Pandigital 7-Inch Digital Photo Frame with 2 Interchangeable Frames

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FNPW96
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 2, 2004

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

Manufacturer Description The Pandigital photo frame is one of the first digital photo frames based on Personal Media Player chipset, and not a DVD chipset which is designed for portable DVD players. This translates into faster loading of images, ability to playback music during slideshow, faster copying to internal memory, and a menu interface that is easy to use.

Full memory card and USB compatibility make it simple to display pictures

Pandigital frames function as a digital photo album, MP3 music player, and video player all in one, and offer an industry first 64MB of internal memory which allows storage of 50 - 100 images.

With Pandigital photo frames, customers can download photos directly into the frames' internal memory from their digital devices the way that is most convenient for them. Pandigital photo frames include a 6-in-1 media reader (SD, XD, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, CF, MMC) so customers can insert flash media into the frame, quickly and easily copy photos, video and music and then return the card to the electronic device. In addition, customers can download photos onto the frames by directly connecting via mini USB to a digital camera or by standard USB to a computer.

Pandigital offers accessible menu buttons and memory card slots for every memory card, and the eye-catching frames elegantly showcase photos in high resolutions on Active Matrix TFT displays, giving the photos a bright and clear appearance in both dedicated and slideshow modes. A stylish addition to any home or office, Pandigital photo frames boast an upscale design that conveys the highest quality. All of the new digital photo frame products from Pandigital come with two interchangeable frames -- wood and acrylic -- to fit into a range of traditional and contemporary decors alike.

Pandigital photo frames deliver enhanced multimedia and networking capabilities. They can play back MPEG 1, MPEG 4, and AVI video, while MP3 audio files can be stored on the on-board memory and then enjoyed via the built-in speakers.

An easy-to-use menu system gives full control of the slide show and player functions. The unit also supports MPEG4 movie formats for playback of digital-camera movies or movies created on the PC. USB connectivity through two USB ports makes it easy to transfer files to and from a PC.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

104 of 110 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Subpar Quality, July 11, 2006

By	Casual Photographer (SoCal, USA) - See all my reviews

This is the first digital frame I bought. I know the resolution won't be anywhere close to a computer LCD monitor, but I was still very disappointed when I turned on the frame. The LCD screen is strangely long and narrow (resolution 1440x234), so a normal photo only occupies a small part of the screen, making this product effectively a 4" frame with a lot of black space on both sides. The resolution of the photos is very bad, and photos look a little distorted as well.

Pros:
1) Plug and Play, easy to set up.
2) Exchangeable frames included.

Cons:
1) Very poor resolution.
2) Strange LCD shape. Advertised as a 7", but effectively a 4-5" frame with a lot of unused LCD pixels.

I returned this product and bought a Westinghouse DPF0561 5.6" Frame instead. I like the Westinghouse a lot more. It is even easier to set up, photos look good and actually larger than on the Pandigital 7" frame, and viewing angle is great.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Digital Frame for the Money -- 3-1/2 stars, May 2, 2007

By	J. Blilie "Naturalist-Skeptic" (Twin Cities, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Amazon Verified Purchase

The good: great price! nice and bright, very easy to use (I barely had to look at the manual.) Pretty much plug and play. (I have a 2-year old Dell PC, Windows XP Professional.) Overall, very satisfactory product. I had no issue about resolution: my photos look fine, just like my flat screen LCD monitor. No issues with direction of view, you can see the photos fine from almost any angle. No trouble with the remote (though it IS tiny.) Loading the photos was a breeze -- just like using a USB memory stick.

The Caveats: really only: the screen aspect ratio is very wide and short -- about the same as a wide-screen movie format (the picture shown on Amazon is a bit deceptive because of the white space around the figures -- it's very wide and short.) Most vertically oriented photos won't work very well. (My guess is they saved money by re-using an existing screen part that was designed for small DVD players.) I did end up re-cropping all the photos before I put them into the frame (after a brief trial run with the original formats.) After re-cropping, I pretty well got what I expected. The frame does not automatically size the photo to fit the frame, like Internet Explorer does and you are likely used to seeing on your computer. I recommend resizing the photos down to where the long (horizontal) dimension number of pixels is about 900, and cropping the vertical axis to make the shape match the frame. Sounds complicated; but I did this with 110 photos in less than an hour.

The Bottom Line: I bought this for my wife and she is thrilled and is enjoying "showing it off" to her co-workers with about 110 family photos on it. It is running at 5-second rate and it takes around 10 minutes to cycle through. We are satisfied with it -- for the price.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pandigital 7" Digital Picture Frame, July 14, 2006

By	Hard Working (ca) - See all my reviews

The PanDigital Frame looks much better than cheap plastic ones I saw at Best Buy & Circuit City. Price at $129 was outstanding, and I especially enjoyed the wooden frames which matched my home decor. My first impression on picture quality was that it did not fill the entire screen, but there is a zoom button on the remote which gives you 5 different zoom views and nice closeups- huge! I also played a movie on the frame from a portable hard drive through the USB port, and it looked great. The frame also plays mp3's which is nice when the slideshow is going. All in all how can you lose at $129 with a 7" frame.
Recommended as a good buy and great gift for the family.