When deciding on which digital photo picture frame to buy there are many different features of these products that you have to consider. Do you want a 7″ digital frame or are you after an electronic picture frame that is much larger, say 10″ or even 19″ ?
The major product features and options you need to check are explained here to help you. You should consider them all as there are many different facilities than can come bundled with these electronic devices and it makes sens to understand all the photoframe terminology when you do your research and before you buy.
When you read the list below decide which are the most important features to you. You could even print out this page and use it as a check list when you are looking at potential digital photo frame options.
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Not every digital photo picture frame is made equal! There are a very large number of different frames now on the market, which makes it very difficult to know what is actually available and even more difficult when it comes to choosing one.
Fortunately digital photo frames continue to drop in price because of increased popularity and reduced manufacturing costs. But that does not making finding what you want any easier.
One important factor to realize is that every electronic picture frame is different and often in several ways. Many will have the more advanced features while others may be quite basic, especially the cheaper ones!
All the different digital frames do not provide the same functionality or the same quality and as with any electronic product, especially something which uses a new technology, it always makes sense to try and understand a little about what is actually available before starting your search to buy one.
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A digital photo picture frame, despite the fact that it looks very much like on ordinary picture frame, is in fact just an electronic device powered by a very simple computer.
The electronics inside each digital photo display is very similar to that found inside your home computer whether it is a laptop or desktop pc.
However, because of the much simpler tasks it has to perform when displaying digital photos it can be much smaller and has been miniaturized to fit inside the frame around or behind the digital display.
The actual display on which you can see the photos is also very similar to the screen on your own home computer, but constructed on a smaller scale to fit within the frame.
There are several different ways and methods for uploading and a lot of what you need to do will depend on where you are trying to get your image files from. This could be from your own computer, from your digital camera, from a memory card or USB stick that someone has provided you with as well as other ways too. Here we will focus on the main methods that most of us will use with a electronic picture frame - it’s all pretty easy stuff!
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With the vast number of different types, colors, sizes and options currently available on a digital photo picture frame it can be difficult to know where to start in your online search for your digital frame of choice.
A great way to start off is to look at what is currently selling well as this will give you a head start. Many other purchasers will have already searched the market and by consensus will have picked up on what is a good product and a good deal.
Value for money is always at the top of everyone’s list of priorities when buying and you can therefore benefit from all the research that they have already done.
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Today most us know how to take photos with our digital camera and email them to our friends or share them on Myspace or Flickr, but there are still many of us who don’t own and actually do not want anything to do with a computer and who certainly know nothing about web sites and the internet other than the fact that they exist. Now with a Digital Photo Picture Frame anyone can view and share their own photos or those of their friends and relatives without the need for a personal computer of any kind.
Loading Your Photos is Really Easy!
Digital photos can now just go straight from the camera to a digital photo frame to be viewed by anyone.
All you need to do is take the memory card out of the camera, insert it into the electronic picture frame, press a couple of buttons and there they are – so easy!
This is just so easy that even those that have no computer skills whatsoever can quickly master this simple task to display their photos on one of these new electronic photo displays.
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Quick Definition of “What is a Digital Photo Frame”
A Digital Photo Frame is the modern day version of a standard picture frame but is different in that it displays digital images of your photos.
The frame itself is similar to a normal picture frame but in the middle is a viewing screen. This is usually an LCD screen which can display digital photo images
With these electronic picture frames you as the photographer or owner can choose to display your images in a slideshow so that the digital photo you see changes after a certain period of time automatically.
