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on May 9, 2014
UPDATE: Upping to 5 stars (from 4) because I am really enjoying the frame overall the issues I mentioned aren't worth docking 1 star.
I bought one of these the first day it was available for sale and I was initially disappointed. The frame did not perform like the W08A I had purchased. However, after the the software update I received 5/8/2014 (version 1.7), it seems to be working well and I am now very happy with the frame, and I even ordered a 2nd one!
I have 3 suggestions for the frame.
1) Slideshows need a random playback option, and from what I read on their support forums, this is in the works.
2) I would like to be able to configure a DND time period, where the frame is asleep and the motion sensor is disabled. The reason for that is that I have one frame in my bedroom and don't want it kicking on during the night for any reason (and I am too lazy to turn it on/off manually everyday).
3) I would like higher resolution screen (comparable to a retina iPhone's PPI).
I'd actually edit my rating to 5 stars if the first 2 are addressed.
Also, this frame has VESA mounting holes underneath a slip cover on the back. Their product description does not mention that like it does for their non-cloud frame.
Finally, NIX seems like a great company that stands behind their products. The unit I ordered had one bad pixel, and after I contacted NIX, I had a new (perfect) frame in my hands the next day.
I bought one of these the first day it was available for sale and I was initially disappointed. The frame did not perform like the W08A I had purchased. However, after the the software update I received 5/8/2014 (version 1.7), it seems to be working well and I am now very happy with the frame, and I even ordered a 2nd one!
I have 3 suggestions for the frame.
1) Slideshows need a random playback option, and from what I read on their support forums, this is in the works.
2) I would like to be able to configure a DND time period, where the frame is asleep and the motion sensor is disabled. The reason for that is that I have one frame in my bedroom and don't want it kicking on during the night for any reason (and I am too lazy to turn it on/off manually everyday).
3) I would like higher resolution screen (comparable to a retina iPhone's PPI).
I'd actually edit my rating to 5 stars if the first 2 are addressed.
Also, this frame has VESA mounting holes underneath a slip cover on the back. Their product description does not mention that like it does for their non-cloud frame.
Finally, NIX seems like a great company that stands behind their products. The unit I ordered had one bad pixel, and after I contacted NIX, I had a new (perfect) frame in my hands the next day.
on June 5, 2014
I've seen these on the desks of people at work for a few years and finally decided to get one. During my research I was thrilled to learn that not only were the screens much larger then I had seen, but some of them had Wi-Fi. I liked what I read about NixPlay and if I don't like it, returns are easy with Amazon.
Well I bought 2 frames, the 15 inch and the 12 inch and I am keeping them both. They are huge! My only regret is that I didn't buy the 8 inch frame as well which I have since ordered. I will have the 15 inch in the living room, 12 inch in the bedroom and 8 inch at work.
Setup was really easy with the quick start guide. I had both frames up and running with a handful of pictures I quickly uploaded to my account on the website. First I created an empty album on the website, then uploaded pictures to that album. Next you create a slideshow and add one or more albums to that slideshow. Then you add one or more slideshows to a photo frame. I haven't quite figured out the benefit of slideshows just yet as it seems like an extra layer that isn't needed.
I plan to mount the frames to the wall at the house. It uses metric machine screws #4 by 12 and I bought ones about 1/2 inch long. I slide off the square plate on back. You have to nudge it around until you get it to come off (plastic tabs on the back of the plate are in some holes). Now it looks like you could put one or two screws into the wall and then set the frame over those screws and push it down to lock it in place. You could also buy a mounting frame like they have for flat screen TVs. I plan two use my screws to put in the mounting plate holes on the back of the frame, leaving them sticking out some, wrap picture frame wire around the screws and then hang it on the wall.
I have set my frames so that they power off if there isn't motion after 5 minutes. You can set it for higher time amounts too. The remote control works great and since I will be mounting this close to the TV in the living room, I like that I can use the remote to turn the frame off. If I'm watching a movie and don't want it to pop on when someone moves around. There is a slot in the back of the frame to store the remote but I plan to keep it with my other remotes.
I did try Facebook and while I don't have a lot of pictures on Facebook that aren't already on my computer, what was cool was I could grab pictures from my friends on Facebook and add them to an album. I think the quality that Facebook stores photos at is lower because they don't look as good as the ones from my computer.
