i first bought this camera i was not sure if i made the right choice. it was right around the time d80 was released and i was asking myself if i did the right choice by buying the more expensive camera. wherever i looked it said d200 for half the price. d80 had all the automatic features but d200 had none. just P, A, S, M, which are also included in the d80.
my dad is not into photography as i am. he wanted an slr but i thought he would be better off with a camera with more automatic features. i bought him a d80. and i used it for 4 months before i gave it to him. the first time i hold the d80 in my hand i knew that i made the right decision by buying d200 for myself. even when i was using the d80 i never even considered using the options other than P, A, S or M. The focus the durability of the camera and the feeling you have when you hold the camera is completely different. when you hold a d200 you feel like you are holding a professional camera that is build for people who push the camera to the limit. d80 feels like a well built camera that is made for amateurs.
when you read the specks the only obvious difference you see between d200 and d80 is the burst speed 5fps to 3fps. but people forget to mention the buffer of the camera which is a bigger issue. d80 can take 3fps but if you shoot in raw you cannot shoot more than 4 frames before the buffer runs out, which means you need to wait for the camera to write the data on the card, and believe me it takes longer than what you think especially if you shoot raw. and because d80 takes SD cards not CF the cards are slower as well. d200 can shoot upto 20 images in raw+jpeg mode and if you use a fast card it takes lot less time for the camera to write the data on the card than it takes the d80.
just to make myself clear i am not saying d80 is a bad camera what i am saying is that it cannot substitute d200.
if you are not sure between d200 and d80, if you beliave you can do without the preset modes, and if you are willing to pay the extra GET D200
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3-Year Extended Service Plan - Covers Electronic Items $0-$200 - Replacement
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- Digital Photo Frame
- External Only Memory Storage Capacity
- Supports JPEG
- Resolution: 640 x 480
- Compatible with Secure Digital Memory Card (SD Cards), Memory Stick, Smart Media Card, MultiMediaCard (M), Compact Flash Type I/II
- Features Built-In Stereo Speakers, MP3 Playback, Zoom Function; Digital Mode
- 4:3 Standard Viewing
- Also Features Easy to Use Design, Changeable Frame Faceplate, Lightweight Design, Easy Set-Up
- Includes Remote Control, AC/DC Adapter
- 1.61 x 10 x 12.3 "
ASIN: B000Q5LBY8
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Product Description
M635 DIG CAM 6MP 3X OPT 4X DIG - 32MB INT MAX 1GB SD/MMC 2.5IN LCD
Average customer rating:
- Nice Digital Photo Frame
- Impressive!
- Remote not working
- Bad Technical Support
- Excellent High Quality Easy to use !
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Coby DP-102 10" Widescreen Digital Photo Frame with Built-In MP3 Player
Manufacturer: Coby
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Product Features:
- Image resolution up to 800 x 480 pixels
- JPEG, BMP, MP3, WMA, MP4 and AVI file support also supports SD , MMC, xD-Picture Card and CompactFlash memory cards
- Plays MP3 and WMA audio files, and most MP4 and AVI files from digital cameras
- Built-in stereo speakers, USB port, AV output and interchangeable black and white faceplates
- Includes remote control, interchangeable faceplates, detachable stand, AC adapter and AV cable
ASIN: B000MFG44Y
Release Date: 2006-01-08
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Product Description
Those old photo frames atop your dresser, desk, night stand and on your walls are vignettes of memories captured as prints in the era of film cameras. The digital-camera makes available a technology where photos don't have to be displayed as prints. They're displayed on screen, much like that of a TV set or a computer monitor. This frame uses LCD flat-panel technology and, at 2-1/4" deep, fits almost anywhere a standard frame would. The difference - this frame is not limited to display only 1 or a few pictures. A digital picture frame can display dozens (if not hundreds) of images off a digital-memory card.
Here's a dandy way to display all those digital photos you're accumulating. Display one or all (in slideshow mode) directly from an SD, MMC, xD, or CompactFlash memory card. It's a great way to view your favorites on a table or on a wall - just like a regular picture frame. Yet COBY DP102 adds a unique feature. It has built-in speakers so you can play MP3 and WMA music files from your memory cards. You can even create photo slideshows with music. The DP102 has a USB port that lets you play photos stored on digital media drives. Its LED backlit screen delivers bright images for viewing in almost any situation.
