Having developed the first diode device back in the 80s, Kodak knows a thing or two about OLEDs. So it's no surprise (ok, maybe a little) to see them rolling out the world's first
7.6-inch OLED photo frame. CNET got its hands on the $1,000 device considered a "vanity piece" at that price. It offers "brilliant color" as you'd expect and "sharp" 800 x 480 pixel images on the thin OLED panel pushing a 30,000:1 contrast ratio. The WiFi panel connects to Flickr and Kodak's own photo sharing service (if you must) but will not transfer images from Macs direct to the frame -- PCs are apparently fine. Mac users will have to resort to USB drives, SD cards, or Kodak's on-line gallery for image transfers. The frame itself, is touch-sensitive (not the display) and features audio-in and audio-out jacks for musical slideshows. Check out CNET's first look in the video after the break.
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posted Dec 4th 2008 4:36AM
the picture makes it seem so much bigger.
Thats what she said.
wow $1000 .... cant you get a 42inch for the same price and hook it up to PC or something
baah, and if you woot, you can get the PC , the HD LCD, and a jumbo pack of beer in the same price
That's what she said?
I could hire a slave to stand in my room and pick up a new picture every hour for that price.
"Mac users will have to resort to... wait a minute who cares."
fixed.
"I'm a dickhead"
fixed
Grow up. Seriously
haha, you are funnyman.
Could you bring me some NBA basketball trading cards when you return back home from 1996.
lol funnily enough i have NBA trading cards from 1996 (or thereabouts) that i just found the other day in a collection of my bro's high school things... and guess what i dont even live in the USA.. I AM SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOU!!!!
it's hardly a first look when it was on The Gadget Show in the UK on Monday, you can see it here: http://fwd.five.tv/videos/news-kodak-oled-photo-frame
I am not interested in these photo frames until they are made from e-paper. A normal Photo frame does not emit light so why do I want a digital one that lights up my living room and needs to be near a power socket (or suppied with endless batteries). E-paper ones would be able to hold the image without power and would not sit there glowing.
Hurry up and develop colour e-paper.
these aren't "normal" photo frames though, things move forward, it's called technical advances, things evolve, just because it doesn't do what something did decades ago doesn't mean it's not better
They are indeed new technology and I agree that having them switch images etc is a great feature but imagine having one of these in your bedroom lighting up the room while you try to sleep. Also I can place a normal "olde worlde" picture frame anywhere I like whereas these need to be plugged in and hence have a wire trailing from them or need to be constantly fed with batteries. Just because they are new technology does not mean they are better. Remember the US spending millions developing the space pen only to find the Russians used good old fashioned pencils............
To refute your last point. Using a pencil in a zero gravity environment is an incredibly stupid idea - which is why both the Russians and Americans stopped using pencils quite quickly. The graphite tends to crack and cause debris naturally and it leaves bits of (remember it's conductive) shrapnel floating around to get in people's eyes and in machinery potentially causing short circuits.
Sorry, but it annoys me when people quote that anecdote blindly =P
I do agree though, colour e-paper would be good!
Maff, theres nothing new or evolved about this product except the display. Which you can stick on anything that needs a display.
So, nothing new about it.
Who wants a photo frame made from e-paper? Okay it would be an improvement from 'ridiculous and environmentally distasteful unwanted gift item' to 'ridiculous but not environmentally distasteful unwanted gift item', but not a huge step. Screw that noise - I want e-wall-paper. If you can change the colour, pattern, pictures of the whole wall? Now that would be progress....
oh i am so sorry I have obviously hurt your feelings. LaFramboise? and Kris120890???? does that mean there are already 120889 Chris's who spelt their name with a K... O'Rly?
anyway, here is a free Lobster.. lets hope you Mac is compatible with simple text.
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Rofl. not even Windows can handle my lobster drawing.
why in the world do you need audio in on this thing?? It's not like you're gonna be pumping your tunes through this thing i hope....
I fail to see whats even remotely exciting or even interesting about this. About digital photo frames in general.
Then why are you commenting on this?
Because I keep seeing articles and reviews for wastes of good displays and electronics.
Especially for $1000. Why not buy a laptop and stick it on the wall. It'll be far better than any of these rip offs (except maybe the display)
I don't think I'll ever understand the appeal of a digital photo frame. If I want to view my photos on a monitor I'll just look at them on the PC. There's something timeless and classy about "real" photos, you can put them anywhere, they don't consume electricity, they don't glow, they will last decades to centuries without maintenance, they're thin, light, and they're cheap. For some reason they just feel more real, organic, and lifelike than a digital image on a display.
My dad has a digital photo frame, the tacky gadget sat around for months with the stock photos on it before he loaded on some real stuff, and still at its best it looks more like a laptop sitting there tethered to an electrical outlet running a photo slideshow than a photo frame. Silly useless contraption, but whatever, to each their own.
The dog has the taste of blood?
I just setup one of these frames at Granma's house. Using Wifi, connected it to the Kodak Gallery & from my pc I can change the pictures she sees. She loves it and it was very easy to configure. Yes, it has to be plugged in, but it's a cheap solution to provide a non technical person fresh pictures of her grandkids.