Comments on: D-Link Internet Photo Frame DSM-210 Review http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/22/d_link_internet_photo_frame_dsm_210_review/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:27:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kyros http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/22/d_link_internet_photo_frame_dsm_210_review/comment-page-1/#comment-28717 Kyros Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:18:42 +0000 #comment-28717 Does someone know if the frame can show video files? * mpeg-2 * mpeg-4 * mjpeg (Motion JPEG) Does someone know if the frame can show video files?
* mpeg-2
* mpeg-4
* mjpeg (Motion JPEG)

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/22/d_link_internet_photo_frame_dsm_210_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25198 Julie Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:32:06 +0000 #comment-25198 <p>Mark:</p> <p>I didn't think you were being negative at all :o) </p> Mark:

I didn’t think you were being negative at all :o )

]]> By: Mark Reid http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/22/d_link_internet_photo_frame_dsm_210_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25197 Mark Reid Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:17:00 +0000 #comment-25197 <p>BTW Julie, that was a really good review as always. I didn't mean to come off so negative.</p> BTW Julie, that was a really good review as always. I didn’t mean to come off so negative.

]]> By: Tyler Puckett http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/22/d_link_internet_photo_frame_dsm_210_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25196 Tyler Puckett Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:10:53 +0000 #comment-25196 <p>I agree, Mark. These things need to mature a little bit more. E-ink or some other kind of reflective display that needs no backlight should be top priority, or at the very least a photo sensor.</p> I agree, Mark. These things need to mature a little bit more. E-ink or some other kind of reflective display that needs no backlight should be top priority, or at the very least a photo sensor.

]]> By: Mark Reid http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/22/d_link_internet_photo_frame_dsm_210_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25195 Mark Reid Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:38:06 +0000 #comment-25195 <p>Color e-ink is still in the lab. That was just wishful thinking. If it has the contrast of paper like b/w e-ink it would look like a regular printed photo and wouldn't need any backlight, just ambient light.</p> <p>I'd like one for the bedroom, but I don't want it glowing in the dark. The problem with the motion sensor is it would come on in the middle of the night if you got out of bed to answer nature's call. Timers won't work for me either because my bedtime isn't that predictable. It would be so simple to include a photocell with an adjustable threshold to (optionally) turn off the backlight when the surroundings are dark. It could also be used to increase the brightness of the backlight when the surroundings are very bright.</p> Color e-ink is still in the lab. That was just wishful thinking. If it has the contrast of paper like b/w e-ink it would look like a regular printed photo and wouldn’t need any backlight, just ambient light.

I’d like one for the bedroom, but I don’t want it glowing in the dark. The problem with the motion sensor is it would come on in the middle of the night if you got out of bed to answer nature’s call. Timers won’t work for me either because my bedtime isn’t that predictable. It would be so simple to include a photocell with an adjustable threshold to (optionally) turn off the backlight when the surroundings are dark. It could also be used to increase the brightness of the backlight when the surroundings are very bright.

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/22/d_link_internet_photo_frame_dsm_210_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25194 Julie Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:27:42 +0000 #comment-25194 <p>Sebastien:</p> <p>I don't fault this frame for its feature set. I think they are headed in the right direction. They just need to significantly enhance the internal memory file management. The price is a little steep though, I'll definitely give you that... </p> <p>Mark:</p> <p>The motion sensor sort of does that... But yeah, I would like more control over when the frame turns off and turns on.</p> <p>I'm not so sure about an e-ink display though... I bet a color one wouldn't be very bright. I've not even seen a color e-ink display. Are they already available?</p> Sebastien:

I don’t fault this frame for its feature set. I think they are headed in the right direction. They just need to significantly enhance the internal memory file management. The price is a little steep though, I’ll definitely give you that…

Mark:

The motion sensor sort of does that… But yeah, I would like more control over when the frame turns off and turns on.

I’m not so sure about an e-ink display though… I bet a color one wouldn’t be very bright. I’ve not even seen a color e-ink display. Are they already available?

]]> By: Mark Reid http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/22/d_link_internet_photo_frame_dsm_210_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25193 Mark Reid Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:07:39 +0000 #comment-25193 <p>The feature I want in a digital photo frame that I have yet to find is a light sensor to turn off the screen when the room is dark (e.g. bedroom.) Even better would be a color e-ink display (no backlight.)</p> The feature I want in a digital photo frame that I have yet to find is a light sensor to turn off the screen when the room is dark (e.g. bedroom.) Even better would be a color e-ink display (no backlight.)

]]> By: Sebastien Comtois http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/22/d_link_internet_photo_frame_dsm_210_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25192 Sebastien Comtois Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:45:02 +0000 #comment-25192 <p>This sounds like a few too many ideas crammed in one device. The WIFI is really nice, as it now allows you to leverage the organization work I do to publish, either via my blog or my Picasa albums, all my family pictures that I would like displayed.</p> <p>Then you have the huge internal memory that isn't practical to use, as there is no real file management system.</p> <p>Now would I need to pay for internal memory if I'm already going to pay a premium for the wireless feature? Even the wired option is to much for me. I would have prefered a more reasonable price figure for a specific set of features, i.e. different models altogether for wired, wireless and internal memory equipped frames.</p> <p>I honestly can't think of anybody using all those at the same time; just my two cents...</p> This sounds like a few too many ideas crammed in one device. The WIFI is really nice, as it now allows you to leverage the organization work I do to publish, either via my blog or my Picasa albums, all my family pictures that I would like displayed.

Then you have the huge internal memory that isn’t practical to use, as there is no real file management system.

Now would I need to pay for internal memory if I’m already going to pay a premium for the wireless feature? Even the wired option is to much for me. I would have prefered a more reasonable price figure for a specific set of features, i.e. different models altogether for wired, wireless and internal memory equipped frames.

I honestly can’t think of anybody using all those at the same time; just my two cents…

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