Tip: Displaying Digital Pictures on Digital Frames

[dis_cause]

fyi:

Digital picture frames are becoming more common as the price of LCD screens drop.

http://www.vialta.com/images/VistaFrame-100G.jpg

Companies such as http://www.ceiva.com, http://www.pacificdigital.com, and http://www.vialta.com create digital picture frames -some which support over 5 different types of memory cards. You can do a slideshow presentation right off your digital camera's memory card, cycling through hundreds of photos.

If you have not seen these yet, check it out. Frees up having to lug around a laptop and has a much more stylish design.

Vialta is giving a digital picture frame away for free this month, enter to win: http://www.vialta.com/giveaway.htm

- Dissy

[CoolToolGuy]

Digital frames are the missing link. They give you the ability to display your pictures somewhere other than a PC.
The problem has always been the cost. The Kodak frame was $400, and didn't make it. I hope the cost of the frames comes down, it may boost sales and help make them successful.

Have Fun
Rick 8)

[Scottes]

I've always loved the idea of something like this, but my ideas are still too grandiose, I guess.

The frame above sells for $300, but holds only 8 pictures at 384x234. That's kinda pathetic, IMHO. How about 500 pictures, enough for a few vacations? I'd pay an extra $20 for another meg of RAM in the thing. But 384x234 at 72 DPI (guess) is also a little too low.

I'll wait.

[Tom W]

I've got two kinds of digital frames for my favorite shots - one says "Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" on the back and the other says "Kodak Royal Paper" on the back. Both exhibit exquisite picture quality and extremely fine grain. And, they both display content that originated from my digital cameras.

[CoolToolGuy]

I've always loved the idea of something like this, but my ideas are still too grandiose, I guess.

The frame above sells for $300, but holds only 8 pictures at 384x234. That's kinda pathetic, IMHO. How about 500 pictures, enough for a few vacations? I'd pay an extra $20 for another meg of RAM in the thing. But 384x234 at 72 DPI (guess) is also a little too low.

I'll wait.\

I prefer the ones that read off of your memory card. That way, there is no limit to how many pictures it will hold. The first one I got only had internal memory, and you need to use their software to change the slide show. Bad news since I wanted it for work and the pictures are at home. Once I found out about the ones that use a CF card, this one went home to stay :?

One thing that matters on most of them is the size of the image. Larger resolution images take longer to load (either from memory or the card), and the screen has a certain resolution that is usually on the small side. What I do with the one I have now at work is create special CF cards (like photo albums) with small resolution images on them. I keep them at work, and put in the one I want to see at the time. Instant mood :!:

Have Fun
Rick 8)

[CyberDyneSystems]

I've got two kinds of digital frames for my favorite shots - one says "Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" on the back and the other says "Kodak Royal Paper" on the back. Both exhibit exquisite picture quality and extremely fine grain. And, they both display content that originated from my digital cameras.

lol,..

I have a favorite digital frame too,.

Mine says "Sony Trinitron Multiscan FW900" on it.. :mrgreen:


...//excellent for dsiplaying those landscape compositions...

[Tom W]

I've got two kinds of digital frames for my favorite shots - one says "Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" on the back and the other says "Kodak Royal Paper" on the back. Both exhibit exquisite picture quality and extremely fine grain. And, they both display content that originated from my digital cameras.

lol,..

I have a favorite digital frame too,.

Mine says "Sony Trinitron Multiscan FW900" on it.. :mrgreen:

Heh Heh :D

I like that. My tool of choice is a Dell M-992 Trinitron :) .

One must consider that the original poster has posted twice to the forum and both times has linked the same commercial site - IOW, SPAM!

Also, I may be a little old, but I don't see the utility value of a digital viewer. Prints are cheap! Albums are cheap and can be stored in the bookcase. And most of us already have a monitor or two.

[CyberDyneSystems]

I saw these before there were any replies,. and I debated deletion of this one in particular..

But,. I thought it would be better if the post was "thrown to the wolves"...


I was not dissapointed.. :wink:

[CoolToolGuy]

Also, I may be a little old, but I don't see the utility value of a digital viewer. Prints are cheap! Albums are cheap and can be stored in the bookcase. And most of us already have a monitor or two.

Let's say you like to display your pictures at work or around the house. Why not take advantage of the capabilities of digital, and display them on a digital frame? You can place it just like a regular picture frame, and as I suggested above, load a CF card into it and run a slide show. Want to see summer pictures at the beginning of March? No problem. Want to see last year's vacation? No problem. Its a very cool idea. Create the mood that you desire. 8)

Have Fun
Rick 8)

[Scottes]

Let's say you like to display your pictures at work or around the house. Why not take advantage of the capabilities of digital, and display them on a digital frame?

I'll take a high-quality print, thanks.

Now, if you could give me an 8x10 at 2400x3000, with the ability to change (and/or automatically) the image, then I might like it. Oh, it's got to be under $100. :)


I always had a dream of a digital photo frame that could s l o w l y change the images. So if you took a 360-panorama and the digital frame would "rotate" the image over the course of hours, well, that would be cool.

[ilya]

Digital picture frames make for lazy photographers.




( :D )

[CoolToolGuy]

I'll take a high-quality print, thanks.


To each his own, right? That's what makes the world go 'round.

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Rick 8)

[CoolToolGuy]

Digital picture frames make for lazy photographers.

( :D )

And your point is...?

In the field of computer performance, which I am involved with every working day, it is often said that the best performance analysts are the laziest, because they will figure out the way to do something that takes the least effort... :P
I'll take lazy if it gets the job done. :roll: :) :D :lol:

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Lazy Rick 8)

[ilya]

Digital picture frames make for lazy photographers.

( :D )

And your point is...?

In the field of computer performance, which I am involved with every working day, it is often said that the best performance analysts are the laziest, because they will figure out the way to do something that takes the least effort... :P
I'll take lazy if it gets the job done. :roll: :) :D :lol:

Have Fun
Lazy Rick 8)

Envision getting shaken - wise up man, it was a joke. See the thread right below this one. I even used a smily face. Deadpan humor is a lost art... Thos, if you're around, help.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Scottes]

Deadpan humor is a lost art... Thos, if you're around, help.

I smiled.

Oh, well. "To each his own, right?"

[Tom W]

Envision getting shaken - wise up man, it was a joke. See the thread right below this one. I even used a smily face. Deadpan humor is a lost art... Thos, if you're around, help.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

How's this:

http://store2.yimg.com/I/alzheimersolutions_1781_267749

Oh, I thought you said bedpan humor... :)