Ceiva Advanced Digital Photo Receiver with Silver Frame

by Ceiva

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 10 x 9.5 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002ZQB7O
• Item model number: 81726-00045
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 10, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer The CEIVA digital photo receiver connects you to friends and family from all over the world. More than a digital picture frame, CEIVA is a one-of-a-kind, patented product. Designed to resemble a traditional picture frame, the vivid 5 x 7-inch LCD screen displays photos it receives over your phone line, without any interruption to your existing phone service. The digital photo receiver does not require a computer, expensive memory cards and cables, or complicated technology to operate. Just connect the phone cord, plug in the power cord, push a button, and you're ready to receive photos.

Your friends or family will see a slide show of images you send through the CEIVA network. (Black frame shown; unit comes with both black and silverstone grey frame covers.)

Every night the receiver silently and securely dials a local phone number, free of charge, and retrieves pictures sent by family and friends. You wake in the morning to a personal slide show, which automatically displays up to 30 new photos every day. A single receiver can receive over 10,000 pictures a year and innumerable memories from the people you love. Perfect for dad's office, grandma's mantel, and mom's kitchen, the CEIVA digital photo receiver enables family and friends to celebrate and share holidays, milestones, and memories as quickly as they occur. It’s no wonder that CEIVA has earned rave reviews, including profiles on Oprah, Dr. Phil, Good Morning America, and CNN.

Not only can CEIVA receive digital photos taken with any camera, it can now receive photos directly from a camera phone. Imagine the convenience of capturing a photo on your camera phone and having it appear on the receiver of a friend or family member miles away. The ideal gift for busy people on the run, CEIVA makes sharing simple and easy.

Each receiver comes with two interchangeable 8 x 10-inch designer frames in elegant black and silverstone grey to complement any décor. A variety of designer frames and matte colors are sold separately. A dual phone jack and 15-foot telephone cord are included with every Receiver.

Now you can even send photos from your mobile phone.

The low-cost PicturePlan service enables the digital photo receiver to retrieve and display pictures sent from around the world for as little as $6.95 a month. You receive safe photo-album storage, service support, printing options, and a myriad of photo-editing tools, as well as display and sharing preferences. You can invite family and friends to share photos for free. Sending pictures to a CEIVA digital photo receiver is as simple and familiar as e-mailing photos, and completely secure. CEIVA also provides free access to news, local weather forecasts, sports, a daily calendar, horoscopes, and TV listings, which you can automatically include in your daily slide show. The ideal gift for the entire family, CEIVA is the only digital frame that connects family and friends miles apart. It’s the easiest way to stay connected to the people you care about most.

Summary of features:

• Displays up to 30 new pictures daily in a digital slide show, without a computer
• Use any camera, or send photos directly from camera phones
• Includes two interchangeable 8 x 10-inch designer frames
• Vivid 5 x 7-inch LCD for easy viewing
• Silently and securely dials a local phone number to receive new photos, without interruption to your existing service
• With owner’s permission, anyone can send photos for free, from anywhere in the world
• Simple set-up: plug in power and phone cords, push a single button, get ready to receive photos
• Only digital frame that connects family and friends miles apart
• Senders can customize photos with captions, messages, and more
• An ideal gift for even the most nontechnical parents, grandparents, and friends
• Low-cost PicturePlan service provides daily photo updates, safe photo-album storage, service support, printing options, photo-editing tools, display and sharing preferences
• Optional free access to news, local weather forecasts, sports, daily calendar, horoscopes, and TV listings displayed in daily slide show
• Includes one year limited manufacturer’s warranty

Product Description

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

113 of 116 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Subscription costs, June 6, 2005

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D. LaVan (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ceiva Advanced Digital Photo Receiver with Silver Frame (Electronics)

You ought to check out the cost of subscription to the service - it is higher now than the other reviews show. This is taken from www.ceiva.com:

Local PicturePlan™ Service Options:
* Month-to-Month: $9.95/mo.
* 1 Year Plan: $99.95
* 3 Year Plan: $249.95

If local service is not available in your region, CEIVA™ also offers Toll-Free plans.
Toll-Free PicturePlan™ Service Options:
* Month-to-Month: $15.95/mo.
* 1 Year Plan: $159.95
* 3 Year Plan: $399.95

92 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Was Happy -- I am no Longer, February 16, 2005

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Ken (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ceiva Advanced Digital Photo Receiver with Silver Frame (Electronics)

I have been a Ceiva subscriber for several years. For some reason, Ceiva decided this year that one month before my annual renewal date they would delete one of my photos and replace it with an advertisement indicating that my subscription is up for renewal. The message indicates that I can remove it by either manually deleting it or renewing. Though I delete this message every day, it comes back the next. It seems as though Ceiva has taken the position that it is acceptable to co-opt some of the limited space on your frame in order to force you into renewing early. If you don't mind this intrusion, Ceiva is for you. I, however, will be looking for a frame that does not require a subscription service.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Expensive and imperfect, but a fabulous gift for the right person, August 27, 2005

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P.F.C. (Syracuse, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ceiva Advanced Digital Photo Receiver with Silver Frame (Electronics)

Pros:
* the single most important "pro": there's something truly magical about an ever-changing, never-ending picture frame, especially if the recipient isn't technologically saavy (and even if they are) -- it's a wonderful "big" gift and will be almost certainly be appreciated, rather than cast aside or forgotten
* both the black and silver included frames are attractive, and don't look out of place, weird, or "techy"
* virtually every setting of the device can be controlled from the website, so the recipient doesn't need to touch anything, and you can control everything from afar -- very nice design

Cons:
* it's expensive -- and with the required subscription, the cost is like the picture rotation itself: never-ending
* the image quality is decent, but not fabulous -- good enough not be a distraction, but not so good that you say, "wow!"
* the manual brightness control works well, but can require different settings at different times of day to look its best, which is impractical, so you end up leaving it somewhere in the middle, where it looks okay most of the time, but not as good as it could
* the viewing angle is limited -- approx. 45 degrees to either side at most, with some visible washout as soon as you move beyond a "dead on" angle
* the website is a pain to use, in my opinion -- rather than a single, easy drop-box for photos, you must first places photos into albums, and *then* "send" them to the frame; it's not the end of the world, but I find it annoying