Smartparts SP1100B 11-Inch Digital Photo Frame (Black Wood)

by Smart Parts

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.3 x 13.8 x 4.6 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0013YTXFA
• Item model number: SP1100BEC
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Show your pictures and share your memories with Smartparts SP1100B 11-inch digital picture frame. The SP1100B features a LCD screen that displays your pictures as sharp and vibrant images making it easy to enjoy your favorite photos. By simply inserting your memory card into either of the two built-in memory card readers or a USB cable into the frame it automatically transfers photos and videos to the frames 128 MB built-in memory – which stores up to 2,000 pictures. Frame automatically adjusts the picture orientation, the picture size, and filters duplicates of pictures, videos and music. Frame has built-in speakers and music player allowing you to enhance your photo viewing experience. Optimize your pictures using OptiPix on your computer. OptiPix helps you change the orientation of you photos and sharpen images. Use OptiPix to find pictures, create copies, and transfer photos from your computer to your frame. Adjust the speed of the slideshow and other settings from across the room with included remote control. Frame has real wood framing in a cinnamon brown color and custom designed matting which can compliment any room or office.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Smartparts 11" SB1100B Digital Photo Frame, November 29, 2008

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photo fan "Ron" (Fremont, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Smartparts SP1100B 11-Inch Digital Photo Frame (Black Wood) (Electronics)

Have now had this Photo Frame for about 1 month and its worked perfectly. I have tried both the internal and external flash drive, and memory cards with no problems. The unit started up immediately and the memory card and flash drives were found with no problems and we got pictures on the frame from the get go.

I don't see any overheating mentioned in other reviews. My unit is very cool to the touch even after hours of operation.

The price is exceptional for an 11" ($99) and is a very good value.

The colors are vivid and sharp and overall very good.

I highly recommend this photo frame for manufacturing quality, picture quality, ease of operation, and low price.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does best what it is supposed to do....., August 25, 2008

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Sim (Seattle, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smartparts SP1100B 11-Inch Digital Photo Frame (Black Wood) (Electronics)

Pros:
+ Good resolution which is adequate for a display of this size
+ Nice looking frame with good finish and excellent image quality
+ Plays music files (WMA format)
+ Plays avi and mov format videos
+ Decent software with the system that allows you to manage your pics
+ Good inbuilt software with easy navigation and control
+ Comes with full functionality remote
+ Many slide transition options
+ Accepts two different card at same time (two card slots SD, xD and CF)+additional built in memory
+ Slide-show and music can run at same time
+ LCD screen with a large viewing angle (images can be seen well from sides)
+ Can be connected to PC for direct image transfer (or the cards can be inserted after copying images)

Cons:

- Cannot hang this on wall untill you can find a way to hide the cable (electricity) or if you are ok with the cable being seen
- Speakers on the back on the unit (if there is obstruction on the back side, too close to wall etc sound will be muffled)
- No support for MP3 (only WMA music files)
- Inbuilt music player is very basic, you cannot fast forward or reverse a song, you can skip them thou
- No charging mechanism as such the frame will run only when connected to an electricity outlet (120V to 240V)

Gist:
Does best what it is supposed to do i.e. DISPLAYING IMAGES, crisp images with many configurable options

Highly recommended if you want a frame for full image and basic music and video functionality (which I consider a free bonus at this price)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great deal!, August 11, 2008

By 

Bibhas Biniwale (Houston, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Smartparts SP1100B 11-Inch Digital Photo Frame (Black Wood) (Electronics)

Pros:
Nicely enhanced bright colors; Simple interface; Play background music; Takes most memory media; Remote

Cons:
Shabby backpanel construction; Photos cannot be randomized; Heats up a lot

At $100 (Aug 2008 on RitzCamera.com), this is an outstanding deal in the 11" digital photo frame segment. The colors of the pics seen in the frame are amazingly bright, and even low resolution pics look great on this screen.
The musical playback is great feature, though I haven't found a way of turning it off. It can give a surreal or nostalgic effect depending on your pics.
The interface is simple, with minimal buttons.
Its capable of reading almost any kind of media including USB stick, compact flash cards, MMC and SD cards. With an internal memory of 128 MB and almost unlimited external media memory, one can literally enjoy their entire life's albums on this beautiful digital photo frame.
I have never used the remote, but its a cool feature to have on this gadget.

Although, the front panel of the frame looks elegant, the finishing of the back-panel is a bit shoddy. The actual electronic display is held inside a plastic frame with the help of 4 screws, but the two surfaces don't flush onto each other very well, giving it an uneven level difference. The screws also go into the panel at random angle because of the level difference.
Leave the screen on for more than 2 hrs and it will melt down all the stuff within 3 ft from it! The big screen dissipates a lot of heat. I haven't seen if other frames give out as much heat as well, but this seems to get a bit too hot!
A couple of features that I thot were missing was the ability to randomize the pics on the media and to turn off the music if wanted. But for all the other good features that it has, losing out on these two is not a big deal for me.

A happy customer and recommended till another superior piece comes in the market at a lower price!