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The Iomega Fotoshow was being demonstrated at Best Buy today. I tried
it and liked what I saw, so now I'm $300 poorer. Actually this thing
does a lot for the price, even if you mostly use it as a USB Zip drive.
I think it will answer my need for portable downloads from my camera
(using a car adapter) and the TV show is just a bonus. Well, I've got
to go try this thing.
Joe Hawblitzel
Yes, I looked at some vacation pictures on my 32" S-video input tv. Beautiful!Checked out the website, it looks cool, though I probably wouldn't edit
on it. How does it look on TV? I bet it looks great hooked up through an
S-video plug.
Of course this will vary. I loaded some Nikon CP-990 pictures on it - they run about 950K, so I would guessHow many pics can you get on it?
The Iomega Fotoshow was being demonstrated at Best Buy today. I tried
it and liked what I saw, so now I'm $300 poorer. Actually this thing
does a lot for the price, even if you mostly use it as a USB Zip drive.
I think it will answer my need for portable downloads from my camera
(using a car adapter) and the TV show is just a bonus. Well, I've got
to go try this thing.
Joe Hawblitzel
The only particular negative comments I've got: The power adapter is
big, heavy, has no folding plug. This thing obviously needs a lot of
juice, that's why no battery option. The remote also seems a bit fussy
you get, this thing is worth it.
- you need to aim it pretty carefully. But these are niggles. For all
Joe Hawblitzel
Joe, I've also found that the video quality with S-video is excellent, but even with the "standard" video in (RCA connector), the picture is very good.Yes, I looked at some vacation pictures on my 32" S-video input tv.Checked out the website, it looks cool, though I probably wouldn't edit
on it. How does it look on TV? I bet it looks great hooked up through an
S-video plug.
Beautiful!
Not at all like computer pictures used to look in the old rf input days.
Of course this will vary. I loaded some Nikon CP-990 pictures on it -How many pics can you get on it?
they run about 950K, so I would guess250 pictures per 250 meg zip
disk. You can also run Power Point presentations from it - it comes
with some templates.
I also found out they send you a car adapter free when you register.
Installation was straightforward - no nasty surprises. This has not
always been my experience with Iomega, so I was holding my breath.
The only particular negative comments I've got: The power adapter is
big, heavy, has no folding plug. This thing obviously needs a lot of
juice, that's why no battery option. The remote also seems a bit fussy
you get, this thing is worth it.
- you need to aim it pretty carefully. But these are niggles. For all
Joe Hawblitzel
The Iomega Fotoshow was being demonstrated at Best Buy today. I tried
it and liked what I saw, so now I'm $300 poorer. Actually this thing
does a lot for the price, even if you mostly use it as a USB Zip drive.
I think it will answer my need for portable downloads from my camera
(using a car adapter) and the TV show is just a bonus. Well, I've got
to go try this thing.
Joe Hawblitzel
.I've already misplaced my remote once, and got to wondering if one of
those universal "learning" remotes would work. What do you think?
.I've already misplaced my remote once, and got to wondering if one of
those universal "learning" remotes would work. What do you think?
I am traveling a little, so I have two questions:
Michal
- What TV system does FotoShow support (NTSC, PAL, etc.)?
- What voltages does it support (110 - 220 AC)?
Bryan,I got one today too. One thing about the power... note how the car
adapter shown does not appear to have a regulator on it... note how
the supplied power supply is 24V DC! Hmmm. This PROBABLY means that
the device runs right off the car plug, and that PROBABLY anything
between 12V and 24V will work. This means that you can PROBABLY
build your own power pack if you want to with no regulation in it.
I'll be checking this out...
Bryan
experience with Iomega, so I was holding my breath.
The only particular negative comments I've got: The power adapter is
big, heavy, has no folding plug. This thing obviously needs a lot of
juice, that's why no battery option. The remote also seems a bit fussy
you get, this thing is worth it.
