Sunpak 7-Inch Acrylic Digital Photo Frame (Black) by Sunpak
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Digital camera reviews of Sunpak 7-Inch Acrylic Digital Photo Frame (Black)
Digital camera Review: Excellent Product
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a great purchase for the price. It is not as nice as some of the higher end picture frames but it gets the job done. It gives fairly clear pictures as long as you are not staring at it trying to find something wrong. The picture frame has been a very nice addition to the family room.Digital camera Review: For the Price, it's not bad
Summary: 4 Stars
I picked this Digital Photo Frame up at a local retailer for just under $50. For the price it's not a bad buy. I don't own any other digital frames, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but here goes...
Firstly, the black really does go with almost any decor. The bad thing is, dust seems to go very very well with the black. I find myself dusting this thing daily to keep it looking nice and shiny.
Next up is the input options, including SD, Memory Stick and USB. I'm pretty impressed that something this inexpensive can take any of those three formats, honestly. I've seen more expensive ones that can only take one or two. I have only attempted .JPG files, but you can supposedly use .BMP files as well. Most folks who are in the market for a digital photo in this price range will be wanting to use .JPG files anyway.
Thirdly we'll get to the transition/intervals when using a slideshow. I'm quite pleased that you can choose from intervals as short as 3 seconds to minutes, hours or even a full day. And the transitions are indeed programmable. So you can use a random transition (like I do) or one specific one of about 15 or so.
While I admit the screen quality isn't a great as some of the more top end products, it's just fine when you use it with a high quality file. Most of my digital files come off of an 8mp camera and they look quite nice on this screen. I do have a few that came off of my 2 mp cell phone camera and they are viewable, but not as pretty as my real camera.
It says it's wall mountable, but since there is no option to run it off of batteries, I don't think I'll do it. I just don't want a cord running down the wall, I find that quite unattractive.
All the buttons for functioning are on the back so as to not clutter the appearance of the frame. While I agree with that, what I don't agree with is the weird layout of the buttons. The arrows don't seem to be in order properly and all the other buttons seem out of order as well. This is not a problem if you are using the remote, so I highly recommend that you don't lose your remote! Also, the on-screen menu is rather confusing and the instruction manual included is hazy and vague at best. It's not a difficult product to figure out, but it can be frustrating if you just want a plug and play kind of item.
I have noticed that it's best to resize your images before you plan to display them on this device. It's a 16:9 widescreen format capable screen. The resolution is a 480wX234h screen. It's best to adjust for the height rather than width or you'll end up cutting off the top of everyone's head.
The internal memory is a capable 128mb. I've used up to a 2g USB in the input, I don't know if it'll take higher. I don't really want to use this to display every photo in my collection, so with what's in the internal memory and the cards I switch out from time to time, it's plenty large enough for me.
There is a Calendar option, but I'm not interested in that, so I didn't explore it much. I know that it's a monthly calendar, and you can use whatever picture you'd like for the photo (displayed on the top left of the screen) with the calender taking up the entire right side of the screen.
There is also a Split Screen option that will show 4 photos at once. I think this is too small of a screen for 4 photos and don't plan on using that option.
All in all I'm going to recommend this to anyone who wants a digital photo frame but doesn't want to spend a lot of money.
Digital camera Review: Good but not Great
Summary: 3 Stars
I found the instruction manual for the Sunpak 7 Inch Digital Photo Frame a little lacking in information and how to view the photos. I could not get it to read a memory stick. The only format I could get it to ready was with the USB drive. I found it best to use a USB thumb drive. I have not tried to download and play music or videos yet so I don't know how that will work yet. It was a gift for my wife for Mothers Day and she is happy that she can see photos of our new baby on her desk at work. Really that is all that matters right now and as long as she is happy with it I am to. For the price we paid I would say it was worth it.Digital camera Review: Good for the price
Summary: 3 Stars
The image quality is good but the aspect ratio is kind of pointless. A 4:3 frame I would purchase next time. Also there is NO internal memory. I would have been better off after purchasing 12.99 memory stick to just upgrade my purchase. My fault though I can be too cheap some times.Digital camera Review: Good frame for the price
Summary: 3 Stars
Overall not a bad product. It's price was what initially drew me and the quality of the frame isn't bad. It was very easy to set up and get going in minutes. The downside to this product was that the software on the frame was filled with errors that prevented me from actually transferring pictures from an SD card onto the frame's internal memory, meaning that I have to use a separate SD card with just images that I want to be displayed, rather than copying them from an SD card and keeping the SD card in my camera. If you're looking for a decent frame at an affordable price, this should do the trick.