Speaking of quality, you have two settings, upload the full image size, or an optimized size. I have been using optimized so far and they look good enough for the casual event pictures I have loaded so far like Mothers Day. When I upload more formal shots I plan to try out the full size option.
Since some pictures are landscape and some are portrait, my initial plan was to have all my landscape pictures on the 15 inch frame and portrait on the 12 inch frame. I have since changed my mind. The frames are so large that I don't really need to maximize them like I thought. You can set it to either full screen or fit to screen I believe and I like fit to screen. Fit to screen seems to show the full image where the full screen will crop photos to use the entire screen.
The frames do have a USB port and memory card port but to be honest, with Wi-Fi, I don't know that I will ever use those features. If my Wi-Fi is ever down, the frame will just play the pictures that were last downloaded from the cloud.
I imagine that as soon as my parents see this I will be buying a frame for them and the cool thing is I can send different photos to different frames. I can send the same slideshow to multiple frames or different frames. I have been wanting a digital frame for years but am glad I waited because I think the nixplay frame has everything I could ever want in a frame. Highly recommend!
Well I bought 2 frames, the 15 inch and the 12 inch and I am keeping them both. They are huge! My only regret is that I didn't buy the 8 inch frame as well which I have since ordered. I will have the 15 inch in the living room, 12 inch in the bedroom and 8 inch at work.
Setup was really easy with the quick start guide. I had both frames up and running with a handful of pictures I quickly uploaded to my account on the website. First I created an empty album on the website, then uploaded pictures to that album. Next you create a slideshow and add one or more albums to that slideshow. Then you add one or more slideshows to a photo frame. I haven't quite figured out the benefit of slideshows just yet as it seems like an extra layer that isn't needed.
I plan to mount the frames to the wall at the house. It uses metric machine screws #4 by 12 and I bought ones about 1/2 inch long. I slide off the square plate on back. You have to nudge it around until you get it to come off (plastic tabs on the back of the plate are in some holes). Now it looks like you could put one or two screws into the wall and then set the frame over those screws and push it down to lock it in place. You could also buy a mounting frame like they have for flat screen TVs. I plan two use my screws to put in the mounting plate holes on the back of the frame, leaving them sticking out some, wrap picture frame wire around the screws and then hang it on the wall.
I have set my frames so that they power off if there isn't motion after 5 minutes. You can set it for higher time amounts too. The remote control works great and since I will be mounting this close to the TV in the living room, I like that I can use the remote to turn the frame off. If I'm watching a movie and don't want it to pop on when someone moves around. There is a slot in the back of the frame to store the remote but I plan to keep it with my other remotes.
I did try Facebook and while I don't have a lot of pictures on Facebook that aren't already on my computer, what was cool was I could grab pictures from my friends on Facebook and add them to an album. I think the quality that Facebook stores photos at is lower because they don't look as good as the ones from my computer.
Speaking of quality, you have two settings, upload the full image size, or an optimized size. I have been using optimized so far and they look good enough for the casual event pictures I have loaded so far like Mothers Day. When I upload more formal shots I plan to try out the full size option.
Since some pictures are landscape and some are portrait, my initial plan was to have all my landscape pictures on the 15 inch frame and portrait on the 12 inch frame. I have since changed my mind. The frames are so large that I don't really need to maximize them like I thought. You can set it to either full screen or fit to screen I believe and I like fit to screen. Fit to screen seems to show the full image where the full screen will crop photos to use the entire screen.
The frames do have a USB port and memory card port but to be honest, with Wi-Fi, I don't know that I will ever use those features. If my Wi-Fi is ever down, the frame will just play the pictures that were last downloaded from the cloud.
I imagine that as soon as my parents see this I will be buying a frame for them and the cool thing is I can send different photos to different frames. I can send the same slideshow to multiple frames or different frames. I have been wanting a digital frame for years but am glad I waited because I think the nixplay frame has everything I could ever want in a frame. Highly recommend!
on June 10, 2014
First the basic frame functionality is very solid; color controls are the best I've seen, and this is like the 8 or 9th frame I've purchase over the past 5 years or so (before that I made my own). Two features need updating, but they are suppose to be on the way. These being a truly "random" display function, the second being able better taylor the minimum display time (currently 30s). But give this frame is connected to the cloud future updates can be done without user intervention (yea)!