This is a perfect frame to give to your parents and grandparents. Let them see pictures of you all the time from a memory card you provide them. It has a dual-volt AC adapter for international capability. Plays Most MP4 and AVI Video Files from Digital Cameras Photo Slideshow with or without Music AV Output for play through with Home Theater Systems SD - MMC - xD - CF Card Slots Full-Size USB Port for use with Flash Memory Drives USB Port for Fast File Transfers Integrated Stereo Speakers Interchangeable Faceplate (Black or White) to match your decor Detachable Stand Table use or Wall Mountable
Customer Reviews:
Nice Digital Photo Frame.......2007-12-28
Very nice quality picture. Easy remote control. However, had problems with the USB interface that I could never resolve. Fortunately I can load photos on memory cards with my computer.
Impressive!.......2007-12-27
I am really happy with the digital frame--my mom actually.
It is really simple to use, I definitely bought it for the aesthetic qualities, but it is a great machine!
The one thing I would have liked would be a battery operated system so I didn't have to have it plugged it all the time, but not a big deal!
I would recommend this frame for anyone looking around for digital frames!
Remote not working.......2007-12-27
I bought this product for my wife as a christmas gift. When she opened and set it up the remote came with this product was not working and I changed battery and tried, not good. I called customer service and explained to them. But they want me to send a $6.00MO for S&H for a new remote. We just took it out of the box and I din't understand why I have to pay S&H for brand new product. COBY spoiled our christmas happiness just a day after. very, very bad customer service and product support. Don't buy COBY products, product support is very, very, very BAD.
Bad Technical Support.......2007-12-26
COBY has the worst technical support ever. Thankfully the product interface is simple and if you try, and try and try again with file sizes, you do get to a reasonable end result, but if you try to call their technical support line, you will be very disappointed. They don't know their own product well enough to give clear guidelines on file sizes and resolution specs. Their only response is "It's not a digital TV, so don't expect much". Don't waste your time with a phone call to them, do your research on the web, even the info in this forum is more complete than at the COBY help line. I did buy and give 3 of these for Xmas, but I would never buy again from COBY and would tell others to avoid them too.
Excellent High Quality Easy to use !.......2007-12-26
This is a great product. it has a great viewing angle and woks well showing clear high quality images. I would buy it again in a heartbeat and the price of 115 was good. I shopped around a lot before purchasing.
Product Description
Free the photos from your camera, and give someone a unique gift with this digital wooden photo frame. Includes wood frame with manual, AC Adaptor, remote control, AV cable and stand for display.
Features:
- Wide 10.4" LCD Screen
- Stylish classic wood frame design
- Supports JPEG picture, MP3 music and even videos
- Picture rotation and review
- Compatible with SD, MMC and MS Card
- Resolution: 800 x 600
- Built-in speakers, 5V-12V
- Audio File format: MP3, WMA
- Video File Formats: MPEG 1/AVI (Not all AVI format video files will be supported)
- Memory Card Formats: SD/MMC/MS/USB JumpDrive
- Usage Options: Manual, Remote Control, or Auto Play
- Language Support: English/German/Spanish/French/Italian
Customer Reviews:
5-star not-a-toy!.......2007-10-10
The most beautiful digital photo frame ever! It has a very large screen, warm wood frame, multiple inputs, outputs, even a remote control! I loaded it with pictures and videos of us over the past years and gave as an anniversary gift-- he loved it! He still loves it! He's a gadget guy so of course it met both our needs--emotional gadget gift.
Average customer rating:
- disappointed
- Promising but falls short of what you should get for the cost
- Best of a ragtag collection
- A technology, not a product
- Very Disappointing!
