Mar 28th, 2009
BT eFrame 1000: First thoughts
This week I bought a digital photo frame. I’ve been tempted to get one of these for a while but been put off until now for a few reasons:
- The “affordable” screens are either very small or very low resolution (or both).
- I run XBMC on my old Xbox so can view every photo I’ve ever taken on the 37″ LCD in the living room anyway.
- Cropping and copying images to a memory card and transferring to the frame seemed like too much hassle.
Frames equipped with WiFi provide a solution to the issue of transferring images to the frame and have been around for a while now but are usually expensive and often tied to a specific photo sharing site or need an ongoing subscription. Enter the BT eFrame 1000 which until recently was £130, but last week I noticed has been reduced to just under £40 (less if you happen to work for said company and get an extra few pounds staff discount, ahem! End of disclaimer). At that price it’s comparable to the run-of-the mill unbranded, low-res screens and I decided was worth a punt. It arrived yesterday and here are my initial thoughts…
