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toby

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:48 pm
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Hi, is anyone able to help me compare these two frames?

I have an IQ 9" digital photo frame (from Jessops, but it has a dead
pixel so they are allowing me to return it and swap it for the new
model, the Linx 8" digital photo frame.

I cannot find any reviews for the IQ 8", and very limited number for
the Linx, so is anyone able to help me out?

The Linx seems to be a widescreen as opposed to the IQ's 4:3 ratio. Is
this better for photographs? Also, should the Linx be able to play AVI
videos if it says it supports MPEG1/2/4?

Any help very much appreciated,

Cheers,

Toby.

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:01 pm
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That meant to read IQ 8" (not 9").

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:09 am
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toby.TakeThisOut@mkkbb.f9.co.uk wrote:
> Hi, is anyone able to help me compare these two frames?
>
> I have an IQ 9" digital photo frame (from Jessops, but it has a dead
> pixel so they are allowing me to return it and swap it for the new
> model, the Linx 8" digital photo frame.
>
> I cannot find any reviews for the IQ 8", and very limited number for
> the Linx, so is anyone able to help me out?
>
> The Linx seems to be a widescreen as opposed to the IQ's 4:3 ratio. Is
> this better for photographs? Also, should the Linx be able to play AVI
> videos if it says it supports MPEG1/2/4?
>
> Any help very much appreciated,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Toby.
>
I have a 'widescreen' Digital Picture Frame. My wife bought it for me
for Christmas. I would NOT have bought a widescreen as I know of no
cameras that produce pictures with 16:9 aspect ratio. There is a switch
to change to display 4:3, which is better, but the setting is not
retained (the ONLY one that isn't) after power cycle. sigh.
Go for the 4:3, or (if you can find one) 3:2. WHY doesn't someone just
design a frame that manages to display a normal 1200x800 picture at 6x4
aspect ratio? Don't these guys even LOOK at the picture sizes that are
'normal' for photography?

Now, to your issue. Why are you worried about a singly pixel problem?
Most of the time the viewer will be several feet from the picture frame,
and a single dead pixel will be quite unnoticeable.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:42 am
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Ron Hunter wrote:
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> I have a 'widescreen' Digital Picture Frame. My wife bought it for me
> for Christmas. I would NOT have bought a widescreen as I know of no
> cameras that produce pictures with 16:9 aspect ratio.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz1/

35 - 350mm image stabilised zoom, 5MP etc. etc. 234g almost
pocket-sized.

David
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:42 am
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David J Taylor wrote:
> Ron Hunter wrote:
> []
>> I have a 'widescreen' Digital Picture Frame. My wife bought it for me
>> for Christmas. I would NOT have bought a widescreen as I know of no
>> cameras that produce pictures with 16:9 aspect ratio.
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz1/
>
> 35 - 350mm image stabilised zoom, 5MP etc. etc. 234g almost
> pocket-sized.
>
> David
>
>
But it gets that mode by just cutting pixels from the top and bottom. I
can do that by cropping. It is NOT a native 16:9 sensor.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:40 pm
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Ron Hunter wrote:
> David J Taylor wrote:
>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>> []
>>> I have a 'widescreen' Digital Picture Frame. My wife bought it for
>>> me for Christmas. I would NOT have bought a widescreen as I know
>>> of no cameras that produce pictures with 16:9 aspect ratio.
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz1/
>>
>> 35 - 350mm image stabilised zoom, 5MP etc. etc. 234g almost
>> pocket-sized.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
> But it gets that mode by just cutting pixels from the top and bottom.
> I can do that by cropping. It is NOT a native 16:9 sensor.

Oops. It's the LX2 which has a 16:9 native sensor...

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasoniclx2/

David
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