Kodak is heavy into promotion of its latest media sharing wonder, the Kodak Theatre HD Player, with many reviews being published in consumer electronic circles. In a nutshell, this is a HD device designed to get digital media (mainly pictures) from your data sources on to your TV quickly and impressively. At DSF/Blog, we see it as the further evolution of products that make it easier for consumer to get pictures out of their computers and memory devices and into their homes (in this case, on their TV).
You can read a pretty good review of the product here at Wired (Kodak's Little Black Box Spreads Media-Streaming Love). If you are a fan of showing off your digital pictures around your house, digital picture frames are surely one option and great devices that are becoming more capable and feature reach all the time. However you likely have another very high priced digital display in your home (probably more than one) and that's your HDTV. Showing off pictures and slideshows on your big HDTV in the basement over the Thanksgiving Holidays can be loads of fun.
Getting those pictures on displayed on your TV however, has traditionally been somewhat challenging. You could
- hook up your digital camera directly to your TV (limiting slideshow and other controls to what your camera could do)
- drag your computer and connect it to your TV (very clunky and impossible without a laptop)
- burn your pictures to a DVD and play them on your DVD player (tedious transfer process)
Devices like the Kodak Theatre HD Player eliminate all these obstacles by connecting wirelessly to your laptop, automatically transfer pictures, connect permanently to your TV, and give you a decent (and sure to improve) user interface to control picture display and slideshows on your TV. The Kodak Theatre HD comes with a ergonomic remote for these purposes.
So, Kodak digital picture frames can still be an important part of the answer in showing off your great digital photography in your home. But when the family is together, and its showtime, you might consider a Kodak Theatre HD Player!
Get your popcorn ready!
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