Digital Spectrum USB Digital Photo Frame (8x10)

by Digital Spectrum

Product Details

Product Manual [1.24mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 17 x 13 x 5 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000E6RI3
• Item model number: U-30192
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Now there's a new way to display digital photos instantly. Digital Spectrum's 8 x 10-inch MemoryFrame is a stand-alone, electronic "picture frame" that requires no camera memory card, PC, printer, paper, ink, or monthly subscription fee. You can easily and quickly transfer photos, on the spot, directly from a digital camera or card-reader into MemoryFrame. Then you can immediately play them back--in a continuous slideshow of vibrant, high-resolution images--on MemoryFrame's 10.4-inch active-matrix screen.

Easily transfer photos directly from your digital camera into MemoryFrame.

The MF-810S deluxe stereo audio model records voice narration or music to accompany the slideshow. In addition, it comes mounted into a standard 8 x 10-inch wood picture frame to create a handsome photo display for home or office on desk, shelf, or wall. The stylish design of the Digital Spectrum MemoryFrame and its unique ability to use virtually any off-the-shelf wood 8 x 10 picture frame allows you to choose a frame that matches your decor, whether it be cherry wood, oak, pine, teak, walnut, etc. MemoryFrame stores 32-80 photos and allows you to select how long each image is displayed and what style of transition is used between each image! It's ideal for both home and office users to proudly display family photos on the desk, shelf, or wall. It's also excellent for the business counter-top to display special promotions. Compatible with both USB cameras as well as USB card-readers for Compact Flash (CF), SmartMedia (SM), Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), MicroDrive, and Memory Stick memory cards, the Pacific Digital MemoryFrame operates with the vast majority of USB mass storage compliant digital cameras in use today.

Snap on virtually any off-the-shelf wood 8 x 10 picture frame.

During picture playback, voice or music audio clips can be played for each picture, in stereo, through built-in speakers. There are also VGA and audio-out connectors so the unit can display on an external projector or flat-screen with audio played on externally powered speakers. The device features a two-position stand for either vertical or horizontal display, and with its easy-to-use on-screen menu system and multi-function control buttons, users can view digital camera or memory card contents at a glance with easy-to-view thumbnails, edit slide shows, select the time between image changes, add sound clips and fun transition display effects, delete images from slideshows, and much more. Manual image forward, pause, and reverse buttons and adjustable contrast are also provided. Security-lock-ready capability can keep it secure in busy business office environments.

The Digital PixMaster software makes it easy to create and edit slideshows.

Easily create professional-looking photo slide shows the included Digital PixMaster software. Choose the pictures, choose the effects and transitions, and let Digital PixMaster do the rest. Pacific Digital developed the Digital PixMaster software specifically for the home digital photo enthusiast. PixMaster is an innovative solution that is incredibly easy to use, while offering key features, such as the ability to rotate photos, specify effects, and create, name, and save unique slideshows from your vacations, sporting events, family functions, and more.

The bundled software easily allows you to create custom slideshows that integrate photos from both your camera as well as images received by e-mail or stored in the "MyPictures" directory of your Windows PC (or other directories). These slideshows can be quickly downloaded via USB to your MemoryFrame for instant viewing enjoyment.

What's in the Box
MemoryFrame system unit, Digital PixMaster software CD, USB cable, AC power adapter with cable, 8-by-10-inch removable picture frame, user manual, warranty card

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

247 of 251 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun and adequate but not stellar, August 6, 2003

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Iljun Jang "GadgetGeek" (Seoul, Korea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Spectrum USB Digital Photo Frame (5x7) (Electronics)

This product is fun and makes a good photo frame, but I was not blown away; it met my expectations but did not exceed them.
You get a 5" by 7", 320x240, 4:3 aspect ratio LCD frame. The picture quality is decent, but not spectacular. I would say it is fairly faithful to the original pictures, but viewing them side to side with how they are displayed on a regular PC, they look inferior. But it is a 320x240, so it's not unexpected.
Viewing angle is a little limited, and the picutre colours and luminosity are noticeably different when viewed from different angles.
Setting up the frame was easy; in all, it took me about half an hour to get everything done (including installing drivers, programs, and even updating the firmware) and have it displaying my photos.
A couple of complaints; I would have liked the slide show to have a "random" feature, ditto with the transition effects. Also, it would have been nice to have a drag-and-drop from any Windows folder to the slide show composition screen. As it is, you can only place photos by using a clunky dialogue box to select pictures to be included in slide shows.