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| Digital Spectrum Elite 7" Digital Photo Frame |
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| Manufacturer: Digital Spectrum |
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| List Price: $79.99 |
| Sale Price: $50.93 |
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Product Description |
| The NuTouch sports a high resolution, bright 7¿ TFT screen that displays digital photos in vivid color. Set up as a slide show and play directly from a memory card. Includes a bonus audio slideshow function, so you can listen to music while a slideshow is playing. Equipped with 128MB of internal memory and a 5-in-1 card reader, there is no limited to how many pictures you can take with you. Navigation and management is a snap using the touch sensor array which illuminates when touched for easy use and disappears while a slideshow is playing. The NuTouch accepts CF/SD/XD/MMC/MS cards for maximum compatibility with major digital cameras. The unit is light, portable and easy to use. A great companion to your digital camera and an excellent way of showing off your pictures to family and friends. |
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Product Details |
- 7.0 ¿ Digital TFT LCD Display 720x480 with LED Backlight
- Built-in Battery ¿ up to 2 hours battery life
- Illuminated Single Bar Touch Sensitive Navigation
- 128MB memory, 3:2 Aspect ratio, 5-in-1 card reader for CF, SD, XD, MMC & MS Memory Cards
- Built-in speakers, USB, clock/calendar
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| Review Date: March 4, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Daniel Weber, Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil |
Product is great. Design is interesting, and pictures quality very good.
The only problem is battery, so the device must be kept always plugged. Anyway, keep it close to one. If you are interested, go ahead. Daniel. |
Good Choice If You Want A Small, Hi-Res Digital Frame
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| Review Date: January 2, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Jarrett Gorin, Santa Barbara, CA |
After being dissapointed with my first digital photo frame experience, I did a bunch of research and decided to try out this frame.
I own the version that is called Nu-Touch, but it is this same frame, and even the owner's manual says "Elite" on it. Also, to preface this review, I am a serious photographer with a VERY critical eye for color and sharpness, so it is possible I would notice flaws that would not bother a "typical" user.
After about a week and a half of using the frame, I can say that it is a very good product. The 720 x 480 resolution on such a small screen, means that the gradients and transitions are so fine/smooth, that the images look very close to prints. Additionally, the LCD screen has very good brightness and contrast, and renders colors accurately, with NO perceptible flicker from screen refresh..... it is literally rock stable. There is also what appears to be perfectly uniform backlight brightness from edge to edge on the screen. Finally, at least in my case, I did not see a single dead or stuck pixel on the entire frame, which seems remarkable given my past experience with LCD screens in other applications (PC monitors etc.)
The display screen has an anti-reflective coating that is extremely effective. This frame is positioned under a tabletop lamp on my desk at work, and while there are a few small reflections of the bulb off the gloss-black frame, there are NO reflections on the image itself. This was a very nice surprise. The photos end up looking like good-quality matte finish prints, and this is aesthetically appealing in my opinion.
The user interface is simple to navigate, and I was able to figure out all aspects of setup without ever referring to the manual. The onscreen menu graphics are very refined as well, and this is a nice touch that makes the product a pleasure to use. If you do need the manual, it is concise and provides all required info to set up and use this frame.
I like the fact that the frame has a built-in Li-Ion battery, which allows you to unplug it and move it wherever you want while you are adding photos, working with settings etc. You can unplug it and hold it in front of you like a book, making it very easy to navigate with your thumbs using the cool "soft-keys" that light up a neat-looking blue while in use, but which disappear completely when the frame is left alone to display images. One added benefit of having no "hard buttons" is that the frame can be rotated 90 degrees to display "portrait" orientation images, and it will not look weird (i.e. with a bunch of visible buttons in a strange place).
The built-in memory should be able to store a large number of images that are sized to the screen's resolution of 720 x 480.
In general, the build-quality is excellent, including a nice and heavy metal desk stand that keeps the frame planted firmly in place.
The only negative I can think of about the frame, and it is a minor one, is that the gloss-black finish of the frame itself is prone to showing fingerprints. This is an issue since you have to touch this part of the frame when you are making adustments to settings etc. So keep some good-quality plexiglass cleaner around to use on your frame post-tweak to ensure that it looks its best. For daily use (i.e. turning on in the morning and off at night) this would not be an issue, since the power switch is on the back of the frame.
