Kodak EasyShare SV-811 8-inch Digital Picture Frame by Kodak
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Digital camera reviews of Kodak EasyShare SV-811 8-inch Digital Picture Frame
Digital camera Review: Excellent frame
Summary: 4 Stars
The color and clarity on the frame are great. I love that you can use either a flash card or a flash drive. The only aspect I did not like was that it takes a while for you to learn how the controls work. They menu is not too user friendly and the instructions really do not help, so be ready to spend a good 15 minutes getting to know your frame. After that it works great.Digital camera Review: Excellent product with a few problems
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased 3 of these to give as presents. I have had the 1st one for a month. I have memory sticks (new and old) for more photos. The photo frame read the old 128 meg Memory Stick just fine. The newer MS Duo it read but had problems adding photos to the stick. The SD cards (brand new) it would not read at all. The memory stick, DUO and SD stick read perfectly well on my computer.
The picture is crisp and clear. The menu (using the remote) is easy and intuitive. The menu from the photo frame (using buttons on the back) does not have all the features of the remote. The menu from the back is cumbersome. The remote has a convenient caddy that mounts on the rear of the frame.
The photo frame must have a slow processor. A large photo 1-2 megs loads slowly as the photo appears in chunks. A photo of 25k to 50k is good enough resolution and is nearly as clear as the 2 meg photo and loads very fast.
Placing the photos on the frame is easy but takes a little thought the first time. I connected the photo frame to my computer using the USB cable and Explorer came up with 4 drives. F: G: H: I: My adapter to read the memory sticks that I plugged into a second USB drive came up as J: K: L: M: N: It was confusing to find the pictures on the adapter (L:) drive and drag and drop to the (F:) drive. If you are using different sticks than I was they will be different drives. Other than the minor confusion keeping track of the drive it was easy to drag and drop the photos.
I put some MP3 files on the photo frame, the speakers were cheap. I didn't expect much from small speakers. I put a small video from the camera on the photo frame and it was jerky in the movement. I would not recommend this photo frame to anyone for MP3 or video. That is about the sum of it.
As a photo frame, I like it. Overall it was easy to drag and drop. I wish it had a gig of onboard memory but the memory stick worked fine. Wonderful resolution for a small flat screen. The majority of my photos were 25k to 50k with 10-15 photos in the 1-2 meg I was able to load about 200 photos.
One real nice feature that I loved was that if you arrange your photos in alpha numeric order on Explorer it will be in the exact same order on the photo frame. My default was A-Z. It was nice to have them stay in that order when I placed them on the Photo frame.
Robert
Beaumont, Texas
Digital camera Review: Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
Photo quality is very good & it is incredibly easy to add/remove pictures & music by using the memory card. Sound quality is good too. Overall very happy with this frame.Digital camera Review: False Advertizing
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this picture frame primarily because it stated on the packaging that it played MPEG4 movies. Come to find out that it doesn't actually play/recognize them - at least not the files from my camera. Troubleshooting online revealed that many buyers have had the same problem. None have found an easy solution and only a few have been able to get the frame to work after jumping through a lot of hoops. This purchase was a huge disappointment.Digital camera Review: Frame Review
Summary: 3 Stars
I returned this before I got it and never tried it out, so I have no idea how good it is