Good value LCD frame, 12 Nov 2010

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Paul S. Ell (NI, UK) – See all my reviews

  

  

  

This is an excellent LCD frame from a major manufacturer. It has a number of features that certainly a year ago would have been regarded as high-end options. Plus points are:

1. Inbuilt memory so you don’t have to buy a memory card (but note storage space is limited)

2. A USB/multi memory card slot so if you do want to load more photos onto the frame you’ve a lot of options on how to do it

3. A remote control to turn the frame on and off and select menu options

4. An in built timer so you can set the frame to come on and turn off at set times

5. A wide variety of slid show options so you can view pictures in a variety of ways and chose how the pictures change

6. Auto-orientation so the frame automatically displays photos on landscape or portrait

And finally the picture is pretty good as well. Good colours, good resolution and a fairly bright display. At the price an excellent Sony product.

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Great and simple, 12 Nov 2010

After hankering after a digital photo frame for a while I stumbled across this one on special offer – not a lot off, but worth a try! Anyway, it arrived and my first impression was how smart it looked with it’s piano black finish and slimline depth. Plugging it in and inserting the SD card straight out of my camera was the next step and “bingo”… a very clear image appeared on the screen, and I mean very clear, stayed for almost 10 seconds before the next image appeared. Clearly the default setting was a slideshow and after pushing a few buttons on the remote control handset (supplied) I was straight in to ‘navigating’ around the menu with great ease – it was so logically simple – rotating images, pausing the slideshow, scrolling through the images, you name it! The same can be done from the back of the picture frame which I think is useful if you lose, break or can’t be bothered with the remote. Another thing I like about this frame is that if you rotate the unit from ‘landscape’ to ‘portrait’, a sensor inside realises you’ve done this and rotates your image accordingly. The other ‘little’ nice touch is the small SONY logo that appears at the bottom of the picture frame… a tad ‘anal’ I know, but quirky and, in my opinion, doesn’t look too intrusive or cheesy.

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Good features but poor picture quality, 27 Nov 2010

The frame comes with lots of features such as, a remote control, lots of display settings, and an orientation sensor. However, I found the picture quality was much poorer than I’d expected. Also, it’s worth knowing that if you want to link to a computer it appears you need to buy your own USB cable.

I’ve decided to send it back and order a Kodak EasyShare P725 7 inch high-resolution Digital Photo Frame, with 4000 image storage capacity – Black which Amazon are currently selling for a few pence less (as at 27/11/10). The Kodak frame has fewer features but a higher resolution so in theory should provide a better picture quality. Hope this help!

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