Giinii GN-812 8-Inch Digital Picture Frame

by GiiNii

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 7.1 x 14.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001JJD2N8
• Item model number: GN-812
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 15, 2008

Product Description

GiiNii GN-812 8-inch Digital Picture Frame with 128 MB built in memory. The frame dimensions are 14.625 x 11.11 x 7.06. The screen aspect ratio is 4:3 with 800 x 600 resolution. The GN-811ROW includes a 6 in 1 slot memory card reader and memory stick socket that is compatable with the following formats: SD Card, MS Card, MMC, MMC+, xD, Compact Flash (CF type 1). (Also compatible with Micro SD, Mini SD, MS Duo with adaptor). Includes Dual slots with SmartCopy function. There is a USB Port for USB Flash Drive or cable connectivity to most cameras or PCs. The Slide show works in order or random with transitional effects. (JPEG-TIF-GIF) Other features include: MP3 music, Video playback, Clock/Calendar, on screen programming, zoom in and thumbnail viewing, brightness/contrast, and automatically rotates side-way pictures, wooden frame.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect, but good at what counts, January 21, 2009

By 

Stl Sooner (St. Louis) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Giinii GN-812 8-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Electronics)

What's Good: Great picture quality

Great resolution (800x600)

Reasonable price point

Frame doesn't detract from picture

Supports a wide variety of memory options

Has Remote control

What's Not: Menus are confusing.

Firmware bug can cause hang.

Remote control buttons poorly placed

Overall I'd recommend this frame. Why, when I only rated it a 3? Read on.

The things that are most important, it does right. The 8" size is significantly better than 7" or less for not much price difference. The 800x600 resolution gives a beautiful picture.

There are a lot of memory options - SD, xD, MMC, MS, MMC+, CF, USB--and if your miniSD, microSD or MS Duo came with an adaptor, those work, too.

It has all the menu options you'd expect - show in order vs. randomize, 15 different transition effects, sound on or off, and quite a few more.

Most important, the black matte finish frame shows off the photo, unlike many of the glossy or more ornate frames I looked at which drew attention to the frame rather than the photo.

I didn't give or take away points for the time/alarm options because who cares? But if you want them, they're there. Nor did I take off points for the power connector fit because it works and it's not that hard to plug in right. I didn't give it extra points for music, because who is going to listen to music on an inexpensive picture frame? The sound is tolerable if you have an occasion for it.

So far as picture quality and functionality, then, I'd give it a 5.

The menus are counter-intuitive. Pressing the Menu button gets you one set of menus. Pressing the Exit button gets you another set of menus? Yes, you heard right - the exit button. Also, the option to turn the music on/off is on one menu, but selection of the songs is on another. The sleep button on the remote is just below the down arrow so you frequently hit it by mistake. Still, in the end, these are things that don't matter much - on the things that do matter, like size and picture quality, this frame does exceptionally well - better than most we looked at!

I rated it a 3 because of what seemed to be a firmware bug. Legitimately, though, the bug is on a feature you'll rarely if ever want to use--I rated it down on principle. The bug is this -- if you go to the menu to select which mp3 to play, the frame hangs and you have to physically unplug it and replug it to start it again. I returned the first one, and the second one I bought did the same thing, so I assume it must be a firmware problem. We are keeping the second one despite that because we don't want a frame that plays music, we want one that gives us a gorgeous picture and this one does.

CONCLUSION:

The things that matter, this frame does exceptionally well. The things it doesn't do so well are things that don't matter that much. It's got a quality picture that is large enough to see, a lot of options, and a reasonable price point. I recommend this frame.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Can't get it to play AVI files, May 27, 2009

By 

Wylie W. Crawford "WCoyote" (Louiisville, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Giinii GN-812 8-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Electronics)

Won't play avi files and you can not delete the photos that came with it. Hard to navigate thru menu.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars giinii digital frame, March 14, 2009

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M. G. "midwest buyer" (St Louis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Giinii GN-812 8-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Electronics)

I own a giinii digital picture frame gn-801w and it failed with in a month of receiving it for Christmas. The 90 day warranty is horrible to try and get satisfaction. They insisted I get the original receipt- it was a gift. The phone number for warranty doesn't get to the "warranty" people but to customer service and they say you will be contacted by another "warranty" expert. I felt I got the run around on a relatively new item.

The frame was hard to navigate and I never figured out how to stop it from showing the time between every picture.

The frame started "restarting" with a month. I don't exactly know how to explain the "restarting" but I knew it was not working properly. I would not buy a GiiNii product.