Samsung SPF-107H 10-Inch Touch of Color Digital Photo Frame with 1 GB Built-In Memory

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 11 x 7.4 inches ; 1.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002DGTGQ8
• Item model number: SPF-107H
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 19, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This photo frame is almost as beautiful as the photos it showcases. With new Touch of Color design, a sophisticated gray color is blended into the ultra-thin frame. You can even use the 107H as a second mini monitor by connecting your PC. Plus 1 GB of built-in memory gives you more than enough room for all your photos. Relive your memories in crystal clear, high-resolution images.

1 GB Built-in Memory & Memory Slot Save over 3,000 photos in the photo frame with an amazing 1 GB of memory. The convenient USB slot lets you easily hook up your memory stick or connect it to a PC.

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High Resolution With a high resolution of 800 x 480 your pictures are sharp and crystal-clear.

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Exclusive UbiSync PC Mini Monitor The SPF-107H does much more than display your photos. You can use it as a second PC monitor with a simple USB connection.

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Various Slide Show effects Various slide show effects display your memories in a more interesting and impressive way.

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Product Description

The SPF-107H 10-Inch wide digital photo frame by Samsung is almost as beautiful as the photos it showcases. With new Touch of Color design, a sophisticated gray color is blended into the ultra-thin frame. You can even use the 107H as a second mini monitor by connecting to your PC. Plus 1 GB of built-in memory gives you more than enough room for all of your photos. Relive your memories in crystal clear, high-resolution images.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

117 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best screen of any picture frame, September 16, 2009

By 

Andy in Washington "Andy" (Washougal, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung SPF-107H 10-Inch Touch of Color Digital Photo Frame with 1 GB Built-In Memory (Electronics)

I have been hunting for an LCD picture frame for quite a while, and noticed the Samsung screens in a store.

What caught my eye was the picture quality of the LCD, and even more important, the anti-glare screen on the LCD. It is the only screen I have seen that does not reflect room lights in the screen-or perhaps it is more correct to say that it reflects them a whole lot less than any other screen. If you look at the Samsung screen side-by-side with other LCD's, the difference is amazing. It also seemed to have about the best contrast, especially in brighter room lighting.

The 10" screen also makes a big difference. You can view it from across a room and at least see what the picture is...although you still have to get closer to make out details. The smaller frames seem to require you to get close even to recognize the picture.

The Samsung did not have all the features I would have liked, but no LCD screen did. What I really wanted was a product that worked on my WiFi, and could automatically update itself from my network storage (NAS) on my network. Alas, none of the current LCD's seem to be there yet. Since my ideal product didn't exist, it made sense to get settle on the best screen, which is after all what you buy one of these for in the first place.

I am very happy with the picture, and the feature set is ok, if not perfect.

The frame has a USB port, and so far I have only used it to load pictures from my PC. It also appears to allow USB peripherals to connect, but haven't tried that yet.


Highlights:
Picture screen quality
Anti glare screen
1GB on board memory
Uses actual buttons rather than on-screen menus for most features
Has a couple of display modes- single picture, multi-picture, calendar
Mostly intuitive to operate

Lowlights
Manual (more below)
Stand seems poorly designed. Hard to keep it standing on a tabletop
No auto-rotate, although there is a rotate button, and it does remember the rotate
"Random" order only ramdomizes order once, then shows pics in same order


One final note- the enclosed directions for this unit are horrible. They are more of a technical data sheet than any sort of operting instruction. If you are reasonably computer literate, you will have no problems, but I would not recommend buying this as a gift for anyone who is computer phobic. As an example, there is no mention of plugging the unit in to a USB port and treating it like a storage peripheral to load photos...you sort of just have to know to do that.

All in all, I am very happy with this product.

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great resolution but color is off and mini-monitor fails, January 6, 2010

By 

J. Robertson (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung SPF-107H 10-Inch Touch of Color Digital Photo Frame with 1 GB Built-In Memory (Electronics)

Initially I was extremely impressed with the resolution and how vivid the colors are but that has has changed the more I look at it.

As a photo frame: 4 stars
Pros: 1. Good resolution
2. Easy set up
3. Multiple input modes
4. Adjustable back lighting
5. Multiple picture transition modes
Cons: 1. 4:3 aspect ratio photos do not fit well in a 16:9 widescreen without significant cropping. When uncropped portrait-oriented photos are viewed in landscape mode, they only fill roughly the center 1/3rd of the frame. Normal uncropped landscape photos leave an inch of blackspace on each side of the screen.
2. Noticeable bluish cast to photos and no means of adjustment to resolve. The blue cast actually overrules reddish tones enough to make sepia-tone photos look black and white. And while it is great for green landscapes or ocean view photos, sunset photos and skintones look blah. It makes my scuba photos look even worse.
3. Some of the picture transition modes are not very smooth.

As a mini monitor: 2 stars
Pros: None
Cons: 1. For the most part, cannot view videos or tv feed on monitor. Cannot get it to work with Windows Media Player, Quicktime, Roxio, or Avermedia TV software in either XP or Win 7. The only way I have gotten tv or video to work is using Snapstream and then it seizes fairly often.
2. Windows dragged over to monitor and maximized often have residuals and artifacts that cannot be refreshed out.
3. Have to go though a setup process each time unit is started as a monitor.

Samsung generally puts out fairly good quality products. This product was either produced as an afterthought (the 1024x600 screen is likely the same one used in their line of netbooks) or it was rushed to market to compete with the other new high-res photo frames coming on the market. If you are looking for a mini-monitor (as I was) look elsewhere. Samsung should have left that part out on this model as it really drags down the rating. If you are just looking for a digital frame, look for a 4:3 ratio model. You will probably be much happier with it as the pictures will fill the screen without cropping.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy Samsung product, May 18, 2010

By 

judydesigns (MA, USA) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Samsung SPF-107H 10-Inch Touch of Color Digital Photo Frame with 1 GB Built-In Memory (Electronics)

As other reviewers noted, the instructions for the photo frame are useless and it requires some tech savvy to set up, but the picture itself is very good (once you manage to figure out how to get it onto the frame. The frame is attractive, but the stand is not very stable and could easily break. That's where the positive features begin and end. The frame is evidently extremely selective about what kind of pictures it accepts, but it was impossible to determine the basis for the selections, as all the photos I attempted to download from either the computer or a flashdrive were photoshopped and saved as jpg files. Some originated on my digital camera and others had been scanned into photoshop. After spending hours trying to resolve the matter, I phoned Samsung, where the words "customer service" are an oxymoron, because there is no such thing there. I was transferred from one person to another, each claiming to be "the wrong dept.". After person number 5, I ended up disconnected (by them). I will NEVER buy another Samsung product. There are too many options out there to waste my time on. I packaged up the frame and returned it. Amazon, at least, has very good customer service.