ViewSonic VFD1027w-11 10.2-Inch Digital Photo Frame with 128 MB Internal Memory

by ViewSonic

• 10.2" Digital photo frame, 1024x600 High resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio
• High brightness 400 cd/m2 (typ.) & 400:1 (typ.) contrast ratio, 128MB Internal Memory
• Calendar & clock features, Random (Shuffle) slide show
• Auto on/off feature, USB host/slave, Remote control included
• Brightness and contrast adjustment, Support SD/MS/MS Pro/SDHC/MMC

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 12.4 x 9 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0040JHI4S
• Item model number: VFD1027w-11
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (131 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #74 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Photo Studio > Storage & Presentation Materials > Digital Picture Frames
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 23, 2010

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

ViewSonic's 10.2" VFD1027w-11 digital photo frame stores 128 MB of digital photos and displays them in a beautiful ebony frame that complements any home or office décor. Use the slideshow feature to customize your viewing. The ultrahigh 1024x600 resolution screen shows your photos in brilliant detail. It's easy to load photos using the USB port or your memory card. The clock and calendar functions keep you on schedule while showcasing your favorite photos. Choose the VFD1027w-11 for anyone on your gift list or treat yourself to this beautiful digital frame.

Key Features: VFD1027w-11 Digital Photo Frame features a high-resolution 1024x600 display for a crystal clear, high quality picture. Card reader supports SD, SDHC, MS, MS PRO and MMC card formats, plus USB transfer from PC, to making loading your photos easy Easy to enjoy and store content with an built-in 128MB internal storage Supports USB in both host and slave modes More than just a pretty picture with calendar, clock, energy saving and auto-on/off features Brightness/contrast/saturation adjustment and power saving auto on/off Elegant ebony frame design complements your home or office Intuitive and easy-to-use interface with remote control included

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Memories Last Forever Showcase a lifetime worth of photos in a single, stylish frame. With 128MB of internal storage plus support for all popular memory cards and USB transfer, the VFD1027w-11 makes it easy to display all your favorite photos. Unlike print photos, your digital pictures never tear, wrinkle or fade, so you can enjoy vibrant, crystal clear memories for years to come.

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More Beautiful Than You Remember With a high-resolution 1024x600 display, the VFD1027w-11 digital photo frame displays all your favorite photos in rich, brilliant color with super-fine detail. Frame your full-size photos perfectly to enjoy them the way they were meant to be seen.

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Extraordinary Style Every Day The VFD1027w-11 is both beautiful and functional, with included calendar and clock features to complement your lifestyle. A perfect addition to any living room, bedroom or office, the elegant ebony frame makes this digital photo gallery a fully fashionable piece of décor.

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Upgrade Your Environment Energy saving auto-on/off feature makes the VFD1027w-11 a perfect fit for your green home. Saving energy is always a smart choice and helps preserve the memories for generations to come.

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Advanced Technology to Simplify Your Life The intuitive user interface makes it easy to load photos and share your memories. With the included remote, you can easily control your photo slideshows.

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What's in the Box

• Digital Photo Frame
• Power adapter
• USB cable
• Remote control with batteries
• Frame stand
• Quick Start Guide
• User Guide

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Dimensions: 12.4'' x 8.98" x 2.05"

Product Description

The high 1024x600 resolution LCD screen provides brilliant picture quality. It is fun to show case your long lasting memories in various slideshow effects. VFD1027w-11 comes with 128MB internal memory to store photos and supports SD/MS/MS Pro/SDHC/MMC memory card readers. The beautiful layout & design for the calendar and clock feature brings everyday usage with style.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

111 of 112 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product for displaying those precious photos December 29, 2010

By Alex Schwartz

Amazon Verified Purchase

The Viewsonic Digital Photo Frame (10in) is an all-around great product for displaying those precious photos in your collection. The quality is extremely high and the cropping of photos seems to be realistic and nice. If a photo doesn't fit the frame, the resizing tends to distort the image slightly, but much less than other products of this type.

I highly recommend the 10 in digital frames; if you are thinking between the sizes, the size difference is quite worth it. Photos are easily seen from a slight distance and the overall appearance just seems nicer.

The main downside to this frame is that it only contains a 100 MB internal memory, which, with high quality photos only holds about 100-200 photos. However, it does contain a USB port and flash memory port for loading files, and the drag-and-drop method of loading images onto the frame is simple for even the most inexperienced user.

Highly recommended item.

126 of 130 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars OK (if you have the remote), but lacks some useful features July 29, 2011

By Ethan Turner

Amazon Verified Purchase

I purchased this frame with the intention of placing it on my desk at work and using it for viewing thousands of photos I'd shot of my kids, sporting events, performing arts events, travel, etc. over the years. It was my intention of using the frame as a means of giving plenty of time to look at my work when I'm on the phone, eating, etc., plus the opportunity to delete anything I've later decided isn't so great. This will not work for that purpose (see below), but I decided to keep the unit anyway for use at home on my wall. I ended getting a Sony photo frame for my desk at work.