Also, the only reason I gave this product 4 stars instead of 5 is that I think the manufacturer should have written into the firmware the ability to set an automatic startup and shut off time for the frame. This would be very easy to do, and would have made this pretty much a perfect product in my opinion. Since the firmware that runs this frame, and apparently other frames by Digital Spectrum, appears to be user-updatable via downloads from the manufacturer website, perhaps this feature could be added in a future firmware update?
I only use this product for displaying still photos. I have not used, nor do I intend to use, the sound or video playback functions of this product, so I can't speak to those.
Bottom Line: If you are looking for a small-format digital picture frame, this one should be at the top of your list. |
Good image quality, so-so functionality
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| Review Date: July 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: CindyH, San Francisco, CA USA |
Wasn't thrilled with this product. Purchased this as a gift, and almost didn't give it to them because it didn't work as expected. The image quality is great, but it was a little tricky to get the LED "buttons" to work. Also, the battery is only good for about 30 minutes, so you'd still have to plug it in.
I loaded jpgs and an mp3 into a MicroSD card (with adapter) for the slide show feature, but found that:
1. The unit isn't very Mac friendly (had to delete the extra files on my cell phone, as there was no way to delete them directly on the unit from the MicroSD).
2. Couldn't get the timing right. Presets are 5sec, 30sec, 4hrs, 12hrs, 1day, 1week, and I needed it to be 3 secs.
3. When set to 5sec, it didn't switch very consistently (some went for 5 secs, some for 10 or somewhere in between), so it was impossible to get the music synced with the photos.
4. Speakers weren't very loud (but what you COULD hear was pretty high quality sound).
5. No auto-rotate feature, but no biggie--I Photoshopped all the photos anyway. It does have auto-fit, but the manual kinda implied that you'd have to copy the image to the 128mb internal memory.
And one other big bad:
I had to wear cotton photographer's film-handling gloves to operate this unit. Picks up fingerprints like crazy, and when I rubbed a smudge off with my bare thumb, I actually scratched the finish (come on, my skin isn't THAT dry!). But they do give you a cleaning cloth.
But, if you're not concerned about having the music synced to the photos in Slide Show, it does the job. I guess it's a plus that it even does that at all, and with decent quality. It also has a calendar and clock that you can display over a photo, so at the very least, it would be a cool clock/calendar on someone's desk.
Foolishly got this on eBay for $50, from a guy that didn't take returns. Otherwise, it would've gone back, even at that price. Scrolled down a little further and saw a reconditioned 8" Kodak for $10 more that might've worked better, but had already hit the "Buy Now" button on this one. Oh well...live and learn. |
Good Picture, Buggy Software
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| Review Date: December 24, 2007 |
| Reviewer: T. Tolentino, New York, NY United States |
Purchased the frame for my Father in Law. I had issues with some of the Jpegs after loading them onto the frames. Some of the photos would get a Decompression error or something like that. It would then freeze. You would not be able to advance to the next photo either manually, through the slide show, of if you were just going through the slideshow setting. They were random photos.
I've tried various way of uploading photos to the frame. For example, plugging it directly to both a Mac (OS X - Tiger) or a PC (Windows Vista Ultimate) and using a new 2 gig SD card.
After spending a few hours troubleshooting, I figured out that I had to save the photos directly on to the card instead of just copying. Since I wanted to add more photos to the 2 gig SD card. I would open them Using the windows picture viewer, change something slightly , and then save over it.
I didn't like using the mac because the ".DS_Store file and ._ files" show up (for those pc users they are the extra attribute files that Unix and Linux systems produce).
Tom |
It's not 7" and it's not 2 hr battery life
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| Review Date: July 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: CHARLES HUNG, Jacksonville, FL, US |
| I expected the frame is much more bigger and the diagonal screen size is only 6-1/2". It is smaller than a 4 X 6 photo;also, the manual indicates the battery life is only 30 minutes and not 2 hrs. A little bit disappointed since the price was attractive; I brought it for only $35.11 plus free shipping! |
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