PhotoVu Wireless Picture Frames: 150,000 Digital Photos in Your Slideshow!

PhotoVu announced, last Friday, that it had released new software that will support a person’s entire photo collections – 150,000 pictures or MORE!

Whether you are a fan of PhotoVu’s wireless digital picture frames or its digital signage displays, this news is remarkable!

Mark Van Buskirk, partner, Photovu, tells us that “As our customers’ photo collections continue to expand, we are pleased to offer this new and exciting, almost limitless capability.  As always, PhotoVu displays an entire photo collection on teh wall in high resolution, so our customers never get tired of seeing just a small subset of their photos.  PhotoVu is unique among all wirelesss digital picture frames in its ability to play 150,000 or more photos in a single slide show.”

PhotoVu products – wireless digital picture frames and digital signage – are “made in the USA,” and can access pictures stored on any windows or Mac computer.  Customers can see slideshows of their pictures almost no matter where they’re stored: iPhoto, Flickr, FrameChannel, MobileMe, Photobucket, Picasa, Web Albums, SmugMug, Webshots, and Windows Live FrameIt.

FrameChannel for the Holidays: PhotoVu 17″ Wireless Digital Picture Frame

Photo-Vu has several different wireless picture frames, some of which I’ve already talked about here – the 22″ wireless frame, for one.

I have a feeling, however, that the full-featured PhotoVu PV1765w, smaller than the 22″ but still a VERY large wireless digital photo frame, was under many a Christmas tree this year.  That’s why, even though I’ve blogged about it before, I’m doing it again!

The price is reasonable for such a large (17 inch screen!) and fully-loaded wireless digital picture frame – only $699.00, and watch for sales during these after-the-holiday shopping days.

With a Photo-Vu wireless frame, you have two options: you can have unlimited storage by using the wireless function and using the pictures stored on your computer: on Flickr, Picasa, Google, Apple, iPhoto, .Mac, and SmugMug, or any web albums you might have made for your picture. Photo-Vu wireless digital frames make use of RSS (really simple syndication) feeds; any time you see this symbol, on a page, it means you can subscribe to the page and whatever is on there (news, weather, pictures, etc) will also be accessed by your Photo-Vu wireless frame. You can even send pictures from YOUR Photo-Vu wireless frame to your friend’s Photo-Vu wireless frame, over the miles. How awesome for families who want to keep in touch visually across great distances or even just across the street!

There’s no waiting, either; once the pictures are in your computer, they’re in the frame. Set them to display pretty much any way you wish, although slideshows are probably the most popular. You can program the frame to check for RSS updates whenever you wish, too – every few minutes, once a day, every hour on the hour, etc.

The Photo-Vu’s 17-inch wide-screen, with its clear, beautiful LCD TFT display and 1280 x 800, 24-bit or up to 16,000,000+ colors, is large enough to see clearly from across a large room, whether you’ve decided to display it on the wall or on a desk or table-top. (The frame weights about 18 pounds, so be sure you hang it on a wall stud.) These frames look nice on top of a piano, too; just make sure the frame sits on a large-enough surface – remember, a 17″ wireless digital frame is a large frame! The large 17-inch display makes this frame ideally suited to be placed on a tripod or portrait display, to slideshow wedding, baptism, shower, funeral, business, advertisement, or reunion pictures so everyone can see them.

Oh, and if you don’t want to use the wireless connection every time, you can always use any memory card or flash drive to load the frame with pictures, although naturally not as many as when you have the virtually unlimited resources of the INTERNET.

Another aspect that makes the Photo-Vu PV1765w so unique and easy-to-use is the fact that all of the software is built into the frame; there is no software to install on your computer; all you have to do is open up your favorite web browser and type in the PhotoVu’s name or IP address (don’t throw away the paperwork; this information is in there!) and after you do that, anything goes! Manage all of your picture display options, connect with your RSS feeds, and program in start and finish times for your frame to start up and turn off. You don’t even have to worry about the simple stuff, let alone any complicated stuff. Of course, you can always turn the frame on or off manually whenever you wish, too.

What if your computer is a laptop, and you take it with you every day? Can your Photo-Vu wireless frame carry on without it? Of course it can. Just use the USB removable hard drive option to create a copy of your digital photo collection. This provides several benefits:

1. It creates a backup of your digital photos.
2. The digital frame is not dependent on the laptop being available for photos since it uses the USB removable hard drive.
3. The laptop can control the PhotoVu using your wireless network and web browser

Besides being superior in almost every possible way already discussed, the Photo-Vu PV1765w is also superior in another way: You’re not limited to the one frame that came in the box. You can have your pick of TONS of “looks” for your wireless frame. Just check out the “Build Your Own” page on the Photo-Vu website.

Mark Van Buskirk, Partner, PhotoVu, says that “This is clearly a premium digital picture frame at a very affordable price. . . our new PV1765w still includes all of the industry leading features and customization options that PhotoVu is well known for.”

Wireless/digital photo frames were THE hot gift item last Christmas, and even more so this past Christmas.   Get yours while you can; they’re flying off the shelves. Or, go to the PhotoVu website and order yours online.

The PhotoVu PV1765w has tons of fantastic features, but the best feature of all, in my opinion, is the fact that this wireless picture frame is FrameChannel-compatible.  With a free FrameChannel account, you’ll be able to program your wireless frame in almost any way imaginable; FrameChannel can take care of it for you!

