Memorex MDF0722-WLDB 7-Inch Digital Photo Frame

by Memorex

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 2.2 x 9.8 inches ; 1.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0017Q8EV8
• Item model number: MDF0722-WLDB
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Memorex 7 Inch Digital Photo Frame

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

52 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A nice frame, but I would rather have higher resolution., August 27, 2008

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John Hodge (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memorex MDF0722-WLDB 7-Inch Digital Photo Frame (Electronics)

I bought this digital picture frame as a gift for my wife because I knew she would like the brown and blue design on it. And the aesthetic design is by far the best feature of this item. The rest of the frame is fairly mediocre. Due to the low resolution, pictures look quite pixelated if viewed from any closer than a few feet away. Also, when I formated several pictures to the advertized resolution of 480x234, I noticed that there were black spaces on the top and bottom. Using the 16:9 aspect ratio, I later tried formating pictures to 480x270, which removed the problem. A final note on resolution: most cameras take photos with an aspect ratio of 4:3, which means that pictures must be heavily cropped or stretched to fit properly on this display. Many of the pictures I had weren't suitable because the target image would be too cropped to look correct on the widescreen frame. And pictures that were taken in a portrait (tall) mode would appear very small on the frame with large black bars on the sides. (Although with some effort you can compose two portrait pictures side-by-side with resolutions of 240x270 each.)

Other issues that I have noted with this item:
- The frame works fine with a USB drive or with an SD card, but doesn't have the capabilty of being directly connected to a PC via USB, so a card reader is required when using an SD card. Most USB drives will stick out beyond the edge of the frame and probably aren't a great solution.
- There is no brightness control. I would prefer to have a little less backlight, but no adjustment is available.
- The frame does not do any kind of randomization when cycling through pictures, it always goes through the same order. This could be desirable, such as to show a timeline, but I would rather have the option to randomly go through the pictures.
- There are many different transitions to chose from (including random). Most of them are very nice effects.

In summary, this product is just fine if you are primarily choosing it for the appearance of the outer frame. If you would like a high-quality way to display your pictures, there are better choices out there, especially if you would rather not have a widescreen display.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It looks nice and overall gets the job done, July 14, 2009

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Owen M. Gates "The Big-O" (Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memorex MDF0722-WLDB 7-Inch Digital Photo Frame (Electronics)

I purchased this for my girlfriend last Christmas and included an SD memory card preloaded with pictures. It has not been unplugged since (which has cured some of my fears of longevity). As one of the other reviews mentions; there is an issue with aspect ratios. However, the only pictures that I have had difficulties with are those that are taken in vertical orientations. The vast majority of my horizontal pictures fill the entire screen and are relatively clear. I would appreciate the presence of an on/off switch but it is not a deal breaker. Over all, it is a "cute" product and most girls will probably appreciate it just for that fact. A little more stylish than most of the digital pic frames on the market. However, there are better ones out there.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, But not great., April 21, 2009

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M. Wiser "mw" (Central Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memorex MDF0722-WLDB 7-Inch Digital Photo Frame (Electronics)

While this frame does show your pictures and is pretty, it lacks the options that many other frames give you, leaving it somewhat lackluster. Sometimes it skips pictures with no explanation, and is not nearly as nice as I expected.

For the price, I'd pick something else next time.