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It's a few months since this topic was last aired - and we've had a Christmas in between too, with lots being received as gifts, I hope!

Do you have any specific recommendations or, better yet, ones to avoid?

Any experience of large (over 10", say) sizes?

Anybody tried wifi models? (KevinH advised against them last year but didn't elaborate.)

All comments gratefully received.
 
The one thing that i found with digi photframes, they all (unless you get the most expensive ones) seem to have very unusual size ratios on the images.

I bought one with out thinking about it, so my only recommendation would be to check the image ratios to see if you can crop your images to fit them.
 
I have a 15" digital photo frame from Living Images. It has a 1024 x 728 screen which although doesn't match 100% with most images the screen is large enough to cope with it.

I am actually really impressed at how clear it is, more than acceptable to put on the side and show off your photos: much better than many of the smaller ones I've seen.

Infact I must go and upload a few more images to it :D
 
Thanks guys. Bolerus - that's useful, I wouldn't have thought of that so will keep it in mind. SimonTALM Amazon have a 15" (don't recall the make) which has received variable reviews; I hadn't realised such a size was readily avaiable but I must say I find it more appealing than 7" [just realising how one must keep a straight face and watch the form of words used here ...:D].
 
horses for courses i'd say. Some people want a frame which resembles a traditional photo frame rather than a monitor screen. Personally I find 9" works fine for me ;)
 
I would recommend sticking away from the iMate photo frames.
I had one, and it was quite unreliable. Unfortunately when I looked for support, it appeared that many other people were having the same problems. The frame would work for a while, then crash. Stop working completely until turned off and back on again.

Also, (and this may not affect you), many of the wireless photo-frames seem to only support windows, and no other transfer types. For example, the iMate frame I had, said it supported RSS feeds. But these feeds were the ones from iMate, to get photos onto the frame, you had to either upload them to the iMate site, or put in an SD card.
 
I bought a Kodak one yesterday. The quality was pretty good on it.
 
Hi Norseman, an update to my experience with photoframes, still have my Kodak SV-811 (non-wi-fi), always been pleased with it, sharp, good colours, etc. In the christmas sales I got hold of the Kodak EX-1011, the 10" wi-fi model (£40), I had no problems setting up with my network, & really like the convenience of being able to access my images across my network, I also picked up a Ex-811 (£20), the 8" wi-fi model, again no problems getting it onto my network.
My comments on these models, the resolution is the same on both the 8" & 10" screens, the 8" shows the sharper images & better saturated colours, that's not to say the 10" isn't good, that's the one we have in the lounge, because I prefer the bigger screen, the ones I have are the older model with the black frame, & remote control, I can't really comment on the new model, easy to identify because they have a white frame, & touch sensitive frame to make your selections (but as far as I can tell, don't come with a remote control).
In all, I love my photoframes & have hundreds (thousnads?) of images available to play on them.
Drop santana007 a pm, he's got a jobo 15" screen (:D) which has superb clarity & colours.
regards Kevin
 
I got a philips one, small, but quality is good, just never seem to remember to update the photos!!

GF likes it as it comes with different frame colors so can have a red one at xmas ;)
 
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