Coby DP-812 8.5-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame with MP3 Player by Coby
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Digital camera reviews of Coby DP-812 8.5-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame with MP3 Player
Digital camera Review: Coby DP-812
Summary: 4 Stars
It's okay. Let me just start with that. I consider myself fairly good at doing pretty extensive research, reading all the reviews and all that, but I had a hard time picking a digital frame. The most important thing to me was price. I had a very limited budget ($100 or so). I found that unless you spend a LOT (like $200+) all the frames are pretty much mediocre at best. I was buying this for my grandparents and wanted to get them something that they could see. 6.5" frames are TINY, imagine trying to see people's faces in them when you're 90 years old. This one was decent sized (not big, but 5x7ish). The picture isn't great, but it's okay. Again, in this price range, it seems to be pretty average. It's definitely not like looking at pictures on your brand new LCD computer monitor, but it will do. I guess my point is, this will do the job but it's not perfect. The color and resolution are so-so, but at the same time, my grandparents will love it.
Bottom line, depending on who it's for, I would recommend it.
Digital camera Review: Easy
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this frame easy to set up and use.I like that it plays music and runs a slideshow at the same time.My pictures look great!------I'm adding to this review because my frame stopped working after only 9 months.You only get 90 days to return frame. If you ask me now I'd say it's a piece of junk and not worth the money. It is my first and last Coby product!!!Digital camera Review: Great frame, nice price, works well
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought one of these and liked it so much, I ordered two more as gifts.
Elsewhere on Amazon is an 8-inch version with lots of reviewers commenting on the aspect ratio, pixel size, etc. I tested my unit with photos I resampled, cropped or left untouched. They all displayed fine. Coby has either improved its algorithm, the other reviewers did not read the manual carefully, or Coby has corrected or improved the product since the reviews were posted. The reviews are worth reading, though, since there are so few here.
Just to get more photos on an SD card, I used some free photo editing software to batch resize the photos to a max width of 800. They display just as nicely as the full-sized photos. I tested various various sizes, and below 800 the quality falls off.
BTW, the unit can be switched from 9x16 to 3x4 ratio.
Digital camera Review: Great product
Summary: 4 Stars
We purchased this product for my inlaws, when we received it we found that the 1 gig SD SecureDigital Flash Card that we were suppose to get by adding the product code was not in the box.
We did go and buy a card for the frame, you will want to get one. We filled it with pictures of our children and our grand kids so the my inlaws would have the pictures to brag with.
After getting the product and filling the card and sending it to the grandparents my wife and I went and got another one for us. The one we got for us had a card with it.
It is a very nice product.
Digital camera Review: Horrible picture quality, get a smaller frame, don't be fooled
Summary: 1 Stars
The frame has the usual resolution on it for digital picture frames, but since this is a larger frame the resolution was never increased! I got this as a gift for my girlfriend and the pictures she put in are fully pixelated and look decent at best from at least 10 feet away. People in the pictures have single pixels for their eyes and facial expressions from pictures that aren't closeups are totally unrecognizeable. Amazon did a great job when i bought this frame with shipping and all, but the product itself from Coby was awful. Don't get suckered in by the low price for a large frame, get a smaller frame with the same or better resolution and you will be FAR happier.