Remember, all of the BEST wireless digital picture frames are FrameChannel-compatible frames.  Therefore, the PhotoVu PV1765w is one of the BEST wireless digital picture frames on the market!

If you didn’t get one for Christmas, maybe you’ll get one for New Year’s.  Actually, ANY time is a good time to get a wireless digital picture frame!

FrameChannel for the Holidays: 22″ PhotoVu Digital Sign

I posted earlier about PhotoVu’s beautiful 22″ wireless digital picture frame, and today, I’m going to talk about the PhotoVu 22″ digital sign.

This digital sign would be fantastic for any business, school, hospital, nursing home. . . anywhere at all!  The PhotoVu 22-inch widescreen wireless digital sign, with its bright, clear 1680 x 1050 LCD TFT screen, contrast ratio of 1000:1, and many, many options, makes it an ideal purchase for any business owner or purchasing committee.

No computer is required; you can program the PhotoVu digital sign via USB flash drive; HOWEVER, if you do have a computer, the PhotoVu digital sign is compatible with any WiFi or Ethernet network connection.  It comes loaded with easy-to-use software to make its internet connections and RSS feed integrations simple and fast.  Best of all, like the 22″ PhotoVu wireless picture frame, the 22″ PhotoVu wireless digital sign is FRAMECHANNEL-compatible!!!!!

The PhotoVu digital sign will look fantastic in the front window of your business, or in the lobby. It will look great on a countertop, or on the wall. Wherever you display the PhotoVu digital sign, people will look, and people will pay attention to the ever-changing display or slideshow you put on it.

The built-in software in your PhotoVu digital sign makes it easy to manage, and with FrameChannel, you will be able to change and program your digital sign from your home, as well as from anywhere in your building. No matter where you store your pictures online – Picasa, Apple iPhoto, Flickr, etc. – the PhotoVu wireless digital sign can find them and display them, in whatever way you desire.  Your ads will look GREAT!

You can update the software over the internet, too, which makes it really easy to do!

The PhotoVu wireless digital sign holds so many pictures, it’s not really possible to put a number to it.  We’re talking about THOUSANDS of picture possibilities!

It’s not heavy, either; it weighs about twelve pounds.

Christmas is Thursday, but if you order today, and use coupon FREE2DAYSHIP during checkout, you can get free FedEx 2-day shipping.  It will arrive in the nick of time, but it will arrive in time!

FrameChannel for the Holidays: PhotoVu 22″ Wireless Frame with Discount and Free Shipping!

We’re not finished posting about the fantastic PhotoVu wireless digital picture frames!   Not only will you get $100.00 off the 22″ wireless frame right now; you’ll also get FREE FedEx 2-day shipping for a limited time.

That means, of course, that if you order now, you’ll DEFINITELY get your PhotoVu 22-inch wireless digital picture frame in time for Christmas!

Here’s the Press Release, straight from the PhotoVu website, about PhotoVu’s new relationship with Microsoft Windows Life FrameIt:

Today (November 13) PhotoVu™ (www.photovu.com), a “made in the USA” manufacturer and designer of premium wall-mounted wireless digital picture frames and digital signage displays, announced a strategic relationship with Microsoft Corp. to offer support for Windows Live FrameIt on their custom frames and displays. Using one consistent interface, customers can now combine photos, news, and information from a variety of sources and not have to worry about the ever changing complexity behind the scenes. All PhotoVu frames shipped over the last five years will be eligible to download this new software upgrade.

“We are pleased to offer our customers this exciting new capability by enabling Windows Live FrameIt integration for their frames and signs,” said Robert Jordan, partner, PhotoVu. “As one of the first digital frame companies to use RSS for photos, we predicted even more compelling uses as the market matured. With FrameIt, Microsoft has delivered and taken this to the next level by integrating not only people’s photos but ‘images as information’.”

“PhotoVu’s support for Windows Live FrameIt will provide another great solution for Windows Live customers who want easy access to their photos and information,” said Brian Hall, general manager of Windows Live at Microsoft. “We’re thrilled that PhotoVu will provide innovative digital frames to Windows Live FrameIt users.”

PhotoVu Key Supporting FrameIt Features

• PhotoVu AutoFeed™ configuration allows customers to setup FrameIt on a USB flash drive then send it to another PhotoVu user. Once the drive is inserted, it starts to work immediately with no additional configuration.
• PhotoVu SmartSync™ support syncs with online photos and information. If images are added or deleted, the changes will be reflected on the next FrameIt update.
• Set times to play the FrameIt content using the PhotoVu scheduling feature.
• Automatic image sizing using PhotoVu SmartResize™ to optimize each photo, without distortion, for full screen display.
• PhotoVu Real-Time Vu™ allows customers to see new photos right after the FrameIt content is sync’ed. Great for weather or breaking news!

About PhotoVu Wireless Digital Picture Frames and Digital Signs

PhotoVu™ is the premium “made in the USA” manufacturer and software developer of customized wireless digital picture frames and digital signage displays. Consumers can display thousands of digital photos on any Windows or Apple® (Mac®) computer, and an endless variety of public content from RSS enabled photo sharing portals, including: .Mac, Flickr™, FrameChannel, Photobucket, Picasa™ Web Albums, SmugMug, Webshots, and Windows Live FrameIt. Business and advertisers can also display locally targeted digital signage advertising content from an expanding array of “out-of-home” local networks across the US.

Remember, too, that with PhotoVu wireless digital picture frames, you have all kinds of color, style, and material options!