The cloud interface is very easy to use, you get 20GB online with the frame, if you store re-sized (optimized) pictures this probably holds 10K pictures. The management of what you load to the cloud and what you expose to any of your frames (5 free; don't understand why they would limit this) is easy to understand and use; You upload into albums and manage what's on frames with slide shows (up to 500 images per slideshow; not an issue as you can have many, many slideshows defined.
The eMail interface works reasonably well once you define each email account that is allowed send pictures to the frame, this has to be done one at a time, but once and done generally speaking. Interfaces to other social media functions is evolving, FB, IG, DB, Picasa all exist today (and work), if they keep adding services (Flickr , smugmug, SNAPfish, shutterfly, photoBucket, SlickPic... and other cloud storage options, iPhoto, SkyDrive.....) as they move forward this is truly the product to have (open to multiple services vs a closed, walled off eco-system), as nothing else, yet, compares. Their "futures" forum says lots of thing are coming...if so this is the best of the best. Especially if they define a API for other apps to interface directly with them.
I'd love to take pic with my iPhone and send to the frame/slideshow directly; today it's get's their via another service without full control; hopefully that again will be added, but it's just software, you have the frame that will work with it!
The cloud interface is very easy to use, you get 20GB online with the frame, if you store re-sized (optimized) pictures this probably holds 10K pictures. The management of what you load to the cloud and what you expose to any of your frames (5 free; don't understand why they would limit this) is easy to understand and use; You upload into albums and manage what's on frames with slide shows (up to 500 images per slideshow; not an issue as you can have many, many slideshows defined.
The eMail interface works reasonably well once you define each email account that is allowed send pictures to the frame, this has to be done one at a time, but once and done generally speaking. Interfaces to other social media functions is evolving, FB, IG, DB, Picasa all exist today (and work), if they keep adding services (Flickr , smugmug, SNAPfish, shutterfly, photoBucket, SlickPic... and other cloud storage options, iPhoto, SkyDrive.....) as they move forward this is truly the product to have (open to multiple services vs a closed, walled off eco-system), as nothing else, yet, compares. Their "futures" forum says lots of thing are coming...if so this is the best of the best. Especially if they define a API for other apps to interface directly with them.
I'd love to take pic with my iPhone and send to the frame/slideshow directly; today it's get's their via another service without full control; hopefully that again will be added, but it's just software, you have the frame that will work with it!
on May 17, 2014
This photo display is great! Easy to setup, looks good and has many ways to get you photo into a slide show. So far, I've used DropBox, iPhone App, email and the nixplay.com website to get photos to the display and they all work as expected. The software is well done and easy to figure out. I've found no problems with software or hardware. I'd recommend this display to anyone.
on May 25, 2014
Love my nixplay frame. I think the best thing at Nixplay is the support, it is the best I ever encounter. 2 days after I bought the frame I was really to return it until I called for support. An assistant named Shae (I apologize if I misspelled her name) spent the longest time guiding me through the process of downloading my pictures into the the frame. She was patient, kind and very clear with her explanations. The frame is great, bright colors, easy to use, now that I know how, the motion sensor is a good feature. I'm very happy my Nixplay thanks to Shae.
on May 12, 2015
We bought this for my boyfriend's mother who is confined to her bed because she is a stroke victim. Seeing her grandson's face and the faces of family members pop up on a digital screen that is large enough for her to see makes her days a little easier. We often don't have enough time to bring her frame home to update it with newer photos of her grandson, but with this frame we can do it from home & from far away! We can email them to the account set up for the frame and they go straight to the frame's playlist with an internet connection. Our mind's have been officially blown and we are all so pleased with it!
on August 9, 2014
I grew up in a household where there were picture frames all over (walls, dressers,nightstands, etc i think you get the point) so when I got my place I wanted it clutter free and picture less. This worked well for me until I had my first born. I love this frame and the simplicity of it all. The screen size is bigger than my ipad air so its really easy to see the pictures even from a distance.
I set up my email address as an approved email address on the website along with a few family members and I put them to automatically go into my slideshow. So whenever one of us takes a cute pic of my daughter they email the pic directly to the nixplay email address and it pops up on the slideshow within a 15/20 mins.