I'm conflicted about this product being good value for money, though; on the one hand, the screen is clearly NOT top of the notch and leaves quite a bit of room for improvement.
On the other hand, I looked around for similar products and found that they are substantially more expensive(Digi-Frame DF-560) or are clunky(Ceiva Picture Frame requires subscription and phone line connection). I guess the technology isn't mature enough for these types of products to be affordable and great quality (they are currently expensive and so-so quality).

I bought this to place on my office desk, and I'm pretty sure it will do its job. If you want a great looking frame, I would hold out a little more. If you can afford it, the Digi-Frame products look pretty good. ....

All in all, I find this product fun because it does what it says it does quite well, but the display is its achilles' heel. I have a feeling this category will pick up in popularity and technology soon so wait some more and you'll begin to see truly great products by around 2005. As a relatively early adoptor, I am content with it.

64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A unique product that almost delivers, February 21, 2004

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Robert S. Wright (Township of Washington, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Spectrum USB Digital Photo Frame (8x10) (Electronics)

This review is for the 8x10 frame. First it should be noted that the Frame is 8x10 not the screen. The screen is actually 6.5 x 8.5. The product is solid and feels sturdy. It has the ability to be used as either a stand alone frame or hung on a wall. Pictures are entered into the frame via a USB port that connects to either a computer or a card reader. The display is nice but you need to stand back a few feet to appreciate it as it looks washed out up close. The image definitely leans towards the darker side but nothing that would be considered distracting. It also has a nice side angle viewpoint. The product ships with a program called Digital Pixmaster which is where you can create slideshows with text, WAV files and transitions. Pictures can be displayed for various time lengths from 5 seconds to 8 hours. You can also rotate the image orientation picture by pictrue. The real disappointment is in the way the program handles text and .WAV files. First, there is no control over font, size or position of text. It appears as a black bar with white text at the bottom of the picture. Secondly, the WAV files attach to the individual picture and not to the slideshow thus making it impractical to play background music throughout a slideshow. Furthermore, the program only works with available internal memory. This pretty much rules out the ability to load a music track saved in WAV format becasue its just too big to fit in memory. You are relagated to playing sound bytes which do work quite well. Overall the software is easy to use and accomplishes the task of creating slideshows quite nicely. The manual is short, sweet and to the point. You really will be up and running in minutes. Connecting to a PC was easy and painless. So why only three stars? Because it promises things it really can't deliver. The screen is smaller then advertised, the software is very basic and the much hyped stero sound is wasted on small sound byte files because the memory in the frame cannot hold even a 2 minute song. There is promise of the ability to run a slideshow from a USB attached device but no word yet. These are all acceptable items if you do not pay anwhere near the asking price of $499. Overall, if you have the cash to burn and want the best picture frame in this size then this is the unit for you.

57 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Possibly My Worst Electronics Purchase Ever, June 25, 2005

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M. Noonan (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Spectrum USB Digital Photo Frame (8x10) (Electronics)

I purchased the 8 X 10 Photo Frame as a way to display photos at my wedding reception and planned to use it in my home thereafter. I was able to get the product running and to load a 'test' set of pictures, but the product then 'froze' at the startup screen. I checked the Pacific Digital support website, which provided steps (basically, a sequence of buttons to hold down) to 'unfreeze' and reinitialize the unit. I tried this sequence several times, to no avail, and then called Pacific Digital customer service. After repeated messages left on a voice mail system ("we're sorry we missed your call - we'll get back to you") at all times of the day and night, I was unable to contact anyone at the company and no calls were ever returned. Long story short - our wedding came and went, the problem was never (and will apparently never be) resolved, and the Digital Photo Frame is now a $390 paperweight. Absolutely useless. My recommendation: DO NOT PURCHASE A PACIFIC DIGITAL PRODUCT. This is clearly a fly-by-night outfit.

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