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Product Features:
- Image resolution up to 800 x 600 pixels with JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, MP3, WMA, WAV and WMV file support
- 10" W x 11 11/16" H x 2" D
- Supports CompactFlash, SD , MMC Memory Stick/PRO and xD-Picture Card
- Embedded 802.11b/g wireless connectivity and web enabled for photo sharing
- Includes 256MB built-in memory, remote control, interchangeable frame, AC/DC power adapter and USB Cable
ASIN: B000H743WC
Release Date: 2007-03-30
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Digital Frames are quickly becoming a standard part of the home, displaying digital photos and other content as an electronic scrapbook. The MemoryFrame MF-8104 Premium can use the features of Microsoft Windows Vista to further integrate digital picture frames into the home experience. The frame is IP addressable, and connects wirelessly to an internal home network and/or through a wireless router for internet to photo sharing sites. MemoryFrame MF-8104 Features Patented changeable standard 8x10-inch frame to suit your decor Generous internal memory Built-in multi format card reader Embedded 802.11b/g wireless connectivity Share pictures with Windows Vista or XP Web enabled for photo sharing Plays MP3, WMA audio files Plays WMV video files Automatic slideshow Audio slideshow Built-in stereo speakers USB to PC USB to thumb drive, camera, etc. Onscreen menu system; customize to your style Remote control for convenient use Landscape or portrait orientation Desk top or wall mount Removable desktop stand Photo Sharing Sites My MemoryFrame Flickr Window LiveSpaces Webshots Photo File Formats Supported Image: .JPG, .PNG, .BMP, .GIF Audio: MP3, WMA Video: WMV
Customer Reviews:
disappointed.......2007-12-17
First of all to be fair, this is a beautiful looking frame and photos looked nice on it.
I purchased this frame for its networking capabilities but was disappointed in how difficult it was to set up. I understand my experience may not be indicative of others but for me the benefits of having a wireless frame outweighed the high cost. It was not convenient.
Set up was tenuous and after several hours of trying to get the frame to recognize my home network I gave up. It just has to be easier.
Before buying I did read a review where I think a more tech savy person than me said it took him a while to get the frame online if he did at all.
I sent the item back and tried estarlings wireless frame version which I set up in about 10 minutes and love!!
This frame again is beautiful and the display is very nice but there are other cheaper frames that do the same thing. I paid a price for wireless technology and without that technology working for me, it was not worth the price premium.
Amazon was great with delivery and return so at least that part of the purchase experience was good.
Promising but falls short of what you should get for the cost.......2007-12-10
After a many hours of research on a frame that I could give to parents/in-laws for Christmas, I thought that the ML-8104 was the panacea of the market: WiFi, RSS, and good screen size. All we want to do is point the frame to one of our SmugMug albums so the folks can see the latest photos without needing to sneakernet anything.
Unfortunately, it's good for me (but not for Digital Spectrum) that I chose to buy locally at a place with a good return policy. The device just doesn't live up to expectations.
- Secure wireless support dubious at best: I use WPA2 (personal) on my network, and the frame just wouldn't associate. To troubleshoot, I disabled WPA altogether, and it joined perfect. I'd hoped the problem was fixed via a software update, but to no avail. A fully updated frame claims to work with WPA2, but it does not. (I even tried the included circa-2000 setup software, but no luck.) I use a Linksys 801.11G WAP, which isn't exactly esoteric hardware.
- Keyboard entry is atrocious: There is no "repeat" available, whether using the hard keys or the remote. Every move/change/anything on the frame requires a press-and-release button sequence. This is not fun when entering in your WPA2 passphrase (see above) 10 or more times while trying to figure out what's wrong. It's also detrimental to any possible RSS capability (see below). Certainly a touchscreen is out of the question at this price point, but something less frustrating would have been nice.
- RSS is a no-go. As mentioned above, I use SmugMug, which provides RSS feeds of each of your albums in a standard photostream format that I've never seen NOT recognized. However, after spending 5 minutes (yes, I timed it) entering the RSS URL via the onscreen keyboard, it failed. I tried again, this time running a packet sniffer to see if it was actually attempting to retrieve the URL - it was, but with no results.
- Desktop configuration is kludgy. The software creates a text file that you need to copy onto an SD card, then boot the frame with the card inserted. Not a bad method, but how hard would it be to use the upstream USB cable to directly connect the frame and do live configuration changes or, better yet, entering in the long and painful RSS URLs? Cut-and-paste is soooo 1990s, but it works like a charm. Let's not overlook the simple stuff.
- Nonstandard frame. It wasn't clear from any of the writeups or other literature, but the box comes with 3 different frames (good thing). However, it's not compatible with any standard frame. The included frames are plastic-feeling, but not bad.
- Overall sluggish in response. If not for the other stuff, this point would have fallen squarely in the "admittedly chronic early adopter" category. Nobody's expecting a speedy computer-in-a-frame, but putting this device through its paces took a LONG time due to the combination of button-per-action behavior and the sluggish response overall. It can take 0.25-0.5 sec per keypress, and longer if you're going to a menu from a slideshow.
I did not try this with Windows Vista or XP (don't use them at all), so maybe that experience is different. Again, all we wanted was a WiFi frame that would display new pictures for the family when we uploaded new content. The advertised RSS ability was a major selling point, and we're not about to move all of our content to a new provider that may be better-supported by what turned out to be a mediocre photo frame.