I own 2 DSLR's and 5 lenses, and tend to shoot thousands of photos. I also have, and occasionally use a point-and-shoot camera which produces images much closer to square (4 x 3) than my DSLR's (3 x 2). I tend to rotate my cameras between vertical and horizontal a lot in order to fill the image with the subject, so I need viewers than enable me to see them all effectively. This device only fulfills part of my needs, as can be seen below.

The Pros:

(1) The price I paid, around $70, was a great deal for this size of frame.

(2) Great for hanging on a wall and viewing wide 3:2 type photos from a DSLR in horizontal orientation. Images look great from a distance of 6 feet or more.

(3) Viewer has the capability to operate in random slide show mode with access to multiple directories on the SD card or USB drive.

(4) Appears to work well with any size or type of SD card. Currently, I have no trouble with an 8 GB card. Does not appear to have any limitations on longer filenames, as would be typical of older units.

The Cons:

(1) No autosensing capability to enable the viewer to be optimally used for photos in vertical orientation.... Of course, it does shrink them to fit, but this wastes about 60% of the screen's viewing area. I assumed this capability would be standard, given that I own another frame several years old which has this capability. The arm on the back of the unit does not even permit you to set it in a vertical position.

(2) Image quality is mediocre when viewed at close range, such as when sitting on a desktop. When viewed from 6 or more feet away, it looks good.

(3) No apparent capability to delete photos from the SD card using the remote control or those on the back of the device.

(4) If your only camera is a point-and-shoot with a 4 x 3 aspect ratio, you'll either waste 16.7% of the space on the viewer or be forced to crop the photos.

(5) Like too many electronics manufacturers, Viewsonic makes the mistake of putting features on its cheap, tiny, easily lost remote that are not available anywhere on the device itself. From looking at their website, there is no replacement remote available at any price. If you lose or break the remote, this photo frame will become more difficult to use, since the slideshow does not restart automatically when power is lost, then restored. I was finally able to get the slideshow started without the remote.

(6) The process of entering the initial settings (date, time, viewing preferences, etc.) is a bit cumbersome and does not always work well. It provides no confirmation that you've actually saved the setting, so you can sometimes lose the data you've entered into the settings without realizing it until later. I think the key to avoiding this problem is to be sure and hit ENTER for every setting you change. Read more ›

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars It seemed like a good idea at the time December 6, 2011

By Joseph R. Anterola

Amazon Verified Purchase

Pros:
Very simple to setup, just plug and play, very bright display. Even for elderly folk it came with huge simple instructions with 1-5 words per instruction with big pictures and big fonts.

Cons:
Too simple. very basic menu, in fact i was so amazed at how simple it is i took pictures of it and will upload under customers photos...

NO AUTO ROTATION?!?! my cellphone, web cam, laptop, digital camera, wii, gps, and even my little space heater knows which way is up. But this photo frame doesn't and more importantly if you want it to rotate you have to go in photo and rotate it 90 degrees and that process is a very long and annoying process which involves locating the pic on the card directory opening it, rotating it and exiting out and viewing next said pic and restart the process. Now i bought a digital picture frame so i could view hundreds maybe thousands of pics on one picture frame. This would be a nightmare to do if i didn't have a pc... they need to figure something else out.

Crappy resizing. You know that new 16 mega pixel camera? forget about it. You have to turn the settings way down on your camera to get the picture small enough so it fits feasibly on this digital frame, otherwise the auto resize will either 1 not work or 2 look really bad and have horrible pixelation. I had to use a windows 7 image resizing power toy to resize the pics so they wouldn't look AS bad.

It says 10....2" its more like 9 35/36 inch, however, this is a stupid wide screen (which i hate, its a lot wider than it looks in the picture) so unless u specifically reprogram you digital camera to shoot some crazy aspect ratio, all your your pics are either funny stretched or have black boarders around them, which they don't look bad with black boarders around them, but if you measure the "viewable" area, you might as well have bought an 8" frame.

I'm sure grandma wouldn't mind this product because its super simple and looks good (turned off) but normal people wouldn't like this product. I like view sonic products, i really do. i'm actually using one right now for a monitor, but this digital photo frame sucks. Check the customers pics of the product in a few days, i'm going to be uploading some REAL pics of the product to show you what it really looks like. Read more ›

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars possible lemon? March 5, 2011

By bob

Amazon Verified Purchase

On a positive note, the picture quality and size of the pictures is very good. The frame has settings so you can adjust how long a frame is displayed. I have set it at 3 second intervals, however, the frame automatically switches from 5 to 15 second intervals sporatically. Also, the frame came with a remote to allow one to move forward or backward at will. This function also does not work consistantly. I will be calling the manufacturer to see if they have any suggestions. Perhaps it is just a bad unit?

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use and great price! December 18, 2010

By David R Pickhardt

Amazon Verified Purchase

Great frame at a great price. Really easy to use- I use a 2gb usb memory stick and it has no problems finding any playing my pictures. 10 inch digital frame for under $70 - buy it!!!!