Digital photoframes - help needed!

[Sallie]

Want to buy one of these for a birthday present - can anyone recommend any particular brands/models and any tips about what features to look for would also be very gratefully received.
Thanks

[lurks in the hope of similar inspiration]

recently bought one for mil. chose kodak eaasyshare. it is very good, am not at all technical but the photo quality is good and it is easy to set up and use

I bought a Agfa from Argos for about £40. It was half price at the time - so figured it was much better value that the brands that you have never heard of that were the same price.

I was impressed.

What size did you buy and does it play the piccies randomly? Thanks for your reply by the way

this is the one I bought

1. not sure if it does play them randomly

The agfa does play pic randomly.

Great - am looking for a 7" one for MIL that needs to be easy to use (and not expensive) and one for my father which is perhaps a bit bigger - say 9 or 10". I had heard that the Philips ones are good....

Are there digital photoframes that play movie files too? [ignorant of modern technology]

My mother can use the Agfa .

She intermittently sends us her SD card and we add more pics to it. She pops it in when she gets home.

I think digiital photo frames that play movies are called portable DVD players .

Seriously though there may be some that play short mpegs...not sure about a proper movie.

what about this for your bigger one?.

You will need to check reviews though - cos I have no experience of it.

SMS - hmm, thanks, am not that ignorant

I meant the movie files off the digital camera lasting about 30 seconds or so.

Would like to get my mum a digital photoframe as we live abroad but would like her to be able to play the movies on it randomly or in sequence too, as well as still photos.

google says yes you can..look for mpeg compatibility in the one you choose

SMS - thanks!
Sallie - sorry for hijack, hope you find what you're looking for!

Oh and double check that your camera records in mpeg format. Most do.

Thanks for all your help. In the end we got a Philips 7" for the mother-in-law which is basic but good picture quality and plays randomly. For my father, we splashed out and bought a gorgeous 9" Sony - well worth the extra as it is very elegantly designed, the picture quality is excellent and it has lots of good features such as a decent internal memory etc. Would recommend it highly. Sony also do a 7" one which is under £100.....