I've had other digital frames but I always feel like it such a burden to update the pics on the usb or memory, having the wifi on this frame with the ability to instantly send a pic to the frame is the easiest and really allows you showcase great pics in the home/office.
I set up my email address as an approved email address on the website along with a few family members and I put them to automatically go into my slideshow. So whenever one of us takes a cute pic of my daughter they email the pic directly to the nixplay email address and it pops up on the slideshow within a 15/20 mins.
I've had other digital frames but I always feel like it such a burden to update the pics on the usb or memory, having the wifi on this frame with the ability to instantly send a pic to the frame is the easiest and really allows you showcase great pics in the home/office.
on December 12, 2015
I love it so far, even though this is a gift for my wife (I think/hope she will love it too). I just set it up tonight so it will be ready for Christmas when she opens it. This is my first digital frame and I am really impressed with the quality of the frame and number of features for the price. The process of setting it up was pretty easy- connect to WiFi, set up your account online on your pc, link your account to the frame, make an album, put some pictures in it, and you're ready to go. I also like being able to link to different photo hosting sites that I have accounts on to add pictures to albums, which can be displayed in the frame and also shared with friends. I really like how active the company seems to be in listening to users on features and support questions. The frame itself has a nice matte finish so it wont reflect glare or show finger prints.
The only con so far: I am not too crazy being limited to the fill frame panning motion option, it would be better if you could chose panning on individual pictures or turn panning off all together. There is also the fit to frame option (letterbox). I've read in some of the older amazon reviews something about uploading pictures to the optimal resolution, I don't know if that is still available or not. It's late, I haven't used all of the features yet, going to put it back in the box & wrap it.
The only con so far: I am not too crazy being limited to the fill frame panning motion option, it would be better if you could chose panning on individual pictures or turn panning off all together. There is also the fit to frame option (letterbox). I've read in some of the older amazon reviews something about uploading pictures to the optimal resolution, I don't know if that is still available or not. It's late, I haven't used all of the features yet, going to put it back in the box & wrap it.
on December 12, 2015
OK, I was tempted to give it four stars because of some of the issues below, but 4 stars is "I like it" but 5 stars is, "I love it." And I do love it. Works great, looks great. With the right mount I can put it on the wall and have it be just one of our family pictures. But there are some issues that drive me crazy.
1. Their website is awful. As I type this on the Amazon website, the print is very dark grey (maybe even black) and in a decent size. Someone on their team is convinced that a light grey type that is smaller is easier to read. Really? Amazon & Chrome do a lot of research on what would be best. Follow that.
2. You have to click on the intuitive guide that will step you through the paces of getting your pictures to your playlist. But some of us just want a step by step guide.
3. Rather than relying on a great help guide, their search takes you to, for example, what other people are saying about that particular thing. Many companies are taking this as the cheap way to provide support. Don't create an in depth help guide... just have the search tool take you to what others have discovered.
I have included a screen shot that shows both the faded look of the website, and the responses when I put in "Facebook" in the help search. Instead of giving me an article about how to get facebook pictures into my Nixplay playlist, it gives me three "ideas" submitted by users. Yet if you do the search, you'll find instructions for posting facebook pictures, but these articles don't pop up in the help response.
4. I thought there was something more automatic with social media albums... like having a picassa or facebook album or page post directly to the nixplay playlist. So I do a search on how to use facebook with my nixplay, and the only thing that comes up are three suggestions from users on how Nixplay should coordinate with facebook. I had to do deeper digging in the faq's to find a video that tells me what I already knew, how to move a picture from one location to another, like from that picassa album to my playlist. So really it doesn't coordinate with any social media photo storage... just tells you how you can move it from that location to the Nixplay location.
5. The suggestions from users can be very good, but there was no indication that Nixplay is actually incorporating them. For example, if a picture isn't sized right you have two options: it will squeeze it into the frame, leaving sidebars, or put it full size and pan... which doesn't work real well because, for example, if you have it switching pics every 5 seconds, it takes longer than 5 seconds to pan. One other option is to just auto crop. Of course, if you are like me, you'll open up your photoshop and crop the picture to post it. But then I might as well have other family posters send their picture to me to crop and I'll put it on the frame.
