Wifi Digital Picture Frame Help

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Wifi Digital Picture Frame Help

by NoBite Apr 18, 2011 9:41PM PDT

Our daughter lives across the country and is due to have our first grandchild soon. She wants to get her Mom a wifi-enabled digital picture frame and has asked me for advice. I have not been able to find any recent reviews of such devices and am turning to this forum for help. I have a dual-band router running a wifi network. My desktop is an iMac. My daughter would prefer a device that allows her to automatically send files to the device, photos and videos. Ease of receiving such files and picture quality are our top priorities. What device(s) would you recommend?

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Thanks for your reply, audusping12

by NoBite Aug 17, 2011 9:23PM PDT

My daughter did get us the Kodak Pulse picture frame. It purports to do everything we desire. After an extended attempt to set it up properly, and repeated failures to get it to recognize our wifi network, it now sits in its box on a shelf. I am sure pictures look nice via the Pulse. But, I have an iPad and the pictures already look nice there!

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by audusping12 Sep 3, 2011 2:45PM PDT

that was a sad experience.. But you should not give on on digital frames... And ya nothing beats the IPAD <span id="INSERTION_MARKER"> <span id="INSERTION_MARKER">

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I don't see anything

by MarkFlax Forum moderator Apr 18, 2011 10:06PM PDT

that allows 'distance' wireless access unfortunately. Perhaps others here will have heard of such a product.

However, there are wireless digital photo frames, and these can be updated from a Home Network. I doubt it matters whether you are using a Mac or Windows or other OS, as long a it has wireless capabilities.

I have found a product at Amazon.co.k, (I can't get to Amazon.com), here;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Resolution-Wireless-Digital-SPF-72V/dp/B000R5G2QY/ref=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&n=560798&s=electronics

The Customer Reviews here are interesting. One says, "This frame is very intuitive and easy to set up, including the wireless
part - it really is easy to use with very straightforward menus and simple buttons. It streams photos from the web really well (via RSS feeds) and you can even plug USB memory sticks or pen drives in the back so that your cards can stay in your camera. Try a website called Framechannel to add photos or even e-mail your frame from on holiday. The quality of the frame is excellent and AMAZINGLY if you turn the frame to portrait (or landscape) the photos turn automatically to the correct orientation just like the iPhone!!! This isn't documented anywhere! Highly recommended".

So it seems what you ask is possible. It sounds very interesting.

If you do a Google search for wireless digital photo frame you may be able to find suitable suggestions in your area.

Good luck. It sounds a great idea.

Mark

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None I fear.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 19, 2011 1:04AM PDT

Most of these ended up with folk calling in for support. A fine example of a call went south when the support tech found out that the owner's wifi network was using MAC filters and the owner would reply they didn't have an Apple computer.

If the networking support was not such a big issue you may have seen these proliferate but today it's hard to find them.

For now, shop at the stores and see which has a good picture.

With the network issues, I think "ease of setup and use" is lost.
Bob

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I feared as much

by NoBite Apr 19, 2011 2:12AM PDT

Bob - yours is the conclusion I had drawn prior to submitting my question here. Drat! I had hoped someone might know of a neat product tucked away somewhere that I had not discovered. It appears that the idea is sound, but the execution escapes technology so far. I appreciate all responses! Thanks to the folks here.

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Second answer. The old CIEVA

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 19, 2011 3:07AM PDT

If you find an older CIEVA it might come close to what you asked. But for the reasons I noted these products had to be pulled as consumers are not going to become network gurus.

It's a shame home networking continues to be "too much work" for the average consumer.
Bob

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audusping12 · Accepted Answer · Aug 17, 2011 1:10PM PDT

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Kodak would be a best fit

by audusping12 Aug 17, 2011 1:10PM PDT

Well i do not know if you found the right digital frame but my hat goes to Kodak frames especially the 7 inch WiFi digital frame. compatible with windows and iMac computers..
Check out this site http://www.digitalframestoday.com

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