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Furthermore, all the digital frames that i've seen in person (even the £300 ones) have had disgusting picture quality and disappointing resolution.

Got one? Like it? Please comment below - I'd like to know why.]]>Mar 25th 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/
I actually bought a Sony picture frame (£70) for an old relative of mine. She is happy with it. Sure she can get a netbook, but netbook costs more, and doesn't blend in with your furnitures. ]]>Mar 25th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/Mar 25th 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/Mar 25th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/Mar 25th 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/Mar 25th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/Mar 25th 2009 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/But I just can't justify 10 to 40W power consumption (or even more, I don't kow) for one of these
things - and it's really not about the money but about the energy waste.
Once there are color e-Ink digital photo frames with decent resolution that run on batteries for years with one charge
(provided you don't change the picture every two minutes), I'll be the first to buy one,
even if they cost 400$...]]>Mar 25th 2009 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/Mar 25th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/i can get a 22" flat screen for $300, why pay that for a lowres 10" frame?? doesnt make sense!]]>Mar 25th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/
I just exported the last 5 years of landscape pictures in Picasa into 800x840 which takes up only about 200MB and stuck it on a 512MB card. The thing cycles the pictures randomly every minute and looks great in my sitting room (once you find the option to turn off the glowing Sony logo).

Downsides? The auto-on/off option doesn't differentiate between weekdays and weekends, which means that it plays 10am-midnight every day even though for 5 days of the week I'm not back until 6pm. I cannot put it on a wall timer either because you cannot power on the frame just by turning on the power. Apart from that, I have no other complaints.

It cost me £69 in a department store sale. It's normally £79. Not a cheap as the Kodak which was my first choice - but came in black whereas the Kodak only came in white.

I'm very happy with it. Buying a bunch of photo frames and printing out a load of pictures wouldn't be half as good as I wouldn't know which ones to use and it would clutter up the house.]]>Mar 25th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/Mar 25th 2009 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/sony-refreshes-photo-frame-lineup-to-make-it-more-green-black/
Tell the average engadgeter that fluffy stuff like cushion sets cost upwards of $100 and he wont cringe. (No, he wont even bother checking if his girl spent twice as much when she visited the fancy new store with her girlfriends). But tell him that a HD res photo frame costs upwards of $100 and well..see the remarks above.

Guys, if you want a cheap cheap electronic photo frame, (or a dozen of them), you know where to get them. They wouldn't be labelled Sony or Samsung or Philips...but you sure can find them for a quarter of the price, or lesser. And better still, I've seen some that don't even have a label on the bezel !

But when it comes to electronics, why do we keep looking for maxing out on functionality or value-for-money or featuring etc etc when (even during the recession period), we blow money on several non-tech but "lifestyle" thingies - like iPOD socks and fancy mobile phone covers or wallets or stuffed toys or rugs and carpets ....

Think again. Be less harsh on the geek industry. Feel good.




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