Sony DPF-D72 7-Inch LCD WVGA 16:10 Photo Frame (Black)

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 7.8 x 3.9 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002DUCRJW
• Item model number: DPF-D72N/B
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #45 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Photo Studio > Storage & Presentation Materials > Digital Picture Frames
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 29, 2009

Product Description

The Sony DPF-D72N/B 7" Digital Photo Frame is a display device that offers WVGA 800 x 480 resolution and will store up to 2000 images within its internal memory. Photos can be displayed as a slideshow, individually, or as thumbnails for quick searching of images. This beautifully-styled photo frame will fit into many decors. It is easily loaded with pictures via its USB input for direct image transfer from most digital cameras (required USB cord not included). Photos can also be transferred from a PC. Additionally, it has embedded card readers for loading images from most memory cards. The frame can be set vertically or horizontally with or without its included stand, and it has an Auto Orientation sensor which automatically sets images to the correct position according to the placement of the frame. A supplied remote control makes operation easy from any location within range.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

131 of 133 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An entry level digital photo frame with a high quality display, November 1, 2009

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Andrew Siew (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony DPF-D72 7-Inch LCD WVGA 16:10 Photo Frame (Black) (Electronics)

The DPF-D72 is another entry level DPF from Sony. The D72 and the cheaper DPF-A72 both share a 7" display, but the D72 comes with an additional glossy glass-like panel that protects the LCD panel. Also, the D72 has an internal memory of 1GB for storing pictures, whereas the A72 comes with just 128MB for the same purpose. The D72 also supports CF cards, whereas the A72 does not.

Perhaps what sets the D72 apart from the affordable DPF-A72 is the quality of the display. At 800x480 pixels, the pixel density of the LCD display is very high, making well exposed photographs pop in front of your eyes. The image processor and the LCD screen (clear-photo LCD) also render colors faithfully, making sure the pictures look as good as they do on the frame as they do on your computer screen. Unlike the D72, the LCD screen of the A72 suffers from oversaturation in the green and yellow region, and the displayed images look somewehat pixelated with the lower resolution screen (480x234).

The D72 costs substantially more than the A72, which probably explains the difference in quality of the LCD panels. However, like the A72, the D72 comes without a USB cable, which is strange given the price of the frame. Although not entirely necessary, the USB cable allows easy and direct management of the photos in the photo frame's memory, so you don't have to copy the files to a memory card and feed it into the frame's memory through the built-in card reader.

Sony indicated that the device has a backlight life of 20,000 hours (before the brightness drops to 50 percent), so you might want to keep the backlight level at around level 5 (the default is 10) and switch the frame off when you are not in the room.

The device also comes with a handy remote control that runs on a single lithium ion battery, so you can control the slideshow and viewing mode without accessing the control buttons on the back of the frame.

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great picture quality, easy to use, December 21, 2009

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K. Sloan (Watertown, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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I purchased two of these as gifts and spent some time loading images onto each before giving them to others. While the manual was somewhat difficult to interpret, the actual process of getting images onto the frame could not have been easier. I have a mac and use iPhoto for images. The frame screen is 800x480 pixels, so I simply cropped a set of images to those dimensions and exported them as jpegs. I connected the frame using a USB cable (not included) and the frame popped up as an external device. I dragged my images onto the frame, unplugged the USB, and voila the frame rebooted and started displaying my images. Couldn't be easier.

Lots of extra options and settings to customize the experience, I left most of those alone except I did toggle the sony logo off on both of them since the frames look sleeker without the brand name.

Very happy; I'll likely pick up a third one of these for myself.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as it gets, March 1, 2010

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W. Johnson (The Mile High City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony DPF-D72 7-Inch LCD WVGA 16:10 Photo Frame (Black) (Electronics)

I liked this frame so much, I bought two. One for my parents and one for my family. The features are great, I like that it can double as a clock. Ease of use is well...easy! Pop in a memory card or plug into a PC via USB to use the 1gb of on board memory. Picture quality only slightly suffers when a picture outside the native display dimensions is loaded up. When a cropped picture for this frame is displayed, the results are spectacular. For a bigger room you probably want to get a bigger frame, but as an accent or in a smaller room I recommend this frame without hesitation.