GregH Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 So I go to Wal-Mart some time ago, and I'm poking around in the electronics area. I come across these digital picture frames. I think to myself, "Whoa, that's cool.." and promptly put it on the back burner. Then my brother calls me up. He's got an idea for a Christmas present for our grandmother (this all takes place last year). A digital picture frame. We can all collaborate on compiling a list of pictures, load 'em all up onto a frame, and there ya go gramma, picture overload. So we each get about 300 or so pictures off our home computers, load up an SD card, and give it to our grandparents. Perfect gift. Now, we've had a lot of loss in our family in the last few years. We're also separated by quite a few miles. I went back down to Wal-Mart and got a frame for myself. Fabricated up a bracket to mount it to the inside cover of my toolbox, punched a hole in the back for a power cord, and now I've got 900 or so pictures scrolling through. It's really nice since my family has become so disconnected over the last decade... I'm seeing views that I haven't laid eyes on in years... I would highly recommend these units if you've got a lot of pictures stored on your hard drive... Hiding them there does no one any good! And ask your family to burn a bunch onto a disc to send to you.... Kind of a nice way to reconnect.... Anyway, enough blubbering. Back to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I have been eying up those digital picture frames myself for some time now but I haven't been able to convince myself yet that I should spend money on something like that. Your post is convincing. Perhaps I should take a new look, I'll bet the prices have dropped a little since last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregH Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 To be specific, I got Kodak's SV1011. It's a 10 inch 16:9 frame. Comes with 128 megs, but I put in a 2 gig SD card so I've got more room than I know what to do with. It will timer itself so it's only on during certain hours of the day, and that can be overridden easily with the remote. It also plays movie clips and .mp3's. I spent a little less than $200 on mine. I spoke to the people in electronics, and they say this model has been on sale for about a year at their location. They have had the same display model running 24/7 since then, and it still operates properly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 That is a nice large display. A lot are around 5-7" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 The best price I could find is from Walmart $179.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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