Re: Photo frame recommendations

[Rich Wonneberger <Turtil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It sounds to me like you need a cheap laptop.

Rich W.

Fergus McMenemie wrote:
> I am very keen of the idea of a electronic photo frame to let me mother
> see what is happening within the family. I bought a photo frame a few
> years ago and it turned out to be a disaster which she unplugged and now
> keeps in the wardrobe. It was an utter pain.
>
>         Clock needed reset after any power interruption
>         Photo storage was tiny
>         Photos needed custom preparation for the frame
>         Frame, which was used in the bedroom, was like leaving the TV on
> all night.
>         Awkward to set clocks and the frames inactive periods.
>
> I was struck by how many subtle human factors had been missed by the
> designers. Looking around the shelves at PC world, I am now struck by
> how the availability of any cheap feature now means it has to be
> included in the frame. After this experience and some thought I am now
> looking for.
>
>    - RSS or ATOM based control what the frame displays
>    - Photos are downloaded and cached in the frame, (does not
>           re-download each photo again and again.)
>    - Say one 1GB, plus ability to use USB and memory cards
>    - NTP or SNTP based automatic clock setting
>    - Wireless LAN with WPA
>    - DHCP and fixed IP addressing
>    - No sound/RC/clocks/alarms or other non picture frame functions
>          (or at least ones that can be disabled.)
>    - No touch screen, or one that can be disabled. (to deal with
>          dusters and small kids!)
>    - Does not depend on special services such as flicker
>    - (optional) Can display HTML pages
>    - (optional) Web based admin functions
>    - (optional) https/http support
>    - (advanced) Combined time and light/dark sensing to disable frame
>    - (advanced) Combined time and noise sensing to enable frame
>
> Reviewing the market it looks as though some of the Samgsung frames are
> good, but the 'tech specs' do not really cover much.
>
> Any ideas, recommendations or comments.