Philips 7-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame (Black) by Philips Consumer Electronics
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Digital camera reviews of Philips 7-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame (Black)
Digital camera Review: Good unit for what you pay
Summary: 4 Stars
This digital frame is a good value for the price. It connects to the computer so you can download directly from your picture library - not always obvious in the less expensive models, and a must for anyone who wants to make a slide show. The frame has a good build quality, and some nice software for displaying std format photos. The picture is so so, given the mediocre resolution, but has good color. So, if you're not picky about the resolution, but want an easy unit to use, and that has good color quality, then this is your unit. If you are a picky person, and want fine resolution, you'll need to spring for a much more expensive unit. All in all, this is a good unit, with good color, and a nice build quality. 95% of the people will not be disappointed.Digital camera Review: Good value for the money
Summary: 4 Stars
Overall this is one of the best values out there. Here's what I liked about it:
- Looks elegant and the frame is not too wide like some other products.
- One of the lowest cost brand name photo frames
- Good variety of transitions (or use none if you want)
- Good variety of time choices to display photos (I prefer one minute)
- Several types of memory accepted
- Has built in auto on/off time, optionally works as an alarm clock, and if desired you can display the time with your photos.
- Uses very little power
What I didn't like:
- The picture looked about as good as any other brand but the quality doesn't compare to prints in frames in terms of color or sharpness. I think over time these digital photo frames will improve.
- The image is too cool and too high in contrast for my liking. I lowered the brightness of the frame in the setup menu. I also made a copy of my images in the computer, and added magenta and red and lowered the contrast and resized them down to 234 pixels high using a photo editing program. That really improved the look and lets me put thousands of photos on one memory card.
- My digital cameras don't shoot 16x9 format so the image doesn't fill the frame unless you set the option to fill the frame (stretch). I prefer images that are not stretched. It's better to make a 16x9 crop using a photo editing program or just be content that the image may not fill the full width of the picture frame. You have the option to display various colors (including black) to take up the unused space in the frame
- It's awkward to have the control buttons on the back but since I don't plan to mess with it that often it looks better than to have them on the front.
- I wish it displayed the date using various date options instead of just the Asian standard (day-month-year using only numbers)
Overall I'd recommend this item and think it is a good value. If you want to actively show slideshows to people and want to go through various folders of pictures etc. then you might look at the frames that have remote control instead.
Digital camera Review: Good value for the money
Summary: 4 Stars
Pros:
- Elegant frame
- USB connection to your computer
- One of the lowest cost branded photo frames
- Good variety of transitions and time choices to display photos
- Several types of memory accepted
- Has built in auto on/off time
- Uses very little power
Cons:
- The screen is 16:9
- Pictures must be JPEG
- had to resize the photos down to 234 pixels high using a photo editing program to improve the look
- Lacks MP3 music playback
Overall I'd recommend this item and think it is a good value for money.
Digital camera Review: Good, not great.
Summary: 4 Stars
Picked this up on sale for fifty dollars. Screen isn't as big or as clear as I would like, but for the price it was a good choice.Digital camera Review: Great Photo Frame Overall
Summary: 4 Stars
What I found amazing:
- it automatically adjusts to how you place/hold the photo frame (vertical or horizontal)
What I found below-par:
- menu was okay for me, a tech-savvy guy; but may not be very intuitive for most people.
Conclusion:
I'm very happy for the fifty dollars that I paid for it.