|
Linx 8" High Resolution Digital Photo Frame - With MP3/MP4 Feature and Remote Control | 
 enlarge | Brand: Linx
Category: CE
Buy New: £70.00
New (5) Used (1) from £70.00
Rating:  93 reviews
Sales Rank: 2981
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.3 x 4.9
MPN: LDVPHOTO8I
Model: LDVPHOTO8I
EAN: 5027757004384
ASIN: B000K695LO
Release Date: October 29, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Unwanted gift
| |
| Features:
| • | MP3, WMA, WAV & MPEG Playback | | • | SD, MMC, MS/ PRO Cards Supported | | • | USB 1.1 port & AV out | | • | Screen Size: 8" | | • | Multi-card slot accepts: SD, MMC, MS/ PRO |
|
| Accessories:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
If you like to show off your photos but don't want the clutter of lots of photo frames around the house this product is ideal. The Linx Photoframe is the next generation in photo frames with an 8"" Full Colour TFT screen and stereo speakers. Just pop in your digital camera's memory card and the Linx will do the rest. It can either display your pictures as a slideshow or play MPEG videos in either portrait or landscape modes. You can even connect it to your PC and display all the pictures from your hard disk.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 88 more reviews...
 Very useful for photographers too August 26, 2008
Square Peg 4 Round Hole (Southern England, UK)
I travel around a lot taking pictures on my DSLR on a semi-pro basis, and on a couple of occasions have returned home to find that all my images have sensor dust marks, which makes for many hours of retouching. So rather than follow the recommended route of taking along a laptop I decided to buy the Linx instead.
Where it really scores in my opinion is that it has a built-in rechargeable battery, which means that I can do a photo-shoot and have the Linx connected up to my camera (Nikon D80) which acts as a USB "memory stick". The mini-USB end goes into the camera and the fat end into the Linx. Admittedly it's not a huge screen but if you've ever had to battle with Nikon's tiny monitor screen you'll appreciate the difference.
I calculate (TBC) that I'd get around 45 minutes on a full charge which would allow me to examine quite a few pictures. This is really important if I'm changing lenses as that's when problems usually occur.
It can also be used in the studio as well as the 8" screen is big enough to show enough detail without being as delicate as a laptop: it's real bad luck if you knock your expensive laptop off the stand, but at the price of the Linx it's not going to break your heart, or the bank. It's also going to be handy taken on as aircraft hand luggage: it's not a laptop and you can demo the device to security if need be.
The colour rendition is actually very good, and right now I'm watching it scroll through a shoot with some particularly vivid colours, so full marks there. It takes around 1.5 seconds to load a 1024x768 image (300dpi), just under 1Mb and for a 3872x2592 image (300dpi) of 5Mb, about 4 seconds. If you think that's slow, it is, but balance that against the time taken to retouch 400 dust-spotted images!
The remote is actually very handy and I'm using this in preference to the back-panel buttons: I've found that if you point it at the perspex surround on the infra-red sensor it'll control the frame well. Range seems to be about 1 metre when "shooting" from the front.
One thing I personally like is the clear transition between pictures: I know some people love the "Ken Burns effect" - if you're trying to spot small irregularities between images, that panning and fading can be a nightmare. It's all personal choice though.
All in all a very nice piece of kit. The manual's certainly not the worst I've seen, but if you can work a video/DVD player you should be able to figure it out. I'll use it for a bit and then do another longer-term test review.
 not a standard product August 16, 2008
B. Bhatt
It worked perfectly fine for around 6 months but now have developed large pactches on the LCD screen so we can't put this in our living room as the patches are visible on each photo . so even thouugh the product is good .. it is certainly can be branded as cheap and non standard product.
 Screen size May 30, 2008
J. Ridge (Hampshire, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was surprised to see that the size of the screen was nowhere like 8 inches wide (or diagonally) as described by sellers and by the manufacturers.
The width was only six and a quarter inches and the diagonal size (as measured for TV and computer screens) was only seven and a quarter inches. Thus the screen was about the the same size as a standard 6x4 inch photoprint, which was disappointing.
Are we all being deceived? Should the Trades Description Act be invoked?
 Beware Mac Users! May 26, 2008
ant (London, London United Kingdom)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After I'd sent the first one back due to dead pixels near the middle of the frame, I was initially pleased with the picture quality. It had noticeably better resolution than the Agfa frame I bought from Argos at the same time. However, it kept going blank for several seconds between photos when in slide show mode. I decided to give the Agfa as a Xmas present as it was much easier to use, and try and solve the blank screen problem with the Linx.
5 months later, after wading through the web, I've realised that this frame doesn't like photos transferred from Apple Macs, as each jpeg contains an extra hidden file which the Linx tries to read but fails, thereby causing the blank screen syndrome.
I've just tried some photos transferred to SD card via Windows and they play with no break at all, which seems to proves the theory.
I know some people might say, well if you WILL use a Mac, but how come the Agfa frame copes perfectly with the Mac OS?
As I can also boot Windows on my Macbook, there may be a long-winded way round this, although all my photo software is for Mac, so it'll be complicated. So...you Apple-heads have been warned!
Good value March 2, 2008
Chrisu (Devon)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This was our first foray into digital photo frames and the reviews of this one really helped.
Firstly the manual is next to useless but with a little trial and error you can load images and display them in minutes.
The resolution is really good with a large viewing angle.
Still working on the right size images to display to avoid the black edges or cropped pictures.
Once you work out where the receiver is on the frame the remote works well.
Old scanned photos look like new and the colours in digital photos are sharp and clear.
Good value product and does what it says on the box.
Shame about the manual.
|
|
|
|
Merlin's Cave | |
