See your favorite digital photos on TV. Instantly! Now viewing and sharing your digital photos is as simple as watching TV. SanDisk, the world leader in flash data storage, introduces Digital Photo Viewer - the fastest, easiest, and most convenient way to view and share your favorite digital photos with family and friends. All in the comfort of your living room, family room, den, or any place you like to watch TV.
1 Great way to view pictures on your TV
This is a great product to view your digital pictures on your TV, instead of cramming around your computer. Easy to setup, easy to use, can be a little slow at moving between pictures.
Works great for grandparents to show off the grandkids....
2 Easy enough for technophobes to use
I used this to show my digital photos to family while on vacation. It's compact and fits easily into your suitcase. Plugs into most TVs and presto, you have a slide show. It has 4 slots to fit MS, SD, SM and CF memory, but being technologically challenged, I just stuck my compact flash into the slot that fit it.
You can let it run like a slide show, or use the buttons to move it along at your own pace to fit your narration. Saves printing out everything to show people and my family was impressed to see themselves on their TV screen.
It lets you rotate a picture or delete one that is a dud. Great gadget!
3 Uses Memory Stick, but NOT Memory Stick PRO. ..
Recently bought the SanDisk SDV-1A Digital Photo Viewer because it seemed like a logical way to screen digital pictures without using the computer. Also could provide a nice slide show on the television for a group. Unfortunately I had also bought two SanDisk 256Meg Memory Stick Pro storage devices which I use with my Sony digital camera. The Memory Sticks (Pro) work well with the camera, but they do NOT work with the SanDisk SDV-1A Digital Photo Viewer. Wish I had known that before I purchased the viewer. Other than that, it peforms OK for the cost.
Regards, Pag
4 Piece of JUNK
I am sad to say that this is the first review I have written on Amazon. But I was so disappointed in the performance of this porduct I just had to express myself. Even though this porduct was free, I expect it to "work". I hooked it up to my S-video port on my TV, turned on the device with a 512MB card containing ~20 3.2 megapixel photos. I was able to view the first 3, then it locked up. I tried several other times with other cards, photos, etc...all with the same results. Luckily my Canon camera came with a video out to display on the TV and I don't have to deal with this piece of JUNK. I give it one star because the batteries for the remote worked.
5 No better way to display your work.
This is a perfect way to display your shots.
Like several of the other reviewers I shoot with several large Mp cameras. And it does lag a bit with larger files. There is an easy solution to this.
During your post processing create a 640x480 sized version. Save this to a smaller CF card ( or what ever type you use ). Use that one card to display your work. I have several 16M CF cards that I have categorized for various shoots/vacations/etc.
Another awesome use for this is to use it as a 'fishtank' or 'screensaver' during parties. Turn on the slide show feature with some music and it creates a nice ambient show. ^_^
This is an awesome piece of technology for the price. I would recommend it to anyone.
6 Broken, incompatible, unreadable menus
I use a 512MB Sandisk CF card in my Canon S45 camera. I put several pictures on the card, of varying sizes and qualities. None of them displayed onscreen, and even the Preview option showed a sort of colored fuzzed-out picture instead of a thumbnail view. This is the biggest piece of junk I have ever used, thank goodness it was free. I wonder why, they're probably unloading them, or the free ones are all secretly 'refurbished' or something. Shame on Amazon.
7 It does NOT work with Minolta and HP formatted cards
SanDisk knows it and they are willing to replace the units with newer ones (I assume more recent firmware).
Problem is that the unsuspecting customer has to pay shipping... :(
No thanks.
Other then that, the main advantage is portability. But since my pics are almost always going to post-processing, displaying the pics directly from the CF card does not do them justice.
Cool gizmo, too pricey for the limitations (see tech data).
8 Useful, but a few caveats...
Got this "free" from Amazon recently, when I bought a Sandisk CompactFlash card. As some of the other reviews said, it was easy to hook up and worked great right out of the box. However, after using it a bit more, I have come up with a couple small issues. (NOTE: I have a Canon Digital Rebel 6.3MP camera and usually shoot large JPEGs.)
- The memory card reader is relatively slow at reading the large files generated by the camera. The JPEG files from the Digital Rebel are typically between 4 and 6 MB and they can take 10-15 seconds to display. This isn't much a problem during a slide show, but when you want to jump ahead it makes it difficult because the device seems like it isn't responding. You'd think with Sandisk being the current king of fast flash, that the reader would be quicker.
- The card reader cannot (or will not) read files larger than 5.3MB. You get an error on the screen saying as much, if you try. My pictures aren't typically this big, but depending the picture they can be, which is even more irritating because some pictures from a given card will show up while others won't.
- Another warning for those that use high quality digital SLRs etc, is that this camera reads ONLY JPEG files. It does not display RAW files, nor can it extract the embedded JPEGs. Of course, I didn't expect it to do so, but this may not be clear to other potential buyers.
Obviously, I could shoot lower quality (but if I spend that much on a camera, why would I?) or I could convert the images to smaller files on the PC (but this eliminates the ease of use factor). I think if I had paid for this product rather than receiving it free, the above issues might give enough reason for me to return it.
9 But do you need it?
Interesting that the previous reviewer used this to view pictures taken on a Canon G3, while that camera, and many other cameras too, have the capability built in to view pictures on a television (NTSC or PAL). Also, these cameras allow you to view the videos you've taken too, whereas this device is limited to stills (JPEGs).
