Pros: WiFi connection is available, Tremendously sharp photo frame, Simple to use, Several options for uploading photos to the frame, Reasonable Cost
Cons: Frame could be a little larger, Touch screen LCD can lead to some smudges
The Kodak Pulse's receptive touch screen and the connectivity available through Wifi offers a smooth, hassle free automatic photo-loading experience that can be tenuously managed from anywhere in the world. The Wi-Fi enabled Kodak Pulse Digital Frame is one of the most adaptable digital photo frames one can buy at an affordable price, it won't outlay much wealth. The frame can be controlled by using the 7-inch touch-screen LCD, but all of its features can be managed via Kodak's Web site, no matter where you are. Simplicity, convenience, and a low price make the Pulse our latest Editors' Choice digital photo frame. The Kodak Pulse has a minute footstep which measures just about 6.25 by 7.5 by 1.0 inch. The real touch-screen LCD is 7 inches and is surrounded by a 1-inch black border with a gunmetal trim. The "Kodak" brand appears in the border beneath the LCD, but it's a shade of gray that's barely visible.
When we talk of its detailing, the aspect ratio of the screen is 4:3, which has been used most compact point shoot cameras as a default one, so images from most pocket cameras will fill the screen. A lot of other digital frames on the market feature 16:9 or 15:9 aspect ratios, so they look like mini-HDTVs. Even though these frames look cool, they may not be best for displaying photos because 4:3 images on a 16:9 LCD will show black borders. It comes along with an internal storage of 512MB. There are a many a ways to load photos onto the gadget, or you can also use memory cards or flash drives to view your images. A full-size USB port lets you plug in a flash drive, and two memory card readers support all the popular formats.
You can also browse internet, and get you pictures loaded on to the device with the Wifi connector. Also after getting connected, to enter your password is even so easy, as it lets you touch the letters straightaway to type it. Whereas few other device makes it quite troublesome handling these letters for entering the password.
One can control almost every option and feature in the Pulse remotely through www.kodakpulse.com, logging in through an account one creates, the frame just has to be connected to a Wi-Fi network. Through the Pulse site, you can adjust slideshow settings, view current images on the frame, and setup the frame to automatically import images from either Kodak Gallery or Facebook. If you give the frame, say, to your grandparents so that they can always see the latest photos of you and the kids, you can manage the frame's content through the Pulse site no matter where you are. Kodak gives each Pulse a free e-mail address so you can send photos directly to the frame. One other digital media frame from Toshiba offers a similar experience but allows you to pull photos from a few more Web sites (Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Phanfare, etc.) The Toshiba frame can play videos too, but that feature can't be managed remotely. Also, the Toshiba frame's LCD is much different. It's not a touch-screen LCD, and it has a 15:9 aspect ratio.
The intuitive touchscreen interface makes navigating through the digital photo frame's features easy. All navigation, including viewing of photos and slideshows, are done through touchscreen controls. This makes using the Kodak Pulse more fun. The fun and intuitive user interface of the Kodak Pulse gets a full rating. The touch screen is very responsive and the user interface is extremely quick, there's absolutely no waiting, unlike the other models.
The Kodak Pulse allows for no adjustments to the display's image characteristics such as brightness, backlighting, or contrast, which may turn some people off. The LCD's backlight is set to 255cd/m2, which is good; anything significantly brighter could bother your eyes, at least in a room that isn't very bright. The Sony DPF-D70 7" Digital Photo Frame caps its brightness right around this level too, 248cd/m2. At its maximum brightness, the Toshiba MF82XKU 8" Digital Media Frame outputs 308 cd/m2. The Pulse's LCD displayed 58 percent of the sRGB color gamut. That's in line with Sony's DPF-D70, which can display 59 percent of the gamut, and the Toshiba frame, which can display 55 percent of the gamut. Don't be surprised if the images look better on your smartphone, however; we found that a Motorola Droid can display 98 percent of the sRGB color gamut. It's also significant noting that DisplayMate's test patterns indicated that images were correctly down-scaled to the LCD's 800-by-600-pixel resolution, so photos won't look distorted. The Kodak Pulse handles a very simple task for you: it displays photos. But as far as displaying photos go, it is very efficient, convenient, fun and full of surprises.
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