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I have been thinking about getting one of the Digital Picture Frames for quite some years, but most of them don't have what I want. They either need monthly service, low resolution, landscape displays (stretch portrait), wide-screen type etc.. and most of mine family photos are portrait type.

I have read lot of possitive end users' feedbacks (Newegg & Amazon) on the digital picture frame from ZIGA. Newegg has 5.6" and a company from Amazon carries the 7" (widescreen type 16:9?), and I see Ziga also have the 8" (4:3?) and it look more square than most others. But the problem that I can't find any store carries this size.

Anyway, please share your experience if you use any digital frame. And this will be for office use so I want small size not the jumbo size ;)

TIA
 
I've looked at them, thinking it's a decent idea, but the prices are just crazy. Especially those that require a subscription(!) to use it. I would expect a 17-19" LCD monitor with a simple card reader and rudimentaty software to cost $250-300. That's what is wanted for a little 5 or 7 inch DPP, last I checked (a while ago, admittedly).
 
NiteRider said:
I have been thinking about getting one of the Digital Picture
Frames for quite some years, but most of them don't have what I
want. They either need monthly service, low resolution, landscape
displays (stretch portrait), wide-screen type etc.. and most of
mine family photos are portrait type.
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NiteRider said:
TIA
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I recently bought a Digital Picture Frame for my parents 50th wedding anniversary. After a lot of research, I found that the Phillips frame sold at Sharper Image fit the bill:

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productview/sku__ON502

This can be configured for either landscape or portrait orientation, has onboard memory, or it can display from a memory card (supports several types of memory card.) It can be easily attached to a computer via USB, and treated as a memory device to load images. Lots of options for how images are displayed, delay times, auto shutoff options, that kind of thing.

ONE CAVEAT: If an image file is not in exactly the right format, the frame will lockup and you'll have to reset it using a paperclip in the slot provided. I found that I had to load images (which I had scaled with the GIMP to the frame's resolution; not required but it saves space) into MS Paint and save again to prevent lockups. Very stupid; there is a provision to update the firmware, so maybe they'll fix that.

The frame has been working well for months now at my parents home, and they are quite pleased.

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one of the somewhat inexpensive 15 inch flat screens with a built in DVD player. Put the images onto dvd and run it in loop mode. Gota say I haven't tried it, but just a thought. Probably a lot less than a digital frame.
 
Expensive, but money well spent. With as much as we spend on our cameras, lenses, etc., this was a no-brainer. My wife and I get to enjoy our photos every day in the comfort of our living room. The 19" display is so much nicer than a small 7" screen that you have to be up close to really enjoy.

My setup has the frame "pulling" the photos off of my pc in my office via a wireless connection. Each photo displays for about 10 seconds and then randomly changes to another photo. I have nearly 10,000 photos in the folder the frame connects to.

Not the best photo, but here's one of our living room. The PhotoVu is on the wall on the left side of the photo.



http://www.photovu.com/pv1955.html

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I bought a Ziga for my 84 year old mother for Christmas and she loves it; shortly after I bought it, I had an opportunity to get a quantity of them (not Ziga's, but identical in every way) and sold every one of them on eBay for the holidays. Every one of the people who bought them were thrilled with them. I also gave one to each son, and one to my younger son's in-laws, preloaded with their wedding photos, and it was a huge hit.

And yes, the prices were kind of crazy, but are coming down. For the 5.6" screen size, around $100 seems to be the current going price, so you can extrapolate from there for larger screens and better quality.

It's an awesome gift item, especially for parents and grandparents who aren't technically inclined.

