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: Overall Not Bad
Summary: 4 Stars
Not a lot to add to Mark's review. Overall I like the frame. I picked it up in a Goldbox special.
Pros:
- Clear Picture
- Nice color
- "Radiant Color" is nice for normal ratio pictures and preferable to "black bars" or distorting by stretching.
- Dim Timer is nice option to turn off at night.
- Integrated reader for variety of media
Cons:
- Wide screen - I don't know about anyone else but very few of my pictures are widescreen.
- Hard to find some "features". For example setting the frame to not stretch non-widescreen photos is off of the "setup/background" option. Not very intuitive.
If you are looking for a simple digital phone frame and this is on sale, then definitely consider. However, I'd buy an extra memory card with it if you don't have one, so that you can leave it in.
Digital camera Review: Pathetic
Summary: 1 Stars
1. Got most basic resolution. I played photos from my Nikon D40 SLR camera, but even those pictures looked broken even from 5 feet distance.
2. No wireless feature, no backup battery. Your nightmare starts when you reconnect it to power supply. It wont boot automatically, there is one lousy power button in the back. Even after you power it on the default Foto playback is the firmware and not your memory card or USB. So you need to point it to your memory device by clicking 5-6 buttons.
3. Although it says 7 inch display, you cannot play photos with 5"x7" aspect ratio. The aspect ratio of the frame is 4"x6".
4. No remote, no MP3 playback, no sound.
You can get all these features on a Coby or Nextar frame by spending 15-20 dollars more.
I returned it the next day !!
Digital camera Review: Philips 7" LCD Review
Summary: 1 Stars
Bought the product for less than $50 I thought I got a good deal since I consider it a good brand. The pixels are so big it scrambles your pictures especially whole body shots, it is only good at closeup shots like the ones in built in picture demo. Don't buy this product you will end up frustrated. I won't recommend it!Digital camera Review: Phillips 7 inch LCD Photo Frame - Nice Middle of the Road Frame
Summary: 4 Stars
The Philips 7-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame (Black) hit enough of my key needs to be worth the cash for me. If you're like me, the thought of a $150 digital photo frame is simply over the top. The cost of these guys hasn't really come down too much in general. That was the main reason it took me so long to pull the trigger on one of these.
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 frame on and off at the hours you select
+ A USB connector for easy viewing and sharing of photos stored on USB flash drive
+ USB connection to your computer (to manage the internal memory)
+ Play slideshows, single photo, thumbnails or show clock
+ Nice looking frame design
+ 7 inch screen is acceptable in size
CONS
- Pictures must be JPEG (.jpg) and work best when in native 16:9 widescreen format
- Competing alternatives from Sony natively support other image formats (RAW, TIFF, BMP)
- No video playback
- Lacks MP3 music playback for slideshows
- The list price is a bit much; the prevailing price is also on the high side
- You should only be looking to get this on sale
- Many newer alternatives coming to market which use less power than LCD
- Philips quality control has been declining the last few years
- Definitely test this within your return period to make sure you don't have a dud
DISPLAY FORMATS
The frame is listed at a display ratio of 16:9. This means it's natively widescreen, but it is still compatible with standard format cameras, including my Nikon and almost all handheld Canon models. Those with wide-format digital cameras are spared the extra step of reformatting.
Those with standard format digital cameras may want to look at one of the many standard format frames for full screen slide shows. Alternatively, this will show those standard sized photos fine if you make sure your frame is not set to "autofit." The autofit setting will stretch the pictures out to fit the frame, which is what you want to avoid for standard pictures. There are a number of options for borders to frame the extra space around your pictures.
SOFTWARE AND FEATURES
The included CD comes with a quick reference manual and Windows and Mac drivers. 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 not all people will need a manual. The built-in menu is designed intuitively enough that you can find most settings by searching through it. Not all the settings are on the first screen, but with some searching you can find the buried settings to configure almost everything you need.
The optional clock display is another nice extra that makes this frame versatile. This doesn't totally make up for the lack of MP3 playback, but it's a nice feature.
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 more expensive) frames from Sony. And I'm very nervous about Phillips spotty quality record of late. Mine has worked fine, but I've read too many complaints to not be concerned. Definitely put this through the paces before your return period expires. That way if you have any problems, you can get this guy replaced.
CONCLUSION
This unit is worth a look. This is a good product at a price I can accept for now. Hopefully this will come down over time.
This is at least a 3 star item, but the extra features bumps it just enough to hit 4 stars for me. Test it very well to make sure you don't have a dud.
Enjoy!
Digital camera Review: Product having nice futures but it won't work properly
Summary: 1 Stars
HI,
this Product having Good futures but it won't work.
Mine Works 1 week then its not working any more, sent to return back to Amazon.
Thanks,
Venkat..