Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Kodak EasyShare D830 Digital Picture Frame


Image file formats: JPEG, EXIF

Display size: 8 in. (20.3 cm)

Display resolution: 800 x 600 pixels

Internal memory: 512 MB

Display type: aSi TFT active matrix

Product Details

Product Dimensions:

2.6 x 13.2 x 11.1 inches ; 1.9 pounds

Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.

ASIN: B002GP7TRE

Item model number: 2507551

Average Customer Review:



This review is from: Kodak EasyShare D830 Digital Picture FrameThere were several reasons I purchased the Kodak EasyShare D830 frame. It actually looks like a "real" picture frame even without replacing the outer frame which is possible with this model. For me, this was a big selling point. It has a 4x3 aspect ratio so there are no black bars on the picture. This frame does not play videos or music, but I have no interest in that. I am using the frame with an SD card rather than the internal memory. I think it is much easier to manage the pictures this way. I would have almost prefered if Kodak included a small SD card rather than even having internal memory. It can be a little annoying using the touchscreen, but the user interface is intuitive. However, I prefer having the touchscreen than having a remote that could be misplaced. Overall, my wife and I are very happy with the frame....

This review is from: Kodak EasyShare D830 Digital Picture FrameThis is my first digital frame, although I played with a few of them at a retailer. I bought this for the grandparents to preload for christmas and send off into the night.I wanted something 4:3 (I can't stand how accepting people have become of squished heads in the name of "HD" )and that limited my choices, I wanted something that had a shuffle or random mode and that further limited my choices. I would have loved a frame that would also play AVIs intermixed with my pics but I couldn't find a frame that met all of my criteria, the reviews of other 4:3s that played AVIs said you could choose either movies or pics to play at a time. Lame.This frame has a decent viewing angle when used in landscape but when used vertically- forget it, unless you are standing right in front of it you can't see it at all. The cord and transformer are white which is cheesy considering the frame is brown and the electronics are black- then you have this glaring white cord running out the back.The options in the menu cover everything you need- shuffle, transition style, brightness, orientation, where to suck the pictures from (although there are 3 memory slots and internal memory, you cannot select more than one memory source at a time to play your pics from. You can select a specific folder on your drive though, so you don't have to have all of your pics in the root.)You can set a time to turn on/off to save energy, which is cool. You can choose clock+single pic, clock/calendar+single pic or collage. I didn't think I'd care for collage but I love it, it's cute and the pictures change individually at different times so it is very dynamic without have a big transitional "wipe."I have not fooled with the playlist so I cannot comment, I bought it specifically for the shuffle so I wouldn't have to create playlists- I'm too lazy.The buttons are built into the border, not the screen, and they light up if you come within 4 inches of them and their icons appear on the screen. (This might be annoying if you want to use this on your desk and need to reach near it alot.) It seems like you should touch the screen but you are supposed to touch the lights on the border next to the icons. I was suprised at how long it took me to stop trying to touch the screen. The interface takes a while to master and it is not very intuitive (to the right is "back" and the left is "forward" because this is how you turn the pages in a book- so just forget what you know about how to work everything else in the world.) There is the cool "swipe" thing you can do on the bottom border to go fwd and back (just remember right to left is forward) but I can't get it to work reliably because if you do it wrong (to hard, to slow) you end up pausing your slideshow and have to hit "play" again. It'll take some practice, although grandma may not even use it. I downsampled all of my pics to the native resolution of the frame before I loaded them onto my media, but I also wanted to see what the frame's internal algorithm would do with a full 10 Megapixel (5MB) picture- so I left some at 5MB. My batch downsampling with Picasa looked much better on the frame than what the frame did, just an FYI for those that intend to take a card directly from camera to frame.I did not download the Kodak Easyshare software so I cannot comment on that. The site did say the the frame was firmware upgradeable but there was no new firmware on offer....

This review is from: Kodak EasyShare D830 Digital Picture FrameThis is probably overall the best quality digital picture frame on the market in this size & price range. I had purchased a 10-inch Insignia brand digital picture frame at Best Buy but had to return it. It looked fine at the store but worked terribly at home. It had a washed out screen no matter how much you tweaked the settings. It also had a cheap plastic frame which was very scratch prone. Overall poor quality for $157! (plus tax). The store lighting can enhance the look of these so beware. I then returned to see if I could find a better product and decided to try the Kodak D830. This unit was different from all the others in that if you turned it at a 90 degree angle you could still see the image quite clearly. The LCD display was brighter and seemed to have a superior resolution quality. When I set it up at home I was amazed at the significant difference in quality versus the Insignia. It is smaller than the Insignia which was 10-inch but it was so superior in quality that this did not matter. The menu options are great but the ...




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