Samsung SPF-83V 8-Inch Wireless Digital Photo Frame with Built-in 64MB Memory (White)

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 4.4 x 9.5 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000YA1Z14
• Item model number: SPF-83V
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 2, 2007

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer

Imagine a fresh look at your favorite photos. By combining an 8-inch wide LCD with Wi-Fi connectivity and a long list of features and functions, the high-style Samsung SPF-83V LCD digital photo frame makes it easy to display entire collections of new pictures and timeless classics every day. Update it wirelessly via PC or sync it directly with a Windows Live Space or photo-sharing website. The SPF-83V even plays video, audio, and MP3 music files, and makes a powerful point-of-sale tool in a retail setting. Enjoy more photos, more often. With the Samsung SPF-83V digital photo frame, it’s not hard to imagine.

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Samsung SPF-83V Highlights

Wireless Connectivity Offering 802.11b/g wireless connectivity, the SPF-83V can be linked to your PC or directly to the Internet to receive automatic photo updates via a Windows Live Space or photo-sharing website that offers RSS feeds.

5-in-1 Memory Card Reader The multi-source SPF-83V features a built-in card reader that accepts CompactFlash (CF), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick and xD-Picture Card.

Built-in 64 MB Flash Memory Built-in flash memory frees your memory card for more pictures. Or store your all-time favorites in the internal memory, and keep a card updated with the latest and greatest.

Dual USB Ports With two styles of USB ports -- 1 Type-A and 1 Type-B -- the SPF-83V delivers valuable versatility. You can download files from your PC or directly from a USB thumb drive, and even use the SPF-83V as a mini-monitor.

Ball Hinge Stand and Wall Mount A new ball hinge mechanism using an elastomer ball allows fluid movement and a more natural viewing angle. The wall mount function frees up space and creates an elegant look.

Product Description

The SPF-83V gives a fresh look at your favorite photos. You can play video, audio and MP3 music files in your home or in a retail setting. Use Wi-Fi to update your new pictures of sync directly using Windows Live Space. An 8-inch frame with so much to offer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple to use, good pictures, short on memory, June 20, 2008

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NDH (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung SPF-83V 8-Inch Wireless Digital Photo Frame with Built-in 64MB Memory (White) (Electronics)

A fairly clean-looking 8"-diagonal screen in a white 11.5" diagonal frame. The photos look good, and setup is easy. The WiFi option is nicely done, with an internal web browser in the frame to simply setup and management.

Pros:
- 4:3 aspect ratio fits most photographs much better than most 16:9 aspect ratio frames (I suppose those a numerous because portable DVD players have made the display components cheap).
- 800x600 pixels (most frames are 640x400)
- Adequate contrast for viewing in bright light.
- Setup for WiFi is easy with the 7 buttons on the back and the on-screen keyboard for entering WEP keys.
- Once WiFi is setup, access the frame via a web-browser (a screen shows IP-based URL, login name and password). From there, you can cut and paste RSS feed URLs from which photos are downloaded. (Note that appropriate other magic will be required for web access outside the local network, since it's an IP-based URL.)
- Flash card slots for large capacity
- Time-based on-off and alarm settings.

Cons:
- Short on memory - 64M is ridiculously small - although since it pulls pictures across the WiFi, that isn't a huge issue.
- White frame is a bit bright - would prefer black or something less shiny.
- No wall hanging, although it's quite thin, so it should be possible to fashion something easy.
- Portrait images auto-rotated by the camera aren't upright on the display, although once processed by Lightroom or Picasa and exported the right thing happens
- A little costly.

A good solution for the parent's house - can point it to a specific Flickr collection and update that from round the world.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Photo Frame for Parents House, September 13, 2008

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A. Hustvedt - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung SPF-83V 8-Inch Wireless Digital Photo Frame with Built-in 64MB Memory (White) (Electronics)

This photo frame isn't perfect, but if you are looking for something to display photos from your Flickr feed, or any other RSS photo stream, even at a less than technically capable relative's house, then this is a very viable option.

It definitely takes some technical know-how to set up, but once it is set up it doesn't need any more interaction. The setup screens on the frame are slightly confusing even for me, and I could write the software on the frame. Specifically, after setting up the wireless network, it searches for a Windows computer to grab photos from, and if that fails the error reads like a Windows computer on the network sharing photos is required. However, just pressing "continue" allows the web server to be started.

The web interface to the frame is kind of useful. It is where you add in RSS feeds, and along with seeing what is currently on the frame is about all you can do from the web interface. That means that you can't do much to the frame remotely.

The screen has a very good angle of view, and is decently bright. The case is a bit tight on the screen, so that pushing on the buttons causes the surface of the LCD to distort, which could be an issue if the buttons are frequently pressed.

The slideshow configuration is a bit limited, with the possible intervals being 5,10 and 20 seconds, which is way too fast for my taste. I would like to see 5 minutes. The transition between pictures is configurable, but I have left that on random.

I am using this (only) to display pictures from my Flickr feed for my parents, so the rest of the review is in that light. I don't plan to use the frame with a memory card or reading pictures from a Windows computer, so those features are irrelevant to me.

It only shows 20 pictures from a RSS feed, and while it does cache the images on 32MB of the internal flash, it doesn't save them, so it only ever shows the most recent 20 pictures.

When doing a slideshow from the RSS feed it only shows the pictures, there are no "loading...", ads, or any other text on the display, which I consider to be a good thing. It does show the title for the picture if you are browsing through the list, but it doesn't show that in the slideshow, nor can you configure that.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Internet Picture Frame, October 30, 2008

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Paul Hildebrandt (Chino, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung SPF-83V 8-Inch Wireless Digital Photo Frame with Built-in 64MB Memory (White) (Electronics)

I just purchased the Samsung SPF-83V 8-Inch Wireless Digital Photo Frame for my parents.
Pros:
* Samsung makes a good looking LCD. The 800×600 looks good on an 8inch LCD.
* Auto on/off times
* Has a bunch of features like sound which I don't care about now but might later.
* No monthly fee for service.
* Worked easily with a WAP protected router.
Cons:
* The frame border is a little glossy for my taste.
* The right/left navigation buttons are backwards but they are only used in setup.
* Don't expect your parents to be able to set it up. It wasn't intuitive and I actually know computers.

I decided to go with a third party RSS feed provider, Frame Channel.
They specialize in providing feeds to internet picture frames.
Pros:
* Easy to work with web interface
* Auto resizes picture you upload
* Has a email address attached to the account so you can send email with a picture attached and it will show it.
* The email have to come from approve sources. (I was worried about porn spam, that would have been awkward.)
* The have lots of channels like weather, sports, bible quotes, trivia and so on.
Cons:
* Their channels have a small ad strip on them. It's not hideous but well close.

They've only had it for a few weeks but they are VERY happy with it. We were out on the lake on their boat and I snapped a shot of my boys with the iPhone and mailed it to the picture frames address. When we got back to their house an hour later we saw the picture on the frame. It actually look pretty good for a camera phone photo.