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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Digital Images, 9 Nov 2009
This review is from: Kodak EasyShare P736 7 inch High Resolution Digital Photo Frame with 4000 image storage capacity and touch screen border controls - Black (Electronics)
Have had this bought for me as leaving present from friends at work, and it really is outstanding. Up to now I have put over 300 photos on the frame, which can be viewed either in order or at random, you even get the choice as to how long you want the images to stay on the screen for. Crystal clear viewing, I really cannot fault it. Worth every penny.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
kodak p736 frame, 29 Dec 2009
This review is from: Kodak EasyShare P736 7 inch High Resolution Digital Photo Frame with 4000 image storage capacity and touch screen border controls - Black (Electronics)
The frame has some nice features, and worked fine with my memory stick on the usb port, but I could not get it to read my sd memory cards either if loaded from the camera or if loaded from the pc. I returned the frame and got another P736 and this was the same. My sd cards were fine in my camera and with my pc reader. The 'chat' feature on the web for support with Kodak USA was good but Kodak support in the uk was mediocre. Amazon service and communication was excellent (AAA) throughout, and they reimbursed my money on receipt of the returned faulty units.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kodak EasyShare P736 Digital Frame, 23 Dec 2009
This review is from: Kodak EasyShare P736 7 inch High Resolution Digital Photo Frame with 4000 image storage capacity and touch screen border controls - Black (Electronics)
The Kodak EasyShare P736 is my first digital frame. I love gadgets and it escapes me why I did not buy such a thing before now. Even more puzzling because I am a keen photographer. Primarily, this purchase was so that I could evaluate a digital frame for myself.
I knew I wanted a frame that would show my images with a quality doing some sort of justice to the originals taken on my Nikon D300. I chose the Kodak because of favourable comments on Amazon and a stab at interpreting the spec. I went for the 7in in order to keep cost down if it turned out that the frame was consigned to eBay or the shed in disappointment.
I was not looking for loads of functions. All I really wanted was for the frame to scroll through my pictures in a preset intervals of my choosing.
My EasyShare P736 now is a permanent addition to my work desk to the right of my PC. Gone are a number of framed photos that used to clutter the office but which I could not bear to be without. At 700mm line of sight to the frame, its seven inches is an ideal size. I do not feel I need anything larger.
Image colours render to my satisfaction on factory settings: I have had no cause to do any tweaking before loading them into the frame. Colour depth is good. Black and white images are as I would have them, too.
As with flat screens of most types, viewing angle is critical. I am looking down at the screen, which is not ideal and takes away depth of colour and monochrome punch that is there when I put my chin on the desk. Having said that, viewing at wide angle does not wash out the images nearly enough to detract from enjoyment of them. Since the Kodak stand does not allow angle adjustment, I shall make a little prop so that my line of sight is perpendicular to the screen, whilst assuming the correct posture at my workstation as recommended by HRs everywhere.
Detail in the images is fine. Individual, wispy hairs in informal portraits of my young granddaughters are clearly resolved.
So top marks in my book for image quality overall. (If your photos are low resolution or have muddy colours, the Kodak is going to let you know.)
Setting up proved a bit of a struggle for me as I got to terms with the hover-and-tap-frame navigation of menus. As an IT professional, it is beneath my dignity to ready instruction manuals.
What caused me to break this rule for the EasyShare P736 was that, on first acquaintance, the frame appeared to be encouraging me to touch on-screen icons in order to changing settings. Instinct told me that this was not a touch-screen device. Hence my unfolding of the map-sized instruction sheet, in millions of languages amongst which mine gets about an A4-sized space. There we find the message that really should be a warning on the wrapping in which the frame emerges from its box -- "IMPORTANT: The display screen is not touch-sensitive. Do not touch it ...".
I still struggle with navigating the menus due to changes in the sensitivity and response times of the frame in response to my hoverings and tappings. Also tapping the frame leaves finger marks on the smart, shiny, black frame, the appearance of which I like a lot. So now I hover and tap wearing the thin cotton I wear for handling photographs and negatives when I do not want marks on them.
I have the Kodak standing in landscape. This means that photos in portrait format do not fill the screen. I know that I shall never like a half-filled frame and that I am certainly never going to leave it to any digital frame to crop my photos to make them fill the screen. So, because I like the Kodak so much, I am going to buy a second one for my desk and my portrait-format photos.
Finally, for those that are obsessive like me and use a digital SLR, I recommend cropping images to 4:3 aspect ratio before loading them into the Kodak.
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