Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Clear) w/3 Additional Colored Frames

by Philips

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6 x 8 inches ; 3.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000HWQ75I
• Item model number: 7FF1M4/37
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (153 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 12, 2006

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

How many digital pictures are hidden on your PC? See, share and relive your memories with Philips Photo Frame, the easiest way to display your digital photos in stunning quality - without a PC.

Photo Frame Highlights

High pixel density display The very best high density screen in the industry displays 88 percent more pixels per square inch than even a high end 17-inch LCD monitor -- showing off your treasured photos with the same 'real life' rich detail and vibrant colors as high quality prints.

Rich, vibrant colors Full color display brings out the best in your photos with vibrant, real life colors by displaying the same full range of colors found in professionally printed photos.

Quality design and materials Top quality design and exquisite materials include a solid metal stand, stylish frame and detailed finishing that convey an impression of value and refined taste, adding luster to the photos displayed on Photo Frame.

Award-winning design Prestigious international organizations select outstanding products for design awards; Philips display devices regularly win such awards including the iF, Good Design Award and reddot Design Award.

Interchangeable frames A selection of interchangeable frames that snap onto your Photo Frame fits your personal taste and compliments your home or office decor.

Memory card slots Two memory card readers are built-in for easy viewing and sharing of photos stored in memory cards. One memory card slot accepts Compact Flash I (CF) cards while the second accommodates Memory Stick (MS), SD Card and Multi Media Cards (MMC).

Easy USB connectivity A USB connector is built into the device for easy and quick downloading photos from a PC.

Create slideshows A slideshow is a collection of images arranged in sequence for presenting to an audience. Pressing the button and selecting the slideshow function automatically displays all photos stored on your Photo Frame page-by-page.

Multiple viewing modes Flexible display modes give you the freedom to display your photos one image at one time, in thumbnail mode for quick, easy searches, or to create a slideshow of your most treasured photos.

Run on built-in battery or AC AC or onboard battery power gives you the choice of operating your Photo Frame on standard AC power or cordlessly with the onboard rechargeable battery.

On-off timer A built-in clock turns your Photo Frame on or off at times you select.

Product Description

6.5" Digital Picture Frame, Clear frame plus 3 other interchangeable colors, high resolution 720x480, 170 degree viewin angle, USB connect to PC for easy picture downloads, holds up to 60 digital photos with internal memory, create slide shows, up to 8 hour display time on rechargeable battery, or use direct AC power connection.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

328 of 338 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommeded product, November 8, 2006

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F. Landiza "Pinoy In Iowa" (West Des Moines, Iowa, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Clear) w/3 Additional Colored Frames (Electronics)

UPDATE: 1/30/2008
This item has been priced at nearly $200 lately. I think that price is too high. Even at $150, this should be overpriced. I would wait for the price to come down or get the same item from another source!

Below are my original comments in Nov. 2006:
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I have this product for several days now and I am very happy with it. My co-workers liked it too.

Pros:
- beautiful, crisp images even at close range
- controllable brightness level
- programmable display - can be turned on and off automatically at certain times
- has option for battery or AC
- support for multiple memory cards
- easily loads and displays file from an SD card without having to worry about filenames.
- automatically rotates images
- has internal memory for extra images. I've read that it's only 14MB though.
- resizes the pictures without cropping them.

Cons;
- Battery is not replaceable.
- No battery level indicator.
- Battery life is only 50 minutes in slideshow mode (based on published specs.)
- edges in some images have become rugged even though I have my pictures in the same ratio as 720x480.
- no touch screen input (or is that too much?)
- the controls at the back needs a little of getting used to, otherwise they are well placed
- In my first few minutes of use, I have observed that it was not displaying one image properly during a slide show. I just pressed a button to change it to Browse mode then back to Slideshow mode and it did not happen again.
- If an SD card is inserted and the digital frame is turned on, it automatically copies the files from the card to its internal memory. This process is slow. I am not sure why it's doing it. So I make it a habit to turn it on first then insert the SD card.

