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Post by monklady123 on Oct 30, 2021 20:39:17 GMT
I saw a digital photo frame at Costco a few weeks ago. Didn't buy it because first of all I had no idea if it was a good one, and second it's only 90 days to return electronics and that would have brought it too close to Christmas. But... I'd love to get a couple of these as gifts for Christmas. Do you have one you've used and love? Is there some downside to these that I'm not seeing? because they look pretty cool. Yes, I realize these have been out forever, but I'm a Tech Dinosaur and adapt slowly. hahaha  |
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Post by Linda on Oct 30, 2021 20:45:57 GMT
they work best with landscape photos, imo. I prefer the ones with external storage (flashdrive) to the ones with internal storage only.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 30, 2021 20:48:02 GMT
90 days takes you until near the end of January. Monday IS the first of November. 😁
Although Costco is generally generous with returns... They don't sell a lot of junk...
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Post by keithurbanlovinpea on Oct 30, 2021 20:51:52 GMT
We have two. One has an external storage option (SD card) and the other is a Nixplay (uploads are all via email/app). we much prefer the Nixplay
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Post by beachbum on Oct 30, 2021 20:57:18 GMT
One of our kids gave us an Aura frame for Christmas last year. Best gift ever! It plugs in (no batteries, YAY) and adding pics is easy - just go to the app, click 'add photos', click on the photos you want to upload to the frame and click upload.. All 3 kids and their spouses add to the frame often. Link to Auraframes.com |
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Post by librarylady on Oct 30, 2021 21:03:26 GMT
I have one, have had it for several years. It uploads from a USB drive.
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Post by monklady123 on Oct 30, 2021 21:22:18 GMT
One of our kids gave us an Aura frame for Christmas last year. Best gift ever! It plugs in (no batteries, YAY) and adding pics is easy - just go to the app, click 'add photos', click on the photos you want to upload to the frame and click upload.. All 3 kids and their spouses add to the frame often. Link to Auraframes.comSo anyone can add photos? I love that idea! My ds's fiancée could add photos of them all in Georgia, to my digital frame? wow... I could do the same thing with my mom then? |
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Post by monklady123 on Oct 30, 2021 21:23:18 GMT
90 days takes you until near the end of January. Monday IS the first of November. 😁 Although Costco is generally generous with returns... They don't sell a lot of junk... Lol, well it was a few weeks ago. 90 days would have brought us to just a bit after Christmas and we're not even sure yet if we'll see ds and his family until after the holidays. So...  |
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Post by MichyM on Oct 30, 2021 21:31:36 GMT
I have nothing to add, but popped in to see if I could figure out why a thread about digital photo frames had been labeled "politics." No reason so far as I can see.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 30, 2021 21:36:03 GMT
I didn't do it!!
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Post by beachbum on Oct 30, 2021 23:22:18 GMT
One of our kids gave us an Aura frame for Christmas last year. Best gift ever! It plugs in (no batteries, YAY) and adding pics is easy - just go to the app, click 'add photos', click on the photos you want to upload to the frame and click upload.. All 3 kids and their spouses add to the frame often. Link to Auraframes.comSo anyone can add photos? I love that idea! My ds's fiancée could add photos of them all in Georgia, to my digital frame? wow... I could do the same thing with my mom then? When you set up the frame you name it, add your wifi info and send 'invitations' for friends/family/whoever to download the app. So easy. You will get an email when anyone uploads pics. You can see them on your phone and you can download them to your phone too. We love ours. |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Oct 31, 2021 0:55:18 GMT
the other is a Nixplay (uploads are all via email/app). we much prefer the Nixplay I got a NixPlay for mother's day last year from my first grandbaby --- well, his parents 'might' have helped. Lol. His other grandma and his great grandma (my mama) got one as well. It's great! The grandbaby's parents upload new photos and videos each week. They also shared an email address with us that allows any of us to upload photos to it as well. Soooo easy to use! I have it on my kitchen counter and love spying new snaps and videos of that precious darling and the rest of the family. |
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Post by caangel on Oct 31, 2021 3:29:26 GMT
We use our Google Home Nest (with a screen) and my inlaws use their Echo Show as photo frames in addition to all their other capabilities. I love that I can easily add to either slide show via their apps that I already use and it is not one more thing.
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Post by kluski on Oct 31, 2021 9:24:17 GMT
Go for it! I bought one for my parents last year bc no one prints pictures for them anymore. Now any one of us can send pictures to it. They love it. I’m thinking of getting myself one this year.
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Post by monklady123 on Oct 31, 2021 9:58:02 GMT
All this information has been great, thanks! Sounds like Christmas gifts this year for sure!
Now... another question, of course. Let's say I'd like to get a frame for me and dh, one for ds and his family, and one for dd.
Frame #1 is here in Virginia with me and dh.
Frame #2 is somewhere in Virginia with dd (she hasn't moved yet).
Frame #3 is in Georgia with ds.
So now ds wants to share the latest photos of his step-daughter with me and dh, and with dd. It sounds like he can just sent those photos to both of our frames?
Then ds and family have a bunch of friends over in the backyard and take lots of photos. I don't know a single one of those friends so I don't really want them in my photo frame unless ds or his family are in them. Can ds put them *just* on his frame?
Or dd takes a bunch of her sorority sisters when they have go to a local vineyard. I absolutely want the ones with dd, and ds probably does also, but neither of us wants a bunch of photos of random young women who we don't know.
