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To: Ausdauer who wrote (26985)	11/22/2004 2:25:21 AM
From: NHP	Read Replies (1) of 60323

Aus, I give the SPA a rating of 9.5 out of 10. A deduction of .5 was given because the USB is version 1.1. SanDisk must have improved on the Digital Photo Viewer that you purchased earlier this year. I am really happy with it's successor, the new SanDisk Photo Album (SPA)). As I said before, I connected the composite output of my SPA directly into my InFocus X2 projector; so the projector might partly account for the good results I am getting. I had the device up and running after just glancing at the instructions. The control buttons on the Remote Control are arranged similarly to the ones on the Remote Control for my DVD player, so there was not a whole lot to learn about it. The first thing I projected was some copies of old B&W photographs that were scanned at 300 dpi and saved on a SanDisk CF card. I was pleased with the quality of the projected image, especially when considering the resolution was just 640 x 480. When the SPA is turned on, a page of 9 thumbnails appears. The user then brackets and clicks on the thumbnail he wants displayed. This much is straightforward. At this point I was really disappointed that it took so long for the thumbnails to appear. I was thinking, "this won't do". Then it dawned on me that a 640 x 480 photo doesn't need the large file size that is the result of the scanning at 300 dpi. If file size could be reduced, maybe the SPA would become peppier. The instructions say that a 2nd CF card is required to convert files to an optimum size for a standard TV set. When I used the converted files that were stored on the 2nd card in the rear of the SPA, everything loaded quickly. More to come. NHP

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