This frame is great for what I wanted it to do - play a picture slideshow. Ignore whatever else it says it does. It plays mp3s and you'd think that you can play music in the background while the slideshow is going, but you'd be wrong. Technically, you could do it, but the song starts skipping around - I guess there isn't much processing power in the frame. In its defense, I didn't expect it to have much.
I was also a little bummed that the only video supported is MPEG (and I haven't even tried that yet). It's a shame one of the most popular formats (AVI) isn't supported.
Those are all the negatives. As for what I do like about it:
- Very nice looking wooden frame
- Plays slideshows (and as soon as you power it on, without any other interaction)
- Loops through pictures non-stop
- Random picture fade in/out effects
- A lot of video options (brightness, sharpness, hue, contrast, etc.)
- Separate slots for SD card and USB cable
- Comes with an easy-to-use SD card reader/writer that plugs into a USB port
- Had my first slideshow up and running within 5 minutes of opening the box (easy to set up, didn't even need the manual)
It's a great digital picture frame, but keep your expectations low as far as the background music capability goes.