Customer Reviews

Matsunichi Photoblitz PF-560 5.6-Inch Digital Picture Frame

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(11)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I purchased this digital photo frame for my parents for Christmas and preloaded it with pictures of us and their grandchildren. They love it! Everything works just as the description says. There are more features than you will probably ever use, and the remote control makes is really easy to navigate through your pictures or change settings. You do need to resize your photos or they will take a longer time to display on the frame. I played with it for a while and found that for my 7 megapixel camera photos, resizing them to 25% of their original size worked nicely. The software that came with my camera allowed me to edit the photo size easily. Changing the photo size is not necessary, however, because the Matsunichi will process any size photo you give it and display it perfectly in the picture frame. Resizing simply allows the slide show to move along more quickly and it allows you to put about 10 times more pictures on your memory card.

The really cool thing about this frame is the music feature. It is so simple. Put the music files you want on the memory card that your photos are on. Pop the card in the frame. Turn the frame on and your slide show begins instantly with the music playing in the background! The sound is not the same quality as a stereo boombox, but the music is clear and the volume is loud enough that we had to turn it down. My folks love it and my wife's parents are jealous so I have purchased a second one for them. With the price drop I will soon be ordering a third one for us.

I will mention that while the picture quality is not as good as a high definition LCD flat screen, I found it to be very good and clear. It is very easy to see facial expressions and even many small details. If you are looking for super high resolution, go to Sharper Image and spend 5 times the price. If you are happy to display good quality, easily recognizeable photos that stimulate great memories, this is a great frame.

I purchased this for my husband for his birthday, and he loves it. I found that if you take the pictures in high resolution that the pictures look a lot better when you look at them on the frame. I liked the fact it can support different types of memory cards, in case we ever decide to change cameras. I have not tried music on it yet, but for the price I do not expect it to be mind blowing. The only problem I had with the frame is that I would have liked it to run off batteries also.

The product features are ok, but the screen is very small. Also, the resolution needs to be better. The photos were very grainy. An impressive looking product with not so impressive output.

This is a great little frame for the money. It was easy to use. This one was to replace a TruTech one that I purchased locally and returned. The TruTech was difficult to operate and poor quality screen. The Matsunichi was very easy to use, much less expensive, and showed clearer pictures. I'm sure that there are some out there with much better resolution, however, for the money, this one is great. I am very pleased.

-- Update 4/23/2007 - The vendor indicates a new firmware release is due in the 5/2007 - 6/2007 time frame, and it may fix the issue of the limited number of pictures mentioned below. --

Picture quality is fair and adjusting brightness and contrast in the setup yields good results. Appearance of the unit is good and the black and cherry frames are nicely finished, but the red rectangular sensor for the remote below the LCD display mars the effect somewhat.

At 5.6 inches, this size frame is only useful where it can be viewed up close. The images are smaller than a 4x6 print that you would typically view in a book or hold in your hand. I found putting it on a book shelf to be too far away. On an end table next to the chair you would view it from is better. The size of the LCD also should tell you that resolution is not spectacular, true of any frame in this category.

My biggest problem with this particular unit is that even after updating to the latest firmware (~3/2007), it will only display up to about 250 pictures. I expected that what ever was on the memory card I inserted would be displayed.

Overall this is still a good buy if you do not want to display a large number of photos. I am very disappointed that the number of displayable pictures is not listed in the manufacturer's product description so you know of the limit before you purchase it.

All my interface, framing, etc. comments that I made on the 8" frame apply to this frame as well; they seem functionally identical. One caveat is that this frame does not seem to support xD cards, just SD or CF-I or II.

The only addition here is that, even for its small size, its resolution is terrible. As a casual gift or a desktop curio for the office it's fine, but I wouldn't really want one of these for myself.

The $60-ish price tag is passable compared to current prices, but it's my opinion that digital picture frames are all priced way too high. The 8" frame is $130... these days, for that price you can pick up an off-brand 19" LCD screen.

I bought this as a gift so I can't say personally how good it was, but the recipient stated that she loved it. Especially the ability to change frames to match her decor and that it came with a remote.

I thought this product was very nice. It's not going to be IMAX quality, but it gets the job done.

My only issue was that no memory card was available. If you are giving this item as a gift, you would need to buy a memory card. Also, it doesn't have a USB port. I had to buy the USB adapter to move all of my pictures from my computer to the memory card I purchased. Adapter was $21 and the memory card was $37.

The four stars is for the product itself. Very pretty frame and seems to be well-built. The price is too high seeing as there was no memory card provided and no USB port.

This is the perfect gift for any occasion.I bought one for my husband for his Birthday and he took it to work next thing you know everyone was on here buying theirselves one.It is a very easy thing to load pics on and hook up to your TV.He sales cars and hes got his on his desk showing his family off and cars that they also have on the lot for the older people who are unable to withstand the heat so they sit right at his desk and check every car out on his Digital Frame.I give this frame an A++++++

This product will only display 142 photos no matter how many you may be able to squeeze onto a media card. This little fact isn't mentioned at all on the packaging or in the manual (hidden from consumer). I initially loaded 1,400 photos onto a 128MB card and was shocked to only see 142 displayed. A firmware upgrade is offered from the manufacturer on their website to increase this number to 250, but I could never get the file to load into the frame. Another annoying aspect was that the slideshow plays the photos in the same order everytime you start it along with the same music. It would have been nice to hear a RANDOM music track start each time the frame is turned on and see some of the later photos instead of having to watch the same photos play in the same order each time you turn the frame back on. Definitely NOT worth the price. Shell out a couple more bucks for something that supports unlimited photos and allows random playback.