Coby DP702 7-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame (Woodgrain) by Coby
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Digital camera reviews of Coby DP702 7-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame (Woodgrain)
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Summary: 4 Stars
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What's this?)
I purchased the Phillips 10" (9.4" diagonal) version several years ago for a whopping $230. I was and am extremly satisfied with it. It is user friendly and the photo quality is very good. The screen is quite bright which really helps bring the uploaded photos to life. The size is also great-you can see it well from across the room as it sits on top of a side table. I see now the cost has come down to $113. Ok, now on to this Coby version which I got as a Vine Review customer. Since other people have left good descriptive reviews I will try to keep mine brief and to the point. I think this frame is pretty good and is a reasonable offer at only $44. It is not as user friendly or intuitive as the Phillips is and the picture quality is definitely no where near as good as my 3 yr old Phillips is. I think the Coby picture quality is a bit dark and definitely pixilated (grainy). I also like the bigger screen size of our old Phillips. So I really think that you need to decide what your budget is and what quality you're wanting or willing to accept. The Coby frame is attractive and functions ok, the picture quality is ok at best, but the cost is quite affordable. The Phillips is brighter and much clearer, it is more intuitive in function, but my larger version costs 2 1/2 times what this Coby costs. A similarly sized (7") Phillips costs almost twice what this 7" Coby costs. I very highly recommend the digital frame format with digital photgraphy technology. I haven't had any photos developed onto paper in years-the last time I used a traditional photo album book was over five years ago. It's really nice to have a set of varying photos to look at. Memory cards are so inexpensive now-a-days that it's really not an issue to not have built in memory. Just remember to catalog your photos on hard disks as back up storage so you don't loose precious photo memories.Digital camera Review: Horrible picture frame
Summary: 1 Stars
This frame might be inexpensive but it's still not worth it. The most important thing with a digital picture frame is the picture quality. This frame's quality is horrible, it's like you're looking at pixelated caricatures of real people. This may sound harsh but for any photo where the lighting is perfect, this frame makes it look as though someone hand drew it (badly) with colored pencils. Another issue is that the controls are backwards, left is right and right is left for navigation.
DO NOT BUY
Digital camera Review: Horrible picture quality
Summary: 1 Stars
The horrible picture quality on this unit makes it unusable. It hurts my eyes to look at it. I bought a GiiNii 7" from Walmart for about the same price, and the picture quality is much better.Digital camera Review: Horrible quality
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought the frame as a gift to my parents, they enjoyed for about two weeks and then the screen went blank. I called customer service and they wanted the original purchase receipt which I could not find. Anyways, they refused to do an exhchange. Also, I did not like the quality of the picture provided. For this price, I think, one should look for a better product. Hope it helps someone in determining their choice of buying a digital photoframe. Don't go with COBY!!!!Digital camera Review: I have mixed feelings about this digital picture frame
Summary: 3 Stars
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What's this?)
Overall it's a really cool concept. The main problem I had with it was that some of my photos appeared dark on the screen no matter how I adjusted the contrast and brightness settings. You need to plug it in to use it. The frame is made of average quality wood construction. Just about the same as the average picture frames that you buy in the big box stores. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate the picture quality a 5 or 6. The box says it has a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9.
Our little video clips played well, but again, the picture was darker than if I were playing the exact same video clip on my laptop or TV. I guess the real problem (if you want to call it a problem) I have with this item is that it's rather redundant. We already have ways of displaying all of this same detail on our computers and televisions. The only real advantage is that it is very quick to turn on and start using immediately. I plugged my SD memory card directly into the side slot, and away we went. The menus are easy to use and understand, and it even comes with a very user-friendly remote control. For ease of use, I would give this item an 8 or 9 on a scale of 1 to 10.
This frame connects to a USB connection so that you can plug it into your computer. Built-in memory comes with Model DP701-1G ONLY. The device I tested does not come with the built-in memory.
This is not something I would picture myself using everyday. It's more something that I could picture using at parties, weddings or showers to display photos relevant to the event using the slideshow mode.
I did not test the music mode, but the sound quality on our video clips was very good considering the size of the frame (7" wide screen), etc.
It has a kickstand to hold it up which seems to work fine.