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ironpix said:
NiteRider said:
I have been thinking about getting one of the Digital Picture
Frames for quite some years, but most of them don't have what I
want. They either need monthly service, low resolution, landscape
displays (stretch portrait), wide-screen type etc.. and most of
mine family photos are portrait type.
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ironpix said:
TIA
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I recently bought a Digital Picture Frame for my parents 50th
wedding anniversary. After a lot of research, I found that the
Phillips frame sold at Sharper Image fit the bill:

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productview/sku__ON502

This can be configured for either landscape or portrait
orientation, has onboard memory, or it can display from a memory
card (supports several types of memory card.) It can be easily
attached to a computer via USB, and treated as a memory device to
load images. Lots of options for how images are displayed, delay
times, auto shutoff options, that kind of thing.
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Thanks for the link. I lost this threat right after I posted the question, and just found it again.

Anyway, the reason I try to look for more information about the Ziga 8" because it's 4:3 screen or more square than the 5.6" and 7" those are more wide screen type. Some stores have 5.6" for around $140 and 7" for around $160-170, and don't care much about the size but the radio aspect.
 
Loren Charif said:
I bought a Ziga for my 84 year old mother for Christmas and she
loves it; shortly after I bought it, I had an opportunity to get a
quantity of them (not Ziga's, but identical in every way) and sold
every one of them on eBay for the holidays. Every one of the
people who bought them were thrilled with them. I also gave one to
each son, and one to my younger son's in-laws, preloaded with their
wedding photos, and it was a huge hit.

And yes, the prices were kind of crazy, but are coming down. For
the 5.6" screen size, around $100 seems to be the current going
price, so you can extrapolate from there for larger screens and
better quality.

It's an awesome gift item, especially for parents and grandparents
who aren't technically inclined.

Loren
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The reason I try to find more information about the Ziga 8" because of the 4:3 screen instead of wide screen type. And this will be on a very small desk so I don't want too large either.

BTW, how does the 5.6" ziga display portrait photo? I read it will display as smaller size, and I read some will stretch the photo to fit screen (this I try to avoid).
 
i have been considering the PhotoVu unit for several months. how long have you had yours? any problems? i am reluctant because i went this route a year and a half ago with a company called wallflower systems. their unit did not work well and the company went out of business. i have a very expensive door stop now.

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Lee:

I've had mine installed since June of last year. It's set up to run from 8:00am until midnight every day and has run like a champ. My wife and I are very pleased with it. The build quality is nice and doesn't look cheesy.

The only thing that might be tricky for some is that we have it running on a wireless network so it's pulling the photos off of my pc in the office. If you've set up a wireless network before this should be fairly simple. One minor issue is that the IP address for the PhotoVu can change now and then. I believe there is a way to make the IP static, but I haven't looked into it.

My wife and I previously had a small 7" digital frame that sat on our mantle. It hardly got noticed by anyone that visited. Now that we have the PhotoVu it's a huge conversational piece. We have nearly 10,000 photos randomly showing up every 10 seconds so we find ourselves watching the PhotoVu for long periods talking about our trips, etc. A day doesn't go by that I don't stop to take a look.

Get one and you won't regret it.

Mike
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thanks. i have a wireless home network already setup so that will be fine. the wallflower unit was a nicely framed 19 in. unit as well. it had a built-in 30 gig hard drive. the wireless allowed me to transfer images via the network from my pc to the self contained hard drive. i will inquire further with the photovu. they seem to have been surviving for awhile... thank you.

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The frames at http://www.digitalframeshop.com are excellent, but may be a bit bigger than you a looking for - 12x9" screens. Nice storage capacity and wireless ethernet for updates...
NiteRider said:
I have been thinking about getting one of the Digital Picture
Frames for quite some years, but most of them don't have what I
want. They either need monthly service, low resolution, landscape
displays (stretch portrait), wide-screen type etc.. and most of
mine family photos are portrait type.

I have read lot of possitive end users' feedbacks (Newegg & Amazon)
on the digital picture frame from ZIGA. Newegg has 5.6" and a
company from Amazon carries the 7" (widescreen type 16:9?), and I
see Ziga also have the 8" (4:3?) and it look more square than most
others. But the problem that I can't find any store carries this
size.

Anyway, please share your experience if you use any digital frame.
And this will be for office use so I want small size not the jumbo
size ;)

TIA
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