Thanks, Chris!
I think that I may have seen things like this in "Popular Photography"
and ignored them.
Following the link that you gave me and subsequent links, I was able to
see that there are quite a few such devices out there, but the best of
the bunch may be the Picture Porter Elite and the Epson P-5000 simply
because they are the most recently released in a new product genre.
They have the advantage of a larger screen, 4", than the iPod Touch (the
Classic is too small, I think), and much larger drives to boot. (Up to
160 gig) They are pricier than the iPod with the larger drives.
I think that these products have been out for almost a year and are due
for an update and a price reduction, so I am going to hold off on
purchasing one until vacation time. Meanwhile, I will continue to
research and read reviews.
Any interested PCBUILD reader who would like to take a quick, casual
look at these should go to amazon.com and do a search on the "Epson
P-5000." That will give them some idea of the capabilities of these
products. They are sort of like an iPod that is optimized for pictures
instead of music. At first glance, the controls of the Epson look like
the controls on the back of my digital camera. The site for the Picture
Porter Elite has many, many links to toys for digital photographers. I
think photographers are toy people. :)
Dean Kukral
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Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:04:13 -0600
From: "Dean K. Kukral" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Organizing, storing, and viewing digital images?
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Has anybody run across some new product that will do what I want done?
Store all my images in a nice, organized place, be able to carry them
around and force them on unwilling victims (I have to look at pictures
of their grandkids!), and have a screen big enough for senior citizens
(my friends) to view without eyestrain? It seems like an opportunity
for a new product.
Dean Kukral
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Looking at the specs for an iPod classic with a storage capacity of 80GB
(and the price) this viewer -
http://www.digitalfoci.com/picture_porter_elite.html - is a bit more
expensive, but does have a larger lcd screen. It also handles quite a
few
image file formats as well as music. I don't own one, but it looks very
nice, even if it is a little pricey. Other than the "picture frames" you
describe the options look a little limited! I found a few card readers
that
hook up to a TV (limited to what is on the memory stick). There is even
one
that will display photos on an HD TV in 1080i format!
Seems like the market is ripe for innovation.
I wonder what other readers will find?
Chris Ryan
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