But, despite these grumblings, I do LOVE it. We are taking this, and giving it to my wife's parents. They do well if they can open their email, play a game of solitaire, and check their online stock portfolio. Anything more than this and forget it. So this way I can control their frame, including the settings, right from home. And they get to be surprised to see what pictures are being displayed TODAY!
1. Their website is awful. As I type this on the Amazon website, the print is very dark grey (maybe even black) and in a decent size. Someone on their team is convinced that a light grey type that is smaller is easier to read. Really? Amazon & Chrome do a lot of research on what would be best. Follow that.
2. You have to click on the intuitive guide that will step you through the paces of getting your pictures to your playlist. But some of us just want a step by step guide.
3. Rather than relying on a great help guide, their search takes you to, for example, what other people are saying about that particular thing. Many companies are taking this as the cheap way to provide support. Don't create an in depth help guide... just have the search tool take you to what others have discovered.
I have included a screen shot that shows both the faded look of the website, and the responses when I put in "Facebook" in the help search. Instead of giving me an article about how to get facebook pictures into my Nixplay playlist, it gives me three "ideas" submitted by users. Yet if you do the search, you'll find instructions for posting facebook pictures, but these articles don't pop up in the help response.
4. I thought there was something more automatic with social media albums... like having a picassa or facebook album or page post directly to the nixplay playlist. So I do a search on how to use facebook with my nixplay, and the only thing that comes up are three suggestions from users on how Nixplay should coordinate with facebook. I had to do deeper digging in the faq's to find a video that tells me what I already knew, how to move a picture from one location to another, like from that picassa album to my playlist. So really it doesn't coordinate with any social media photo storage... just tells you how you can move it from that location to the Nixplay location.
5. The suggestions from users can be very good, but there was no indication that Nixplay is actually incorporating them. For example, if a picture isn't sized right you have two options: it will squeeze it into the frame, leaving sidebars, or put it full size and pan... which doesn't work real well because, for example, if you have it switching pics every 5 seconds, it takes longer than 5 seconds to pan. One other option is to just auto crop. Of course, if you are like me, you'll open up your photoshop and crop the picture to post it. But then I might as well have other family posters send their picture to me to crop and I'll put it on the frame.
But, despite these grumblings, I do LOVE it. We are taking this, and giving it to my wife's parents. They do well if they can open their email, play a game of solitaire, and check their online stock portfolio. Anything more than this and forget it. So this way I can control their frame, including the settings, right from home. And they get to be surprised to see what pictures are being displayed TODAY!
on December 7, 2015
We purchased as a gift for non-tech-savvy relatives. Great in so many ways... easy setup and being able to control every setting and photo content from the password-protected website are BIG bonuses. Easy to send photos - just email to the frame. We've had it set up and running to test, programmed to go on and off and using the motion sensor, so far running beautifully. Nice large size for pictures and the display quality is excellent. Free Cloud storage up to 10GB, which is plenty for the average user. You can purchase more Cloud storage space for a subscription, but the average user probably won't need it.
The perfect choice if you have loved ones far away and you want to be able to do the technical stuff for them. Every single setting is accessible from the website - from the brightness, clock, motion sensor, timer, display settings, etc. For this reason, highly recommend the Nixplay over the Pixstar unit (which we gave to other relatives a few years ago who have been enyoing it). The Pixstar works well, but simply doesn't have the ability to do all the technical/setup/upkeep from another location. (Note: our frame is about 4 years old, perhaps Pixstar has made advances since then).
The only con so far: it takes a few minutes to learn how to navigate the albums/playlists on the website. Truly a drag and drop operation! With a little patience you will figure it out.
Overall worth every penny.
The perfect choice if you have loved ones far away and you want to be able to do the technical stuff for them. Every single setting is accessible from the website - from the brightness, clock, motion sensor, timer, display settings, etc. For this reason, highly recommend the Nixplay over the Pixstar unit (which we gave to other relatives a few years ago who have been enyoing it). The Pixstar works well, but simply doesn't have the ability to do all the technical/setup/upkeep from another location. (Note: our frame is about 4 years old, perhaps Pixstar has made advances since then).
The only con so far: it takes a few minutes to learn how to navigate the albums/playlists on the website. Truly a drag and drop operation! With a little patience you will figure it out.
Overall worth every penny.
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