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Do you remember when digital photo devices were all the rage?

You would load your pics onto them and they'd act like a framed photo that kept changing.. You don't see those any more.. and I wonder what happened to them.. why didn't they work out>? 

Posted - October 16, 2018

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  • 6023
    My family and friends still use them.

    In fact, one friend has a unit that connects to the internet - and their scattered family can upload photos of the grandkids and great-grandkids, from anywhere in the world.
      October 16, 2018 3:00 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    no, i dont rennennber that
      October 16, 2018 3:39 PM MDT
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  • 10449
    I've got one out in my shed.  My sister had given it to my mom for christmas when they first came out.  However, mom didn't like it.  She prefered seeing all her progeny at the same time.  Plus she liked to keep their earlier photos behind the most recent one in the frame (who knows why).  So she conveniently "misplaced" the device.
      October 16, 2018 4:34 PM MDT
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  • 4631
    People are buying TV aps now.
    When the TV is "off" it runs your favourite sequence of photos or filmic wall-paper.
    It could be your last holiday snaps, your kids in all phases of growing up, or a film of goldfish looping around in a tank, or anything you choose, ad infinatum, to replace the black screen.
      October 17, 2018 12:06 AM MDT
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  • 44175
    I remember them, but they weren't 'all the rage'. Most of my favorite photos are in a shoe box and in an album.
      October 17, 2018 8:09 AM MDT
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  • 4631
    None on your computer that you could post into an aM album?
      October 22, 2018 1:27 AM MDT
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  • 44175
    I don't know how to put photos into my computer. I've never had the need to do so. This post was edited by Element 99 at October 22, 2018 7:07 AM MDT
      October 22, 2018 7:07 AM MDT
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  • 5808
    haha
    have never ever seen one..
      October 18, 2018 8:56 AM MDT
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  • 4631
    I still prefer a digital camera and a range of lenses depending on the distance of the subject.
    Snapshots from a phone are okay for practical purposes, but the lenses tend to create all kinds of distortion of proportions, and there's no way of controlling focal length or aperture.
      October 18, 2018 7:58 PM MDT
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  • 2217
    It's getting harder to find places to develop your films. 
      October 19, 2018 5:44 AM MDT
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  • 4631
    True.
    For enthusiasts with their own dark-rooms, the chemicals and papers are getting more expensive and now have to be bought online.
      October 22, 2018 7:38 PM MDT
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