So, although this gadget looks good, check your camera first - you might not need this.
BTW: I gave this 4 stars based on the description (and because a rating is mandatory to submit a review) - I don't own one of these 'cos my Canon G2 connects to the TV just fine.
10 WHY DON'T MORE PEOPLE BUY THIS
I can not understand why this item is not flying off store shelves. There are a lot of people that would love to get into digital photography, but either do not have a computer, or the skills necessary to get the photos from the camera to a DVD. Guess which one I am.
Every person that has seen the photo viewer that I purchased, has ordered one for themselves, even the cable guy that fixed my cable box. It is harder to get it out of it's package, than it is to set up. The instructions are not too clear, but I was up and running in less time than it took to type this sentence.
When I travel, I take tons of digital photos. When I get back, using a SanDisk reader/writer, I pick the best 50 photos, and write them to one SmartMedia card. Then using photo viewer, I show my pics to our family.
It works just as advertised, and has not been added to that big box of stuff that sounded good, but either was junk, or that I could not figure it out.
11 GROUP PRESENTATIONS
I BELONG TO SEVERAL CLUBS AND ALWAYS RECORD EVENTS WITH MY " DIGITAL CAMERA....... NOW I CAN SHOW THE PICTURES TO THE WHOLE GROUP AT OUR MEETINGS.... ALSO YOU CAN UP LOAD PICTURES ON YOUR CAMERA CHIP AND SHOW THEM..... IT IS REALLY NEAT AND I GET LOTS OF POSITIVE COMMENTS....... ENJOY!!!!!!!
12 Be Aware MS PRO users!
I bought this photo viewer for my 1G Memory Stick Pro card, and just when it arrived that i noticed it does not read PRO MS. Nothing mentioned that it does not read PRO cards, and I assumed that it worked for all Memory Sticks...Now its useless for me. SanDisk should have explained that it was made for MS cards and not MS PRO! But its a nice viewer when used for all other memory cards.
13 Fine for pictures, but no audio
This viewer is very convenient for digital pictures, if that's all you use it for. Most digital cameras can also take video clips with audio. This viewer can not play those. So, if you plan to only look at pictures, this is the viewer for you. If you also take digital vidio clips, highly suggest looking for a player than can handle it.
14 Broken upon receipt
Purchased unit to read compact flash. Upon failed operation, looked closer and saw broken pin in card area. Didn't note *any* resistance when the card was inserted, so it was either broken upon arrival or it bent when the card was slid in the slot with no resistance. In either case, the unit's far too fragile with compact flash cards and I had to make a return. Sad too, because it looked promising otherwise.
15 Reunion
At a recent family reunion where we all took pictures of the same scenes, we were able to plug in the Photo Viewer and enjoy each other's pictures. Another tourist at The Monterey Aquarium took several group photos of us. It was great to see them and choose the best (not easy with 17 subjects). The large size on the TV made selection much easier.
16 Does not work with my Kodak camera
Frustrating. It always gives me a message saying "Card error" when I insert my SanDisk CF card from my Kodak DC240 digital camera. I can view the pictures in the camera but the DPV does not work. The sandisk website FAQ is also not very helpful.
17 Easy, Plug and Show
Portability and ease of use is key to this excellent product. Came with both an s-video and standard video plug, so you have a choice depending on your availabe TV inputs. Smaller than I expected at about 4"by3", all you need is an electric socket and TV and you are in business. Remote runs on 2 AAA batteries(included) Besides zoom,rotate,slideshow, it also has a delete function that erases those unwanted shots without using the camera or a computer. Excellent carry-anywhere product. I bought 3 extras for gifts.
18 Works exactly as described
What a neat little gizmo; it's smaller than I had anticipated. It's very easy to hook up. From getting it out of the package to viewing your pictures on TV takes all of 10 minutes, and that's mainly because getting the viewer out is not an easy task. We transferred images from the 128MB CompactFlash from our Canon G3 to the TV screen, and it looked great. Having the remote to zoom, rotate, and delete was pretty handy too. A simple, easy to use product that delivers as promised.
19 Awesome Product!
I just love this nifty little gizmo! The set-up is extremely easy-just plug it in and all necessary cables are provided. Then you just plug in your flash card (or flash stick or other-it takes several kinds) and you are now viewing your digital images on your own television! Instead of everyone standing around your small computer screen, you can see your images on your large TV screen.
You can either let the images run via the slide show, or take control and move through your images at your own pace. The remote lets you rotate pictures, and even niftier--it lets you zoom in. The zoom in feature keep the image clear.
The best feature is that you can pack this gizmo up and take it with you. We just returned from an Alaskan cruise (with a ton of digital pictures). So I took this viewer over to my parents, plugged it into their TV and they were able to see all our pictures while sitting back in their easy chairs. No photo's to pass around and around--just sit back in comfort and enjoy!
I would highly recommend this product--it's great!
20 Great new product
I purchased this item on Amazon with free shipping. I received it via UPS the next day. Amazing!!!! The thing I found the hardest was just getting it out of the package. The setup was as easy as plugging it in to the TV - put the card in the machine and turning it on. Much easier to use than a VCR. I have a 60" TV and the pictures fill the whole screen.
