RE: Which digital photo frame

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is it able to be pointed at a network folder and just pull images from
there
rather than a web-based photo album?

Phil

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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of White, Peter
> Sent: 09 January 2010 16:44
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Which digital photo frame
>
> I just bought a Kodak one (after returning a Pandigital to Costco as
> the interface was horribly clunky).  The frame was good for the money
> (around GBP70 for a 10" wifi-connected), but the best thing about
it is
> that it's compatible with
> www.framechannel.com<http://www.framechannel.com>. 
What that means is
> that you can link to framechannel to show dynamic content.  In my
case,
> it's linked to a certain album on Picasa, so as soon as new pics are
> loaded to it, the frame displays them.  Additionally, in the mornings
I
> display the weather and traffic conditions.  It's a very flexible
> interface.  Right now it's free, I'm sure in the future it'll either
> become ad-supported or subscription, but I'd be happy to pay.  The
> final cool thing is that you also get an email address with the
> framechannel sign-up, so friends and family can just email pics to
that
> account, and they appear on the frame.  You can choose to approve pics
> before they go online, if you have some dodgy friends :)
>
> The one annoyance is that the frame only has a single on-off time per
> day, so during the week it's busy displaying pictures to nobody.  If I
> power it down (ie through z-wave or x-10), it doesn't default to a
> slide show, so there's no way to just have it switched on when there's
> people in the house.  Other frames have motion detection, or more
> sophisticated timers, you might want to consider this.  The wifi is
> very useful though, and works well.
>
> I did a LOT of research before buying, if you do the same you'll see
> there's no ideal frame that has everything right now, but the market
is
> developing quickly.
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Ho Yin Ng
> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 5:30 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Which digital photo frame
>
>
>
> The wife wants a digital photo frame.
>
> Can someone recommend one?
>
> Is there anything decent out there which doesn't get relegated to the
> gadget bin after a couple of months?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ho-Yin
>
>
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