Can it be worked out like that? That ds could take the photos from the backyard event and put most of them on his frame, and only certain ones on my frame and on dd's frame?
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Post by peace on Oct 31, 2021 14:14:48 GMT
One of our kids gave us an Aura frame for Christmas last year. Best gift ever! It plugs in (no batteries, YAY) and adding pics is easy - just go to the app, click 'add photos', click on the photos you want to upload to the frame and click upload.. All 3 kids and their spouses add to the frame often. Link to Auraframes.comWe bought this for my partner's mom (it was recommended by peas) and she LOVES it. Both grandkids, her daughter and both of us upload to her frame all of the time. It also notifies us when someone else uploads a picture. It's been a wonderful gift!! |
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Post by beachbum on Oct 31, 2021 14:52:57 GMT
All this information has been great, thanks! Sounds like Christmas gifts this year for sure! Now... another question, of course. Let's say I'd like to get a frame for me and dh, one for ds and his family, and one for dd. Frame #1 is here in Virginia with me and dh. Frame #2 is somewhere in Virginia with dd (she hasn't moved yet). Frame #3 is in Georgia with ds. So now ds wants to share the latest photos of his step-daughter with me and dh, and with dd. It sounds like he can just sent those photos to both of our frames? Then ds and family have a bunch of friends over in the backyard and take lots of photos. I don't know a single one of those friends so I don't really want them in my photo frame unless ds or his family are in them. Can ds put them *just* on his frame? Or dd takes a bunch of her sorority sisters when they have go to a local vineyard. I absolutely want the ones with dd, and ds probably does also, but neither of us wants a bunch of photos of random young women who we don't know. Can it be worked out like that? That ds could take the photos from the backyard event and put most of them on his frame, and only certain ones on my frame and on dd's frame? Here's how easy it is on the Aura frame: how to add to multiple frames |
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Post by momto4kiddos on Oct 31, 2021 15:25:45 GMT
I got my parents a nixplay frame for Christmas. It has it's own email address so you can sent photo's directly to the frame. You can give the email address to anyone you want to be able to send them pics. You just plug it in and set it up to the wifi in the house.
My parents aren't great with technology so I manage the frame. The first time someone tries to email the frame, I get notified to approve them. There's also an app you can download, so if they're having trouble or I can't remember what I sent, I can go on the app and see what's on the frame. Super-easy to use, i'd buy another in a heartbeat. Oh and I watched Amazon and got it for a great price last year. It's usually around $170, but I got it for under $140 so keep an eye on the price.
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Post by caangel on Oct 31, 2021 15:40:50 GMT
FWIW smart home devices with screens are about half the cost and do so much more than a dedicated photo frame. If you all have the same device that are super easy to manage.
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Post by monklady123 on Oct 31, 2021 15:56:45 GMT
FWIW smart home devices with screens are about half the cost and do so much more than a dedicated photo frame. If you all have the same device that are super easy to manage. hmm.... that's an idea also. Dd and I both have an Alexa device, not sure about ds. I just texted him to ask that, without saying why I want to know. lol |
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Post by caangel on Oct 31, 2021 16:00:08 GMT
FWIW smart home devices with screens are about half the cost and do so much more than a dedicated photo frame. If you all have the same device that are super easy to manage. hmm.... that's an idea also. Dd and I both have an Alexa device, not sure about ds. I just texted him to ask that, without saying why I want to know. lol In the Amazon Photos app you can create different albums and then share those album(s) with a device. Google's device works the same way with Google Photos. You can have many (not sure if there is a limit) of albums shared with each device. I have different ones shared with my IL than the ones we have shared on our device. Depending on who is doing the sharing maybe easier or harder than sending emails. |
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Post by monklady123 on Nov 1, 2021 11:38:19 GMT
Thanks for all the good information! We're going to get these as Christmas gifts this year. Haven't quite decided what kind yet though... We all have the Alexa system (or whatever it's called, lol) so we might go that route as someone suggested in this thread. We will see....
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Post by coaliesquirrel on Nov 1, 2021 11:46:32 GMT
Both sets of grandparents have this sort of thing. One uses the pix-star snap app to load and the other uses OurPhoto (different people bought them, so of course I have to have both apps on my phone). I've found both very easy to use, and the grandmas especially love it when a new photo pops up. At my brother's wedding reception this weekend, several people mentioned to me that they recognized my daughter there from seeing all her pictures on the frame at my folks' house.
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Post by beachbum on Nov 3, 2021 20:57:19 GMT
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Post by dexter on Nov 4, 2021 19:44:51 GMT
We got one for my mom in assisted living during the lockdown. It was a Sylvania sold in our local Wal-Mart. It has an app that anyone can download pics from their phones. It was really neat - you could add a few words about each picture and it was nice since she had dementia. Her aids could read the names to her and it helped keep us connected. She has since passed away and I have it and keep the pictures on it. I like watching it scroll through!
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Post by tentoes on Nov 4, 2021 20:10:19 GMT
I have two. Love them both. I'm a digital scrapper, so I load my layouts onto them along with photos.
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Post by tallgirl on Nov 4, 2021 20:24:25 GMT
We gifted our parents a Skylight frame at the start of the year. It wasn't cheap, but they are technology impaired and it is very user-friendly. My sisters and I are all able to email photos to it (none of us live close by) and for them it's just plug-and-play.
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Post by moodyblue on Nov 4, 2021 22:49:40 GMT
I got my mom a Skylight frame. Now that she is gone, I have it but haven’t really used it for myself yet.
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