Customer Reviews

Kodak EasyShare SV-710 7-Inch Digital Picture Frame

5 star:		(52)
4 star:		(41)
3 star:		(17)
2 star:		(12)
1 star:		(18)

 

 

I read a lot of mixed reviews about the Kodak SV710 7" digital frame and must agree with those who say it's a great product once you learn to work with how it works - much like many new electronic digital devices. The interface with the remote and frame is quite easy with a little time invested into it. PC connectivity is a cinch, no EasyShare software necessary, and is like turning the Kodak frame into a 'drag & drop' media bay.

It is incredibly important to be able to resize and crop larger raw digital camera or scanner images to the appropriate 800:480 [480:800 for portrait] dimensions. There is freeware on the web which is highly capable of this if you don't already have any. I've noticed a few people really not liking this and it's not all that bad. Widescreen is the fad these days anyway. Isn't panoramic a part of photography as well? My hundred-dollar Nikon digital camera has a setting for taking 16:9 pictures for lossless display on a widescreen. Kind of works perfectly for this frame.

The music is straightforward; place the MP3's on storage device, plug in to frame, and play from browsed selection. The Music Key on the remote is a nice shortcut to current audio files as well.

Video playback is rather picky and sensitive as to what it will recognize. First of all, it does not take only a Kodak camera's video capture for playback (rumored from other reviews), and secondly .Avi does not mean DivX. There's many boundaries and customizable settings into video codec (compressor/decompressor) processing that it almost seems ridiculous, but alas they're there and Kodak's digital picture frame isn't open to all of them. I have not found an .Avi or .Mov video which plays, but have found an .Mpg setup that does. If your video doesn't work, perhaps recoding it will do the trick.

The .mpg found to work for me is made of an MPEG1 container/codec with MP3 audio; the video works pretty well sized at 480:272, running 23.976fps, a bitrate anywhere above 700, and the audio doesn't need to be anything over 64kbps Mono. Again, there's freeware on the web which can do this.

Will still look into other compatible video formats and update any discoveries.

Most seem to dislike the lack of a random display function and no support of DivX, which can only be hoped for in some future firmware upgrade. If that's not going to happen, then perhaps it'll take learning how to recode videos (or find a nerdy friend who knows how) and maybe add a couple bundles of other photos of some neat CG 3D art, nature landscapes, or even of outer space to make it seem more random.

After my little time put into getting familiarized with the frame I am overall 90% satisfied for what it does and for the bargain it went for which is surely worth 5 stars.

This was very easy to use right out of the box. I was able to drag and drop pictures to it without using the Easy Share software.

I've had many compliments on this product, and people are surprised at the clarity of the pictures. I am very happy with it.

I find most of the comments here are for multiple versions of Kodak frames, so it is hard to tell which frame is being commented on.
Kodak Easyshare SV-710 7-inch Digital Picture Frame

I've used my digital frame for almost a year, and have been disappointed with some of my experiences with the frame. The biggest problem is that despite assurances from Kodak representatives that photos will displate in name order, they do not. I have not been able to determine any consistent way the frame displays photos -- not name, date, order placed on card, etc. There are also times that part way through a slide show, the frame just restarts from the beginning (or what it thinks is the beginning).

Also, I bought it knowing about the 16:9 aspect ratio, which has been more of a problem than I suspected. There are many pictures with important part of the picture chopped off at the top and bottom unless shown in the "fit entire image" option, which leaves black bars on either side of the photo.

I bought this frame as a mother's day gift after buying the polaroid version that had really bad picture quality. Digital picture frames (in my opinion) are just unnecessarily expensive. So with that said, and realizing that you will have to pay over $100 for ANY frame with 1/2-way decent pics, I will say that this frame is a very good value (comparatively) for its price.

I have no complaints on the picture quality (although of course, there are more frames out there with better quality...but for a better quality you will definitely have to pay over $200), especially at this price. It is quite crisp and very bright. I really enjoyed watching the pics on this frame. My only gripe with this frame is that it does not automatically randomize your pics, nor does it offer an option to let you do so. It would really make the show more interesting if you didn't have to view all the pics in each folder on your memory card before moving to the next one. Also, a lot of frames come with changeable faceplates to change the color of the frame--or have nicer frames in general, rather than the plain (and kinda cheap looking) black plastic that is on the kodak frame. That is one area that could also be improved. Overall though, for the price, I think this is a good purchase. DEFINITELY a much better choice over the polaroid or smartpants frames that are around $30 less.

I purchased this frame as a gift for my father for his birthday. Reading some of the reviews on this and other sites and most had some good things to say. After I unboxed it and started it up, I knew I made a good choice. As a digital frame I don't think the size and price can be beat. Great pictures, great display. Great purchase. One gripe is that I wish you could shuffle photos on the frame. That's it.

I just bought the SV710 for my 89 and 87 year old parents. Wanted to make a slide show of the history of all of our lives. I want to thank all the people who have taken time to write reviews as they helped me decide on the Kodak SV710. Maybe someone said it but I did not pay attention to the fact that it does NOT have any internal memory. I purchased it on sale for $99 + tax, and basically what you are getting is a screen. After trying to download pictures from the computer with the cord that they provided and it kept telling me I needed an interface card, I realized that I had to provide a memory card or stick. Tried putting some pictures on a memory stick and ran them through and it was wonderful. Chose to have the pictures copied to fit the frame, and I tried to choose all the same kind of shots (verticals or horizontals). The minute I turn on the machine it starts going through the slide show. My parents won't have to understand the remote control or any other button, which they could not do. I will get two memory cards: one for horizontal shots and one for vertical and then I will exchange the cards when I visit them. I know they will love this gift, so it turns out being worth the price, but just know for the price you are getting the screen, you need to provide the memory holder. Kodak Easyshare SV-710 7-Inch Digital Picture Frame

I had very bad experience with this product. The software comes along with this product is absolutely waste. After installing the software my PC is not able to detect the digital frame. I have called Kodak customer support, they also don't know what to do. They simply ask me to go to their website and download the latest software. Nothing works.

I am totally sick with this frame, I am going to return this.

I recently purchased the Kodak Easyshare SV-710 7inch digital picture frame for my inlaws as a gift. It was very easy to set up and instantly worked displaying the photos we had taken with our digital camera. They are thrilled with it.

The frame is a typical digital frame for under $100, which means it has no internal memory. You must use a zip drive or memory card.
Using the zip drive allows you to keep the pictures you want and add/delete as needed. But its ugly sticking out from the side.
The pictures are sharp and clear , and this model has a remote, but it doesn't respond well or quickly at times.
All in all , it does what its supposed to do , but If I had to do it again, I would have upgraded to a better more expensive frame.

I love this thing! I bought it as a gift for my dad, and now everyone wants one! I bought a card for it (the one that Amazon suggests with it), and had no problem using the USB cable to copy photos from my computer onto the card. I love the slideshow feature - although I have 2 minor complaints:

1. The slideshow doesn't have a random option (at least that I know of), so it only play in the order you put the photos onto the card. I handled this by mixing up the photos as I copied them onto the card.

2. It doesn't adjust portrait photos that are saved in a landscape form. So, in order for the portrait photos to show correctly, you have to save it in portrait form on your computer before copying it to the card. If you don't, portrait photos show sideways.

I'm not sure why some people complain about this frame. For what I was using it for (as a gift) - copying photos from my computer to a card using the USB cable, it worked perfectly! The photos look fabulous on this frame, and it's super simple to use! I will be buying more in the future!