Need SD/SDHC card advice.

[CrankyBastard]

I have scanned about 2000 old colour slides and saved them in iPhoto on a Mac, cleaned them, adjusted exposure, saturation levels, and so on, cropped them to 16X9 HD. Viewed on the 'puter, they look great.
I want them to be viewed on a four year old Panasonic Viera wide angle TV in Enland (specs unknown) though I do know that it has an SD card slot.
I've tried burning them on DVD but, the quality was less than expected.
I was wondering if I transferred them to an SD card, would the quality be any better? What class of card 2? 4? 6? 10? And would I need to format it first. I wouldn't be transferring via a camera, but through a card reader instead.
Don't know much about setting up the card, hierarchy, folders etc.
Any advice greatly appreciated.

[Hammer]

Cranky,

First I think you'll need to know what SD card format the Panasonic requires.
If it's a standard format like FAT32 it should be easy, but if it's some sort of weird proprietary Panasonic format it might be a bit more tricky. Since you're just viewing still images I'll guess that a plain old class 2 speed rating should be sufficient. But you should probably check the Panasonic owner's manual if possible (get the model no. and try a web search).

[CrankyBastard]

Thanks Hammer, I'll try to find more info about the TV.

[Hammer]

And, is the TV even capable of displaying still image files from an SD card? What image format? (I'll assume jpg, but you never know).

[Gaspard de Coligny]

Cranky,

First I think you'll need to know what SD card format the Panasonic requires.
If it's a standard format like FAT32 it should be easy, but if it's some sort of weird proprietary Panasonic format it might be a bit more tricky. Since you're just viewing still images I'll guess that a plain old class 2 speed rating should be sufficient. But you should probably check the Panasonic owner's manual if possible (get the model no. and try a web search).

Buy dirst cheap sd card, put into TV, tell TV to format the card, use card in computer. Telly certainly run linux kernel, avoid gif, try jpg, tiff, png.

[Hammer]

Buy dirst cheap sd card, put into TV, tell TV to format the card, use card in computer. Telly certainly run linux kernel, avoid gif, try jpg, tiff, png.

The TV is in England (always read the fine print). Owner of said TV might be older than Cranky.

But yeah, one option is to have said TV owner buy a card in England, format it in the TV (if the TV is capable of doing that ... still have to find out), and send it to Cranky, who loads the pics onto it and sends it back.

I think I like my version better.

[CrankyBastard]

Problem is, the tv is in my flat in the UK.
I use the place only for a few weeks a year.
I bought the tv about four years ago. I can only remember that it's a Panasonic Viera 32" lcd.
Following Hammer's advice, it would seem that all Panasonic 32" Viera models since 2007 are SD card compatible.
just don't know my particular model number in order to cross check on this page I found.

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/s ... /tv_l.html

I think I'll go ahead and buy a 4GB Class 6 SDHC and hope for the best.

[CrankyBastard]

To put you in the picture (pun!) and to add irrelevant info.
The slides are of a large deep sea freighter and it's history from laying down keel in 1964 to the breakers yard in 1985.
I'm hosting a seafare's reunion for the deck and engine dept of the ship in the UK this summer. It being the London Olympic year, the members will be gathering in UK to celebrate both the reunion and enjoy the sports. It will probably be the last chance for everyone to get together (Yes, we all slept in cradles lined with straw!) Really would like to get this project done.

[Russell]

Your TV is likely capable of reading SD cards, but it is unsure whether SDHC cards are readable.

Computers and other products purchased before 2008 may not be SDHC compatible. Computers and other products purchased before 2007 are not SDHC compatible. If the card reader slot on your computer does not have the SDHC logo, it is most likely not SDHC compatible and will only read cards up to 2GB capacity.

Link.

So, if you want to be safe, buy enough 2GB SD cards to hold all your pics.

Don't know about any specific Panasonic formatting, but in any case it may be worthwhile to bring a notebook computer, so that you can write the cards on the spot after formatting them on the TV.

[CrankyBastard]

Thanks Russel, great info.

[Hammer]

Oh ... if you're going to be there yourself, why not just take a laptop with the pics loaded on it (with the appropriate video adaptor) and plug it straight into the TV's video or HDMI inputs?

[CrankyBastard]

Oh ... if you're going to be there yourself, why not just take a laptop with the pics loaded on it (with the appropriate video adaptor) and plug it straight into the TV's video or HDMI inputs?

Good idea, but I'm already going to be loaded down with an iPad, and I was thinking if the SD card works, I could hand out pre-loaded cards to the guys to take home. Which has got me thinking about USB flash now, too.

[Hammer]

Oh ... if you're going to be there yourself, why not just take a laptop with the pics loaded on it (with the appropriate video adaptor) and plug it straight into the TV's video or HDMI inputs?

Good idea, but I'm already going to be loaded down with an iPad, and I was thinking if the SD card works, I could hand out pre-loaded cards to the guys to take home. Which has got me thinking about USB flash now, too.

Loaded down with an iPad!?!?
Apple sells an adaptor that'll let you connect the iPad to a TV.

Of course you can't hand out your iPad.

[CrankyBastard]

OK, Hammer!!!
Gonna get the adapter and a 2 meter cable for the iPad to give a show..
I'll load up a bunch of usb flash cards with the pics to hand out.
Problem solved. Many thanks to you guys for the invaluable input.

[Hammer]

Problem solved. Many thanks to you guys for the invaluable input.

Well I'll be ...

The Café has actually been useful for something.

[Gaspard de Coligny]

One important thing to remember, when plugged for video out the Idevices tend to drain their batteries like beeyotches. I used an Ipod link to a battery powered laser microprojector and the Ipod battery was lasting less than an hour. and needed replacement after 10 session... So if you can find, use an output wire that include USB plug for powering the IPad during the presentashiun... And if yourr are not jailbroken, only buy brand name stuff...

[CrankyBastard]

Thanks GdeC, according to the fapple store; "A second 30-pin connector built into the AV adapter lets you charge and sync your device while it’s connected to your HDMI-compatible display." so I should be good to go.