Digital Photo Frames

chilli_pepper

looks like a good deal what with the divx & mp3 support along with the USB & SD Host - what do ye fink ?

http://www.ibood.com/site/eu/ibood.php

Ruu_Old

Good price, picking one up yourself OP?

chilli_pepper

Ruu wrote:

Good price, picking one up yourself OP?

I reckon so , P & P is 12 yoyos extra...

m8

Can you give us a review when you have a chance to play with it?

chilli_pepper

m8 wrote:

Can you give us a review when you have a chance to play with it?

IBOOD only do these deals for one day , so If you want one your gonna have to buy today , thats why I was looking to see if anyone had used them before

rugbug86

i just ordered and no confirmation as of yet.

i'll post back when i hear.

wheres me jumpa

Argh, I bought a digi frame last week on pixmania for 100eur, that is a much better deal.

esquier

Got one of these from Ebay for €110 and very pleased with it.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/7-DIGITAL-PHOTO-FRAME-CHRISTMAS-XMAS-WEDDING-GIFT_W0QQitemZ140057228219QQihZ004QQcategoryZ64344QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Wertz

Do these operate on a rechargable battery or do they need to be plugged into a wall socket all the time?

esquier

Wall socket

TJM

Resolution isn't great - 480x234.

branners69

ordered one from ibood myself, didnt get an email confirming it yet though!!

Will post a review if/when I get it!!

branners69

rugbug86 wrote:

i just ordered and no confirmation as of yet.

i'll post back when i hear.

rugbug86 did you get confirmation yet??

melekalikimaka

TJM wrote:

Resolution isn't great - 480x234.

pah useless

wheres me jumpa

Guys,

As mentioned above, I bought one from pixmania. Its a LCD display, just had a quick go of it and the picture is crap. Really really bad. If I reduce the resolution of the pics will it imrpove or is this just the standard I should expect? Havent got time to really play around with it at the moment but Im worried!

Jumpa

ekevosu

guy in the office here made one himself from a very old broken laptop and it looks fantastic.

tutorials up on the web on how to do it....too much work involved for me but the end result is class.

melekalikimaka

ekevosu wrote:

guy in the office here made one himself from a very old broken laptop and it looks fantastic.

tutorials up on the web on how to do it....too much work involved for me but the end result is class.

its not too easy...no real computer skills required, just know what NOT to move.


as for the resolution, possibly resizing to the res of the screen could improve the image slightly, but tbh thats less than a megapixel res...old cam phone quality

esquier

Just seen these for sale in Dunnes, €99. Jpeg, Avi Mp3 W/remote

wba88

esquier wrote:

Just seen these for sale in Dunnes, €99. Jpeg, Avi Mp3 W/remote

do u know what resolution it is??

esquier

Did`nt see, I know it said 260.000 colour, like the one I got which is 720x480

parsi

PC World have a Philips model for 219 which seems to have excellent resolution , they also have one for 159 but the screen (setup menu) quality looks like the cheaper portable DVD players.

TJM

Are those digi frames still in Dunnes? Anyone have a chance to see what resolution they are?

esquier

I had a look at them this morning but there`s no res marked on the box, unlike
others these have a clock and calender but I suppose the res is the most important thing.

the-lad

ekevosu wrote:

guy in the office here made one himself from a very old broken laptop and it looks fantastic.

tutorials up on the web on how to do it....too much work involved for me but the end result is class.

Any idea where? Thanks

melekalikimaka

the-lad wrote:

Any idea where? Thanks

type.... photo....frame....from....laptop :rolleyes:

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/a4a95adebbf6a010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

esquier

Google "digital photo frame + diy"
Heres one

http://repair4laptop.org/notebook_picture_frame.html

TJM

Aldi have one coming up on Th. 21/12:
http://aldi.ie/special_buys/product_512.html

* 8" frame with print like quality image
* Supports card formats: CFI, CFII, SD, MMC, MS, SM and XD
* Image options: Full screen, thumbnail and slide show
* Adjust effects including photo rotate, zoom, slide transition and duration
* Play music and video clips. Supports file formats: JPEG, BMP, MPEG4
* Includes AV cable to transfer images to your TV (compatible with most TVs), built in speakers, removable single stand wall mount capability with remote control and AV adaptor

No mention of resolution. I'm guessing that it's this model:
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Spectrum-NV-800-8-Inch-Picture/dp/B000GCARDM/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_2_txt/102-2875874-9231354
In which case it will have 640x480 resolution.

I had a look at the other photo frame in Dunnes and wasn't impressed - quite apart from resolution (nowhere to be found) it was too ugly for public viewing anyway.