Customer Reviews

Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Wood)

5 star:		(26)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

My dad's a perfectionist, a techno geek, and a retired physician. He's going to love this gift. Took me less than an hour to unpackage it, plug it in, install the software, find 50 photos to upload into it and repackage it for mailing to his home.

The control buttons are on the back. I thought "Oh, no. I'll never remember what does what." Well, talk about intelligent design! They're not only sets of different sizes, but when you hold the frame to watch the menus on the front, the functions of the buttons on the back appear on the FRONT where the buttons that do those functions sit on the BACK.

I flipped open the Quick Start guide just to check for potential problems like "you need to charge overnight before using", but I didn't see anything like that, so I just plugged in the power cable, USB cable to my PC and flew.

The screen is flawless - not a pixel out of tune. The customizability of slide shows and brightness and everything is quick and easy and obvious. And I think even my mom (who's still taking pictures with a finger over the flash) will be able to figure out how to pause and reverse the display.

I'm delighted, and sure he will be.

The only flaw - the wood frame itself is a little hokey with the gold lines. Kind of 1950's looking. Why not allow us to pay a little extra and get a really fine frame? Say, cherry? They offer a clear option. Those with traditional furnishings who have the disposable income to make such a purchase would appreciate being able to pick the wood...

So - great Christmas gift otherwise!

The Philips Digital Picture Frame deserves its fine reviews. In fact, it's the first picture frame that lives up to the potential of the product category. I've found other picture frames to be disappointing. Not so with this frame. It works well on many levels; it's attractive, delivers a bright and detailed image, has a satisfying user interface with intelligent options, even the packaging is unusually clever. Nice job Philips.

If you value a quality product, this frame will not disappoint.

This photo frame is unbelievable. I had been searching for a frame in the $120 price range for my grandparents, but was not satisfied with the screen resolution or the ease of use. I anted up for this one and it was 100% worth it. Among the features that I love:
-On Screen Navigation
-Drag & Drop photos with a USB cable
-Auto-orientation of pictures
-Pictures do not "stretch to fit" and end up distorted like some other frames
-The on/off timer-- I have it set to turn on at 7:45 am and turn off at 10:30 pm
-It holds about 80 photos without a memory card, but has the ability to use an additional memory card for more capacity.
-The clarity of the phots are unbelievable.
-It's sturdy. I dropped it when loading photos and it didn't break.

I highly recommend this if you are in the market.

Note: This review is unrelated to picture quality/user interface/tech attributes. Instead, this review is for people looking for an *attractive* wood digital frame.

I purchased this as a gift with intentions of loading photos onto it before presenting it to the recipient. However, I have returned it for two reasons:

1) The "wood" is not real - in fact, it's not even laminate. The frame surface is thin metal with a wood print on it. In my opinion, it looks fake to the point of being tacky. The "wood" color and grain looks like what you'd see on someone's living room walls in the 70's (i.e. wood paneling).

2) When I peeled the protective label off the LCD surface, it left an unsightly discoloration on the frame where the label overlapped onto the frame (the size of a dime!). What a shame to spend $180 and have a blemished product! I could never give this as as gift.

For anyone looking for a good quality "traditional looking frame" - it doesn't appear to exist yet. I would recommend the metal frame instead.

After looking at many different frames this one stood out from the rest. You'll be proud to give this quality frame as a gift or display for yourself. That's what we did. Bought on for a gift. Liked it so much bought another for us! Only quip would be the control buttons take a bit of getting used to. Not so intuitive. Be sure to look at the controls on screen when using the step up / buttons. That helps a lot. Once you've messed with it a short while you're good to go. Oh, I didn't read the manual which is on CD only the quick set up guide. Just like a guy huh? You won't be disapointed. We also purchased the larger 8" unit.

The display on the frame gives excellent photo quality, which is the number one concern for me. It's useful to note that the aspect ratio of the display is 3:2, which fits photos you took from your digital SLR perfectly. That's the way I think it should be. If you load photos from a point&shoot camera on the frame (4:3 ratio) without cropping, There will be slim areas of black on either side of the picture.

The frame provides some auto on/off function that allows you set the time. Personally I would prefer an ambient ligth sensor that will brighten the display as the room gets brigher, and dim as the room gets darker. Controls and adjusting are well done. The frame is good quality and classy. Exactly what I expected, nothing less.

Make sure you pick up an SD card, as the internal memory fills up fast (even if you downsize the pictures).

PROS
pretty frame - the nicest designs on the market
easy to use (it takes a while at the beginning but once you figure it out its super easy)
enough memory for about 40 pics (depends on the quality)
can set up to shut off at night and turn on in the morning

I bought two of these for my wife for Christmas and she absolutely loves them! I am extremely impressed by the brightness and clarity of the LCD. I also love how easy it is to load up new pictures - just save .JPGs onto a supported memory card and pop the card in the frame. It couldn't be easier. Great way for family members to share photos! My wife loves loading up memory cards (which are so inexpensive these days) with photos of our son and sending them out to family members and friends across the country.

I bought this digital frame as a gift for my wife , and it was wonderful she liked it a lot , the size of the frame is very good it looks like an original frame , the resolution is perfect ,the main disadvantages of the frame are:
1- it doesn't show movie/video files (for me and my wife it doesn't matter thus we just want to use it as a photo frame ).
2- there is no USB input that u can directly upload to the frame ( its not a big deal because i like to use the SD cards ).
3- there is no sound speaker for the frame(i already don't use the video).
4- its a bit expensive comparing to the other brands that has all the features with cheaper cost .

despite the disadvantages i love it , it has the best design between all of the brands , and so is the quality , with a nice touch of slide transitions , for me its worth the money spent on, with a good known brand , overall i recommend this product .

From reviews on Amazon, this digital picture frame is said to have excellent picture quality and indeed it has met my expectations. I like how the pictures from memory cards can change almost instantly in the no effects mode without having the picture slowly displayed line-by-line. And those are 7.1 MP photos on a SD card! With effects enabled in slideshow mode, the transitions can be random and they are are very acceptable, no complains there either.

The two exceptions I mentioned in the subject are:
1. The manual says photos that are stored in the unit's internal memory can be rotated. I could not get this to work. With the frame set to landscape mode, photos in the portrait mode are displayed sideways and can only be rotated 180 degrees so they are sideways in the opposite direction. One has to do the 90 degree rotation in the computer using a graphics program and then load them into the digital picture frame in order to have them displayed properly. I see that another Amazon reviewer for the 7" Philips digital frame mentions the rotation problem so it must be a factory defect.

2. The second exception is that the description on Amazon says the displayed resolution is 720x480 which is normally a 4:3 aspect picture from video camcorders due to rectangular shaped pixels. But this Philips unit must be using square pixels so the aspect ratio is actually 3:2. The manual says that the 4:3 aspect photos from most digital cameras are cropped to allow them to display properly on the 3:2 aspect screen. This means that the top and bottom of the photos are cropped off. So frame your photos with ample space on the top and bottom to allow for this cropping effect.

I'm happy with my purchase despite the two exceptions listed and they can both be worked around once the user is aware of them. Hopefully the rotation problem will be fixed in a future firmware upgrade.

Anyway, I believe my son will be thrilled with this gift because of the picture quality, speed of display and overall functionality.