Customer Reviews

Coby DP852-1G 8-Inch Digital Photo Frame with MP3 Player (Black)

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Hi, I looked at several frames before deciding on this one I like it because it's shape is more square then alot of the other wide screen ones. It displays a more true 4x6 photo then the wide screen ones. It also has a timer that you can set to turn it on and off. Amazons price was very good.

I found this info on the Coby USA website for this model. As I know how hard it is to find specs and how important it is, I thought I'd post them. I do not own this unit (but may still buy one), so my star rating isn't really accurate, but the info is important so here it is:

DP852
8" Digital Photo Frame with Multimedia Playback and 1GB Built-in Memory

* Memory Capacity: 1GB
* Display Type: 8" TFT LCD
* Display Resolution: 800 x 600
* Contrast Ratio: 500:1
* Brightness: 250 cd/m2
* Media Support: SD, MMC, CF, MS, xD, USB Flash Drive
* Format Support: Photo: JPEG; Video: MJPEG, MPEG-4 (XviD), H.264; Audio: MP3, WMA
* OS Support: Windows Vista/XP/2000
* Menu Language Support: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese
* Additional Functions: Vividshare(tm) PC software; Slideshow with Background Music; Clock with Alarm Timer; Calendar
* Audio Output: Integrated Stereo Speakers; 3.5mm Headphone
* PC Interface: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
* Power: DC Power In: 12V; Remote: 1 x 3V "CR2025"
* Unit Dimension (WHD): 10.3" x 8.6" x 1.7"
* Carton (inner, master): 1, 4
* UPC: 7 16829 90852 5
* Certifications: CE, FCC

After a lot of research I decided to give it a try. Considering the price of the frame I can't expect more. Full of features, perfect size, very good picture quality. After two months of use I can't be more pleased with it.

I did lot of research & finally bought this one looking at the features, quality & cost.

Good wood finish ! I love the quality look. Yes, fingerprints can get printed onto the frame, but little cleaning can sort it out.

The buttons on the top are not ideal for the work. The remote given is handy, though its not perfect, sometimes you may have wait and/or click couple of times. Best would have been a touch screen which this is not.

Scope for improvement is in the software. Am I expecting too much, guess no :) There are some good options like Clock & Photo side by side, which I love, but for this you cannot change the song. Another issue(or lack of feature) is that for photo presentations, the audio always starts with the same song whenever its powered on. The also follows same sequence of songs. The initial seed used for the randomness is same and its not storing the state of the current song across restarts, hence the above issue(getting bit techy here :)).

Anyway it does have fairly good video feature also. One can use MP4 format or AVI format. I used AlltoAVI to convert VOB file to AVI with 640 X 480 size and XVID codec, then it worked. (It does not support 800 X 600 for video). Giving this free advice which took me some R&D :). Hope this helps.

So overall this is fine, considering its 2009-10. Within a year or two, companies would come out with better & better stuff, but for now, this is kind of the best for the reasonable cost.

Bought this as a Christmas gift for my mother. Had it sent to my house so that I could load it up with pictures and then sent it to her. She absolutely loved it. She really likes the different transitions between pictures and the wood grain finish matches her household theme as well.

DO NOT waste your money on this item IF you are looking for a digital picture frame to display slideshows with music. Their wonderful slideshow software only allows you to include 60 photos per slideshow. If you have more than 60 photos you will have to make more than one slideshow AND then you can't make the slideshows automatically play consecutively. If you don't use the software and simply view the photos in slideshow mode on the frame you can play them with music, HOWEVER, even if you take the music setting off of "repeat" and put it on "once", only one song will play over and over. I was told by a "technical support" person (who apparently knew little to nothing about Coby products) that he was "pretty sure" that even if you are in music mode the songs will not play consecutively and must be manually changed. So what is the point of having a music setting?! Also, I oredered this product in black and was sent the dark woodgrain color. Completely disappointed!!!!!

Muy buen producto. Bajo precio pero con muy buena imagen , sonido y demás catacterísricas.

Well, I just got the frame, it looks good and has lots of features.
however, the problem is I wasn't able to download the software, VIVIDSHARE, I followed all their instructions but still wasn't able to get it downloaded to my labtop. when I try downloading it, it says, that I must have adminstrative of the labtop which I'm. but I dont what's wrong, I think this frame didn't relaize that I'm the amin for my labtop. I wish someone can help me with this issue ASAP.

Please.

I received this as a Christmas gift as a total surprise, so I didn't know what to expect. I was a bit leery of the Colby name, but after using this in my office for 2 months I'm impressed. The picture quality is fantastic and the frame itself has an upscale appearance. I don't use the MPS audio player at all, so I can't comment on the sound quality, but the other features, even the choices of calendar display is nice.

My only quibble is that the frame doesn't scroll through the images in a random order. In other words when you start the frame up, the first image is always first, second always second, etc. Not a big deal and it does have random transition effects between images which is nice.

Very nice digital frame at a great price. Fast shipping too, I'm very happy with the purchase.