 "Don't bother if you have a Netgear router" | 2009-10-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A33HV5HLTURTQC |
This could be a nice frame-- picture quality & the screen size is wonderful. Colors are a bit too bright, but overall I have no complaints of the pictures I was able to view, however I'm sending it back because of its inability to work with my network. The frame itself connects to the internet, though I haven't been able to figure out how to get it to show anything on flickr other than intrestingness of the day, nor have I figured out how to display any RSS feed-- I was able to email one of the pics from my inserted CF card to my Kodak gallery, but when I tried to connect to my kodak gallery, it failed. The frame cannot be seen my any of my computers or vice versa. Did some googling on the subject & it appears that others with a Netgear router have no luck as well even after trying all of the security settings available. I'll be returning this product.
But, if you want a nice frame to simply display memory cards, this is a great pick! |
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| "OK when it works" | 2009-09-21 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2NTQ3MAFCXT8B |
I've owned this frame for about 9 months and was very pleased with the picture quality and the wireless feature. The picture quality is good to very good but the real attraction was the wireless feature. Being able to store your photos on Flickr, Picasa, or the Kodak site and having the frame pull down the shots is a big plus. Via the FrameChannel site, I also enjoyed selecting photos from National Geographic to display on the frame. It provides some variety when you own pictures get old.
The two biggest issues are software/firmware related.
1) Don't bother loading the supplied software. It's buggy, a resource hog, and doesn't even uninstall cleanly. You'll need to explore the web to properly strip the last bits from your computer. In the end, there isn't a real need to install the software as you can insert a memory card or use the wireless feature to pull photos from supported web sites.
2) The frame has firmware which Kodak updates from time to time to add features. Unfortunately the 2009.06.15 update is buggy and once a user updates to this version, you can't revert back to an old version. Kodak removed the ability for the user to re-load firmware. This newer firmware frequently crashes the frame, causes the wireless features to drop off menus, and prevents the frame from using the memory card. Kodak states this is a hardware problem but prior versions of firmware were rock solid. It appears the quality of the firmware is now similar to the software. Although the PC-based software is optional, working frame firmware is a requirement. |
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| "Good concept but flawed in implementation--not industrial strength" | 2009-07-29 |
| - Reviewed By pjoseph_98 |
A great concept--photographs taken years ago and which I had forgotten about would pop up and I'd spend minutes in front of this thing, going into reveries.
However, the downside is that it is not quite ready for "prime time."
It works fine when you have say 200 photographs stored locally in frame memory. However, if you have a say 3000 photographs stored on a remote disk and try to connect wirelessly, it works fine for an hour or so, then (possibly due to a momentary loss of connection), it goes back to displaying the same old 200 odd photographs from its frame.
I then tried a 16GB USB card, but the software seemed buggy--it would someitimes load the photographs from the USB pretty quickly and then you would have a great time watching old photographs go by. But mostly, it would freeze on the USB and not load the photographs.
It comes with other options such as news and other features, but in reality I didn't find them useful. Also, the propriatory tie in to the Kodak picture service was very irksome--If I paid for it, why can't I get my photographs from say Picassa? I got mine as a gift, but still found I was irked by the propriatory tie in to Kodak. I feel that they should give it as a freebie if it is tied in to their service.
Lastly, the definition is low--forget about seeing your 10Mega Pixel photographs in crisp definition--you will see them a bit fuzzy.
As I wrote earlier, I got it as a gift, and in its present state, would NOT buy it. IF the problems I describe above are fixed, then it would be a great thing to have.
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 "Kodak Photo Frame" | 2009-07-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: A15B2QNM5EKZ7M |
| I read several reviews here before buying this Kodak Photo frame and was not sure about the wireless feature being easy to set up. After receiving it I was happy to see that the setup was very easy. I had no problems as described by other reviewers. The only negative thing I can comment on is that if the frame sits above eye level, the LCD is hard to see. Like an old big screen TV viewed from the side. I can tilt it down some to help the problem somewhat. I am very happy with the picture quality and the wireless features are great. |
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 "Excellent digital frame!" | 2009-06-30 |
| - Reviewed By meleazar |
| A little pricey compared to other digital frames, but the features like the touch panel and its Wi-Fi capability make it a pretty good value. The touch panel feature takes a little getting used to, but once you have it down, it actually makes browsing the features fairly simple. Last, but not least, the frame has the ability to display slideshows of albums that you have created on your online Kodak Gallery account. These are just a few of the many features that this frame has. I actually purchased 3 of them. |
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| "Kodak W1020 10-Inch Wireless Dightal Frame" | 2009-06-22 |
| - Reviewed By jgpigeon2 |
My Wife says this is a really fun item. She can see all the pictures I have on my computer. Also, I copy photos on to Flash Drives so she can see pictures when the computer is not on. Also, she uses memory card direct from my camera to check out the pictures. Also. she checks the weather for our area and news channel. The pictures are bright and clear. It is an excellent picture viewing item.
Highly recommended! |
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