Digital Picture Frames

kodak-easyhare-sv-710-digital-picture-frame.jpgDigital Picture frames are a fun and excellent way to showcase the digital pictures you take. You can start viewing your pictures and videos right away by inserting a memory card or connect your digital camera to most digital picture frames. Let's take a look at a few of them.

The Kodak Easyshare SV-710 7-Inch Digital Picture Frame is a popular model with many features.

Here are some specs on this model.

Image file formats JPEG, EXIF
Video formats MOV, AVI, MPEG 1 and 4
Audio formats MP3
Dimensions 10.3 × 7.6 × 1.5 in. (261 × 193 × 38 mm)
Display size 7 in. (17.8 cm) diagonal
Display area 6.1 × 3.4 in. (154 × 87 mm)
Display resolution 480 × 234 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:9 widescreen
Display type aSi TFT active matrix, with KODAK Light Management Film
Display backlight LED
Display brightness 200 NITs
Contrast ratio 300:1
Memory cards supported Secure Digital (SD), Multimedia Card (MMC), MEMORY STICK (MS), XD-Picture Card (xD), COMPACTFLASH (CF), MICRODRIVE (MD)

Playing MP3s with built-in speakers while you view your photos, is a great way to show off your pics while setting the mood. Drag-and-drop features make transferring pictures easy. You'll be able to show your friends and family your pictures by viewing them on the 7-inch (17.8 cm) 16:9 wide screen. It's optimized with Kodak Light Management Film to provide a bright, clear display with excellent viewing angle. Display your frame on a tabletop or on a wall, vertically or horizontally.

Maybe you want to step your picture viewing experience up a notch with the Kodak SV-811 8-inch Digital Picture Frame. It features the following:

Image file formats JPEG, EXIF
Video formats MOV, AVI, MPEG 1 and 4
Audio formats MP3
Dimensions 11.2 × 8.3 × 1.5 in. (284 × 211 × 38 mm)
Display size 8 in. (20.3 cm) diagonal
Display area 6.9 × 3.9 in. (176 × 100 mm)
Display resolution 800 × 480 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:9 widescreen
Display type aSi TFT active matrix, with KODAK Light Management Film
Display backlight LED
Display brightness 300 NITs
Contrast ratio 300:1
Memory 128 MB* internal memory available, memory card expansion slot
Memory cards supported Secure Digital (SD), Multimedia Card (MMC), MEMORY STICK (MS), XD-Picture Card (xD), COMPACTFLASH (CF), MICRODRIVE (MD)

kodak-easyhare-sv-811-digital-picture-frame.jpgA reviewer of the SV-811 had this to write

""First off, the picture quality is excellent and in my book, that is most important. Pictures look sharp and contrasty from almost all viewing angles.

The image size is similar to a 5x7 and the overall frame size is like a matted 5x7 photo.

This thing is flexible to the max!!

* You can view pictures on a memory card.
* You can view pictures on your computer (but you have to load Microsoft Media Player 11
* You can view all of your pictures and your friends pictures on the Kodak Gallery.
* You can download pictures to the built in memory from your computer via USB2.
* You can upload pictures from a memory card inserted in the frame to your networked PC (I'm not sure why you would want to do that.) "

Maybe you prefer white. The Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame lets you view your digital photos directly from memory cards, with a quality even professionals will love. ThePhilips 6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame allows you to display single photos, display thumbnails, or create slideshows to view from your stored photos. The big benefit is being able to do this without starting up your PC.

Let's look at some of the benefits:

  • Displays your digital photos with professional print quality and the full spectrum of colors
  • 7-inch TFT LCD display screen features of adjustable brightness to match ambient light conditions, and intuitive operation that doesn't require any programming
  • Connects via USB directly to your camera or PC; supports up to 12-megapixel photos in the JPEG format
  • Runs on AC power via the included adapter, or lasts up to 8 hours on its included rechargeable battery

phillips-white-digital-picture-frame.jpgWhen reviewed these pros and cons were found:

"Pros:
- beautiful, crisp images even at close range
- controllable brightness level
- programmable display - can be turned on and off automatically at certain times
- has option for battery or AC
- support for multiple memory cards
- easily loads and displays file from an SD card without having to worry about filenames.
- automatically rotates images
- has internal memory for extra images. I've read that it's only 14MB though.
- resizes the pictures without cropping them.

Cons;
- Battery is not replaceable.
- No battery level indicator.
- Battery life is only 50 minutes in slideshow mode (based on published specs.)
- edges in some images have become rugged even though I have my pictures in the same ratio as 720x480.
- no touch screen input (or is that too much?)
- the controls at the back needs a little of getting used to, otherwise they are well placed
- In my first few minutes of use, I have observed that it was not displaying one image properly during a slide show. I just pressed a button to change it to Browse mode then back to Slideshow mode and it did not happen again.
- If an SD card is inserted and the digital frame is turned on, it automatically copies the files from the card to its internal memory. This process is slow. I am not sure why it's doing it. So I make it a habit to turn it on first then insert the SD card."