- you need to aim it pretty carefully. But these are niggles. For all
Joe Hawblitzel
Bryan,I got one today too. One thing about the power... note how the car
adapter shown does not appear to have a regulator on it... note how
the supplied power supply is 24V DC! Hmmm. This PROBABLY means that
the device runs right off the car plug, and that PROBABLY anything
between 12V and 24V will work. This means that you can PROBABLY
build your own power pack if you want to with no regulation in it.
I'll be checking this out...
Bryan
I was surprised to see this caveat on the iOmega site: (Sys
requirements, Windows)
"If you are running Windows® 95 or Windows NT® 4.0 only Iomega®
devices are
supported on the USB connections after Iomega® drivers are installed."
Can that be true? It sounds like using FotoShow precludes all other
USB things that aren't
iOmega-legal.
-iNova
experience with Iomega, so I was holding my breath.
The only particular negative comments I've got: The power adapter is
big, heavy, has no folding plug. This thing obviously needs a lot of
juice, that's why no battery option. The remote also seems a bit fussy
you get, this thing is worth it.
- you need to aim it pretty carefully. But these are niggles. For all
Joe Hawblitzel
The Iomega Fotoshow was being demonstrated at Best Buy today. I
tried it and liked what I saw, so now I'm $300 poorer. Actually
this thing does a lot for the price, even if you mostly use it as a
USB Zip drive. I think it will answer my need for portable
downloads from my camera (using a car adapter) and the TV show is
just a bonus. Well, I've got to go try this thing.
Joe Hawblitzel
Bryan,I got one today too. One thing about the power... note how the car
adapter shown does not appear to have a regulator on it... note how
the supplied power supply is 24V DC! Hmmm. This PROBABLY means that
the device runs right off the car plug, and that PROBABLY anything
between 12V and 24V will work. This means that you can PROBABLY
build your own power pack if you want to with no regulation in it.
I'll be checking this out...
Bryan
I was surprised to see this caveat on the iOmega site: (Sys
requirements, Windows)
"If you are running Windows® 95 or Windows NT® 4.0 only Iomega®
devices are
supported on the USB connections after Iomega® drivers are installed."
Can that be true? It sounds like using FotoShow precludes all other
USB things that aren't
iOmega-legal.
-iNova
experience with Iomega, so I was holding my breath.
The only particular negative comments I've got: The power adapter is
big, heavy, has no folding plug. This thing obviously needs a lot of
juice, that's why no battery option. The remote also seems a bit fussy
you get, this thing is worth it.
- you need to aim it pretty carefully. But these are niggles. For all
Joe Hawblitzel
I think IOMEGA missed the boat on this one by not integrating
battery power. The power supply for this puppy weighs as much as
the drive.Not to mention if I can get to AC power I can probably
get to a laptop or other computer.
Bill Hubert
Say Brian, anymore thoughts on portable power requirements and
solutions?
How do you rate the real world use so far? Just got mine still in
the BestBuy bag. Also I already have a Zip 250 that I use daily and
like. I thought why hook it up (conflict potential ) I can just
jockey disks.
Say Brian, anymore thoughts on portable power requirements and
solutions?
How do you rate the real world use so far? Just got mine still in
the BestBuy bag. Also I already have a Zip 250 that I use daily and
like. I thought why hook it up (conflict potential ) I can just
jockey disks.
Hiya Paul,Bryan, thanks for putting up the page on FotoShow. I also tried
using resized 1600x1200 to 640x480 images as input to the FotoShow,
but with the exception of getting more files on a disk the FotoShow
seemed to take just as long to process the small files as it did
the large. Does that agree with your experience?
I've also found that I can hook the FotoShow up to my miniature
personal TV. (mine happens to be a Citizen with an A/V input, but
any brand would work) I like to verify that my pictures have been
successfully transferred before I reuse my CF cards. Could be
useful where NTSC TVs are not available.
Likewise, if anyone finds out anything interesting, let me know so I can put it up. I have not had enough time to really test the thing yet. BryanYou are providing a nice service with the information on your web
page Bryan.... thank you. I'll be interested to see more as you
continue to test this device.
-- Rick
