Not very polished but easy to use
Written: Jul 11 '03
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Pros: Displays images very fast
Cons: Does not support all JPEG images
The Bottom Line: If speed is your main requirement this is the Digital Photo Viewer for you.
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| thesnitch's Full Review: SanDisk SanDisk 6-in-1 Digital Photo Viewer for yo... |
The idea behind the SanDisk Digital Photo Viewer is it allows a family or group of friends to see photos from digital cameras on a TV. It is much more fun and relaxing than crowding around a PC monitor. It is a fun way to review pictures.
The problem with this device is this: just because a JPEG image can be correctly rendered with Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Opera doesn't mean it can be rendered on the SanDisk Digital Photo Viewer. In practice if someone compresses an image (e.g. to save bandwidth over a dial-up line, or allow more images to be stored on a CF, SD, or MMC card) that image may or may not display on the SanDisk Digital Photo Viewer. If the image cannot be rendered you may or may not receive on your TV the error message "support for baseline JPEG only." Having said that, the images that are displayed are rendered very quickly.
The font that is used to display the menu system is horrible but readable. The device supports PAL/NTSC, and has for output S-Video and a standard video port. They work great. You have to be careful with how you format your CompactFlash (CF) and Secure Digital (SD) cards. There is no FAT32 support. You Windows XP/2000 users have to remember to format the your CF and SD cards with good old FAT.
The Digital Photo Viewer is controlled with a remote (much like your VCR and TV). Both the remote and the Digital Photo Viewer are well built and show high quality workmanship. They feel as if they should last forever.
The Digital Photo Viewer is a relatively new type of device on the market. The SanDisk Digital Photo Viewer feels like it was pushed out of the lab a little early. If SanDisk can polish up the on-screen menu system and get it to render JPEGs with the same ease as the major browsers, it'd be a fine addition to the multimedia center.
Recommended:
No
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