I strongly recommend passing on this one, or at least buying it where you can return it later in the day after you're disappointed.
Best of a ragtag collection.......2007-09-25
At this point in time, there are limited options for internet-enabled, wireless picture frames. I'm aware of the Digital Spectrum 8104, Kodak EX811/1011, eStarling 2.0, and the i-Mate Momento frames. I dismissed the eStarling frame due to a reportedly low-quality display, not to mention the truly disastrous debut of its predecessor. I dismissed the otherwise promising i-Mate Momento due to its requirement of a subscription to its web service, which in turn connected to various RSS feeds from photo sharing websites. Let's face it, there's a pretty decent chance that i-Mate will be a memory sometime soon, then what would happen to the web service? And of course, the ongoing expense is an obvious downside. That left Kodak and Digital Spectrum. I have had both the EX1011 and 8104 in my possession. Both had limitations, crummy remotes, and idiosyncracies, but in the end, both looked good and did pretty much what they claimed to do. Here's a summary of their relative pluses and minuses:
Kodak EX1011
+ Less bulky in back. Looks more like a conventional picture frame.
+ Has a brightness control. Can get very, very bright. In a bright setting, this frame would have a clear advantage over the 8104.
+ Kodak Gallery integration. Not the best photo sharing site, in my opinion, but it's one not supported by the 8104.
+ Plays videos from Media Player 11. On my network, though, videos were choppy. This might not be the fault of the frame.
-- Slideshow playlists from Kodak Gallery are set at the time you select an album and are not refreshed until you exit that slideshow and reselect Kodak Gallery. This means that newly added photos are not automatically displayed. This was a showstopper for me. My 80-year-old mom would be very frustrated trying to restart the slideshow.
-- After restarting, the frame will display only photos on the internal memory card. To reselect Kodak Gallery requires several steps. Again, not good for Mom.
- AC Adapter in the plug itself. Ugly if the outlet is in a visible location.
- 16:9 format. Not the best for photos, but works better than I expected, except for portrait mode photos.
- Frame itself looks plasticy
+- Slightly cool color temperature with high contrast.
Digital Spectrum 8401 Premium
+ Richer-looking frame
+ 4:3 format
++ Free integration with three good photo sharing websites -- Flickr, Webshots, and Windows Live.
+ Restarts with last-selected slideshow, including web-based.
+ Slideshow playlists are, by default, set to refresh every time through the playlist, so newly added photos are quickly displayed.
+ Has both black and wood-grain frames
- Warm color temperature.
- Bulky piece on back makes the frame less elegant-looking.
- While the remote is a big larger (good), the buttons are relatively hard to press.
- Seemed a bit buggier than the Kodak. I have had to turn it off sometimes during setup operations.
- Cord seems a bit short
Both units had some difficulty with my WEP wireless encryption, but I do have a very wacky setup in my home due to my wireless broadband. I'll be setting this up at my mother's home, which will a more conventional wireless setup using an 802.11g DSL router. Hopefully, WPA won't be a problem.
In the end, I chose the 8104, primarily due to the fact that it will be easier for my mother to use and because the photos added to the websites are added automatically. I'm relatively satisfied.
A technology, not a product.......2007-07-30
I gave this picture frame two stars because, in the end, it has nice screen and it shows pictures. It's a nice technology.
But, this company clearly doesn't know the difference between a technology and a product. A technology is a wireless picture frame. A product is a wireless picture frame with a helpful owners manual, a clean interface, high quality, and working company website. This frame had none of these.
My first experience with the frame was taking it out of the box and reading the instructions. These were printed on a large sheet in a step by step fashion. The steps did not exactly match what I saw on the screen, but they were close.
The instructions said that the frame should be controlled from the remote. But my remote was broken. So I couldn't use the frame.
I went to the website and found out that the support links gave 404 errors . They were missing pages. The only contact information was for two PR guys.
When I finally found an email address and let them know what I needed they sent me a new remote. Or tried to. First they accidentally sent me the stand that holds up the back of the frame. Then they sent me a new remote.
When I started using the remote I found buttons that control the frame hidden on the back. The instructions hadn't mentioned them.
I tried to get the frame working with Flikr. There were no instructions for this. There was no screen for entering a password. I read another review that said the frame only works with Webshots. I switched.
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