Philips 5.6-Inch Digital Photo Frame (White) by Philips Consumer Electronics
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Digital camera reviews of Philips 5.6-Inch Digital Photo Frame (White)
Digital camera Review: wasted hours
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this frame for my mother since we seldom get to visit with our kids. I thought I'd load up about a year's worth of top shots - maybe 80 pix. For no good reason, it won't load from before last october. Same camera, same resolution, same computer. No first school day, no new pool pics, no Harry Potter release party. I am very disappointed.
It loses pics and then gets tempermental and now won't even run a slideshow after I tried again SEVERAL times to load a couple of different albums hoping to give it less pix to deal with at a time.
I feel ripped off even though I purchased it for a very low price. It isn't even worth the discounted price. I have been working on it last night for 2 hours and today for 2 1/2.
It would have been less time and energy and maybe even dollars to download some pics and print them out and put them in regular frames and mail them.
Don't buy it.
Digital camera Review: philips is the best
Summary: 5 Stars
Philips 5.6 digital photo frame has high quality pictures, sliding show is magnifisent. I compare with Kodak 7" frame and 5 stars go to Philips!ElDigital camera Review: Excellent buy
Summary: 5 Stars
This frame is a great buy. It has a very nice screen with high resolution and good color definition. I would highly recommend it.Digital camera Review: Philips 5.6 inch LCD Photo Frame - Great Starter Frame at a Decent Price
Summary: 4 Stars
The Philips 5.6-Inch Digital Photo Frame (White) is a great value in a relative sense when it comes to the expensive digital frame market. The features are somewhat limited, but the relatively lower price is bound to entice a lot of buyers. I actually prefer the Philips 7-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame (Black) because of the black frame, slightly larger screen, and USB flash drive compatibility. But if you need a basic starter frame at a low price, this is it.
Pros
+ Great advanced menu functions allow you to control your slideshow
+ Very nice variety of slide-show transitions and collage options
+ Nice memory card slot allows you to connect up a variety of memory cards
+ Memory card slots for Compact Flash I (CF), SD Card, Multi Media Cards (MMC), MiniSD, Memory Stick (MS), and XD Picture Card
+ Convenient timer option turns PhotoFrame on and off at the hours you select
+ USB connection to your computer (to manage the internal memory),
+ Play slideshows, single photo, thumbnails or show clock
+ Nice looking frame design
+ Adequate 32 MB internal memory
+ 640X480 display for nice sharpness
+ Price is right for an entry frame ($50 range)
Cons
- Pictures must be JPEG and work best when in native picture format
- Photos edited in certain software WILL NOT work, even when saved as JPEGs
- JPEG support limited to 16 megapixel and 10MBs files
- The white frame isn't as attractive as the black one on the 7 inch model
- No video playback
- Lacks MP3 music playback for slideshows
- No USB port for flash drives
- Competing alternatives from Sony natively support other image formats (RAW, TIFF, BMP)
- Phillips quality control has been declining; definitely test this within your return period
- Many newer alternatives coming to market which use less power than LCD
The frame comes with a quick reference manual and Windows and Mac software on the included CD. The CD also contains Windows compatible picture manager software. For a full PDF manual you will have to go to the website. There's some kind of menu driven help manual on the CD as well.
But the truth is you don't need a manual really. The built-in menu is really well designed. Not all the settings are on the first screen, but with some searching you can set up almost everything you need.
The frame is listed at a display ratio of 4:3. This means it's compatible with most standard camera formats, including my Nikon and almost all handheld Canon models. Those with wide-format digital cameras will want to look for one of the many widescreen frames to save the step of reformatting.
The optional clock display is another nice extra that makes this frame versatile. This somewhat makes up for the lack of MP3 playback.
The frame also has automatic orientation detection as an option, which rotates pictures from portrait to landscape. There are also collage and thumbnail view options.
This guy doesn't have the native image format support of some of the newer (and much more expensive) frames from Sony. And I'm very nervous about Phillips spotty quality record of late. So far so good. But definitely put this through the paces before your return period expires.
Overall this is a good product at the right price. Hopefully prices will come down over time.
This unit is worth a look.
Enjoy!
Digital camera Review: AWESOME
Summary: 4 Stars
Works great. This is my second frame and the clarity is by far the best that I have seen so far.