Thread: Digital Photo Frame questions

the ones from dicksmiths, Jaycar, JB hifi, stratfords kmart, office works, and occasionally aldi are the go.

for about $130 or so you wind up with a 7inch diagonal lcd type jobbie that takes an SD card. Format the card and dump the pictures on that from the camera/PC.

turn the unit on and insert the card, wait about a minute and it should start slideshowing automatically.

I've been giving them as xmas pressies for about 2 years. (I per household on both sides of the family) and we've started to get into the habit of exchanging the cards. (my family are a bit more tech savvy) every birthday/xmas/easter we send on a new card with photos from our life and the recipient ejects their old card, copies what they want to keep, loads up pics from their life and mails it back.

Thanks Dave, that's just what I needed to know. DSE, JBHiFi, OfficeWorks are all available when I fly out so I'll put it on the shopping list.

Do most run off a plug-pack power supply or straight into 240V?

I'm not sure if this site will answer any of your questions.

I haven't bought any of his products, but he got a good writeup in a computer magazine about a year ago.

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all of the ones I have or given away have got a 240v power pack but they also have the supply requirements printed or molded near the power in jack on the unit. I;ve used one as a product placement display from a 12v adaptor before.

If the person has broadband, you might want to look at some of the ones that have wifi connectivity, that can then be linked to a Flickr account or be emailed to. That way you don't have the same 10 photos on it because they couldn't be bothered updating it.

The Agfaphoto one we bought last Christmas for Judy (who fits your description surprisingly well ) fits the bill.

Don't know if they come that large though. Pop around and look at it if you like.

Originally Posted by dm_td5

I'm looking at buying digital photo frame for someone for Christmas. They aren't too computer savvy so it has to be something I can easily plug in, turn on and insert a card full of pictures in to and just leave alone to display the images. Maybe send them an updated card every 6 months too.

Oh I'd like it to be probably at least a 10" display.

Bought one for my mother this time last year for an Xmas present, 10" from JB HiFi ~$180 generic Chinese brand but still going.

One thing you might look out for is what file format and size they accept. After opening and setting up for my mother I noticed in the instructions it said jpeg files in excess of 2 Meg "may not show". Not really a problem for me but it was something I never anticipated and resizing everything is an extra bit of mucking about when loading pictures onto the SD card.

No sure if this is a common restriction in these gadgets but maybe something to consider when you look around.

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