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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
PSU whistles, 7 Feb 2009
Kodak W1020 10" Wifi Photo Frame - Wifi Capable, Download Photos & Web Content Direct From Your PC, Touch Sensitive Controls, MP3 Player, 512MB Memory - WhiteThe picture quality on this frame is good. I bought it after a related model was recommended in PCPro. It is best producing a slide show from memory. I have thousands of photos on mediashare on my network and it could not cope with this although it found all of the media on computers and NAS drives on my network without difficulty. Once it tries to load and play a large number of photos it sits there with the timer icon turning until it reboots after a few minutes. I couldn't cancel the operation short of switching it off. The on line news etc from the kodak framechannel is probably not worth bothering with. I don't know how good it is at playing on web-based photo collections as I don't use these services. The frame is easy to use, looks good and seems well made and starts by downloading its own firmware updates once it has connected to your network... all very trick. The problem was that after a couple of days the power supply whistled. This was not the quiet hum that sometimes comes from a PSU - we've all probably got loads of these plugged in around the house - this was an audible whistle that was intrusive and meant that I couldn't have used the frame in a 'normally' quiet room. I replaced it (Amazon were fantastic with the returns process - incredibly easy) but the second did exactly the same. The PSU doesn't start whistling on day one, so it isn't as if this is what it usually sounds like and I am sure that it is a fault. It may be in the batch - both frames had a manufacture date of Aug 08, but until it is fixed I would be aware of this if you are thinking of getting one.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Review of Kodak W1020 wifi photo frame, 1 Feb 2009
Overall the product is great however the support for this from Kodak is poor, I made several attempts to reolve issues with the PC software and found that my questions were never answered. I also asked if there was a way to reset the photo frame back to factory defaults and was initially told there was a reset button which there is not and neither is there a way to do this with the controls according to the last support email I had.
the documentaion Book and help within the application was also poor.
I found it easier to create slide shows with google picasa 3 and transfer this to sd memory than using the kodak supplied s/w
Also be warned if you share out a lot of picutures from your PC then the frame takes for ever to start when you power on.
Great idea of wireless access, let down by poor pc s/w and support
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not-so-easyshare, 12 Jan 2009
I like this frame! It has a lot going for it. Large, clear display, touch controls, web media, card readers and usb port.
For these it deserves 5*, but I am going to take one of them away. First, it is not designed for European WiFi, as it only scans channels 1-11, not 12 or 13.
Second, it would be preferable to be able to use network shares as well as internet sites to display your pictures. I have a network drive with all my pictures on but this device can't see them, nor will it see any pictures shared from PCs on your local WiFi network.
I also enjoyed typing in my 29 character WPA pass phrase for WiFi using the interface provided, basically a slow scroll bar!
Hopefully these issues will be addressed in future software updates?
So, good frame but poor interface.
EDIT: After several months' use, I particularly like the web based media, and can watch those National Geographic pictures all day long!
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