I bought a 14.1 inch Westinghouse digital frame at Best Buy the other day. Supposedly you can put your camera memory card right into the slot on the side and you will have an instant slide show. This is a pretty nice thing to have if you like to change your pictures in your home frequently and get to see the ones that you don't think are worth printing. You will need a spare camera card and then you can have a nice slideshow running in a picture frame that will impress your friends until they get bored watching your vacation pictures and wander off....
So, I decide to get a card and load up my own pictures on it. I put it in the viewer and it ran for a while until it got to the picture of my cat dressed in a kimono. Then it stopped.
I checked to make sure my software drivers were up to date. I reformatted the compact flash card and reinstalled the pictures. Quite by accident, I decided to go and look the product up on the Best Buy site so I could put it into the blog. And guess what--other people are having the same problem. The product has a 2 1/2 star rating and lots of negative comments. Moral to the story? Don't get into a hurry. Check out technology goodies on the internet using Amazon.com (they don't edit any comments) or Best Buy (they probably don't edit either) and then see if you want to buy the new gizmo. This is the best advice I can offer today. As for me, I am taking this baby back tomorrow and doing a lot more research before I get another one. With a name like Westinghouse, it has to be good, or is that another slogan?
Remember when it was good enough to glue your pictures into an album? If you do remember that, you sure aren't reading this blog.
Renee :-)
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I have a history of insulting cats. Check out the image of Cookie ( 7 of 54 images at this writing. ) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-images/0761136193/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all/102-3650340-4053734#gallery
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