Not tested for:
- Software that came with the product

Some things that I did:
- I resized my huge images (I kept the original of course) and it saved me a lot of space without affecting the display quality much. I have my pictures sizes between 32KB to 250KB. If your images don't have the same ratio as 720x480, they will have dark border on the sides or on top and bottom.
- I used 2GB of SD card. All I did was insert it at the back and I started to enjoy the pictures.

Conclusion:
- This is a highly recommended product despite it's minor problems. The price is fair compared to similar products - which I've read are not as good as this. I am just wondering Why is it that their 9-inch version has a lower resolution? That is the reason why I opted for this.

202 of 208 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, but badly flawed., December 11, 2006

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Richard Rubinstein "Dick Rubinstein" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Clear) w/3 Additional Colored Frames (Electronics)

The praise for this digital picture in other reviews is well deserved. I produces clear, bright pictures. I bought one for my mother, to cycle through hundreds of family and travel photos, as reminders of these good times. In the end, I'm not sure I will give it to her. It could be more trouble to her than it's worth.

I've had quite a trial getting to this point. The first unit I received had a mechanical defect: the SD card slot would not latch the card without much fiddling. Amazon replaced the unit without question. My plan was to resize my 500-600 pictures to the resolution of the display so that they would fit nicely on an SD card. I put them on my freshly-formatted 1 GB card, and none of them appeared. After much fiddling--there is no information in the manual or on line--I discovered that the folder structure and file names have to match a supported camera. I aped my Canon file structure, down to file names like IMG_0001.jpg. Yes, the funny file names seem to be required.

Past this first hurdle, I put my 568 photos on the card and let 'er go. I found that after an hour or two, the screen just went blank. This was with a photo-change-rate of 2 per minute. I tried various experiments, with no luck. Sometimes, instead of a blank screen, the unit stopped the slide show in thumbnail mode and had to be restarted. I exchanged email with Philips customer service (after finding nothing at all useful on the web site other than the user manuals). They said I should phone.

I did, and spent 30 minutes with a pleasant but inexperienced rep who went through the manual and a little bit of additional guidance Philips gave her. She could tell me nothing, though she acknowledged the problem. She said I should return the unit. I persisted, and even though Philips has no escalation procedure for this product, we agreed I should talk to her supervisor. He was more technical, and very sympathetic. He confirmed the obvious technical things--how I'd downsized the files, that I was using .jpg format, etc. He said I was doing it all right. He too acknowledged my problem. He said to be sure I was not using a card larger than 1 GB, but 1 GB was OK. Don't use the CF card slot (I wasn't, though I tried it and had the same problem). He suggested I reduce the number of photos on the card, but had no other suggestion other than to return the unit.

I took about 80 photos off the card, so that the total was under 500, and it's been behaving OK for several days, switching photos at two per hour (change every 30 minutes). I don't trust the unit not to give my mom problems.

Bottom line: This is a great picture frame in terms of size and picture quality. It's easy enough to use (but not as easy as they claim). It works just fine with 55 or so pictures stored on its internal memory. But the problems I had relate to the basic function of the unit. It's a software problem that is so basic I can only wonder whether the engineers at Philips did any meaningful testing of the product before shipping it. If showing 50 or 60 photos meets your needs, I recommend the frame. If you want to show hundreds of pictures from a camera card, seek elsewhere.

63 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Even Consider Any Other Under $200 Digital Frames, November 8, 2006

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J. Bernstein "JB" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Clear) w/3 Additional Colored Frames (Electronics)

I made a big mistake and started shopping price for a digital photo frame. A big box store had a great deal for $125.00 (many more features than the Philips 7" model). BUT, one major difference, the picture quality on its screen was, absolutely, horrible. Spend the $180 and buy this product. Don't waste your time on other brands. I can't speak to the over $200 units. And, by the way, download this software: wdpv.exe v1.09. It automatically downsizes photos. You can fit 100 pix on a 16MB card.