Pandigital Pan Touch PAN8002W02T 8-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Black)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 11.5 x 4 inches ; 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00187AI6K
• Item model number: PAN8002W02T
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 2, 2008

Product Description

Product Description

The Pandigital 8.0-inch digital photo frame has a resolution of 800-by-600 pixels with a 4:3 aspect ratio for all of your photo needs. With a stylish black wood frame that seamlessly fits into any decor, the incredible PanTouch screen lets you access photos and control the display with a simple touch. View photos as if they were pages in a photo album with a convenient page turn effect by simply using a forward or backward swipe motion on the touch matte. Store your JPEG photos, MP3 audio, and AVI video on the internal 512 MB flash memory. Intelligent compression software allows the frame to hold up to 3,200 images without any distortion or cropping done. For even more photos, the frame has a built-in card reader that supports CF I, CF II, SD, MS, MS Pro, MMC, xD, Micro Drive memory cards and USB memory drives. It also features stereo speakers, slideshow and single picture display, clock and calendar, and 5-button operation to customize your settings.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Picture Quality, But...., July 31, 2008

By	Tom Rutledge "Tom R." (Angier, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was impressed with the picture quality, and price. It is easy to load, just the standard copy/paste operation works well. But in my application, I wanted the pictures to play in order. I did have trouble getting this done. I called the company, and they told me that I would have to put the pictures in one at a time, rather than in a batch senerio. So I did, and it works ok, but did take a while. The only problem with this is that if I wanted to go in and insert a picture in a specific order, I could not. I would have to completely reload all the pictures again, one at a time. But if you are looking for a random playing picture, I would suggest this one. But if you want to play your pictures in sequencal order, then I would look for another brand, and ask the about inserting pictures, and would that mess up the order. Hope this helps...

38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars TechTalk Review, May 12, 2008

By	Michael D. Kastler "Host of TechTalk on WRLR ... (vernon hills, il usa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Pandigital 8.0-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame with PanTouch

On the cutting edge of in-home "entertainment" technology, these digital frames are really taking off ... it seems you can't turn around without seeing them! They promise to remove or reduce all sorts of knick-knack frames currently around the house, and with the prices dropping and features increasing, is definitely something to consider!

As soon as we opened it up, I turned it on and was floored by the quality of the picture - It's very bright, sharp, and big enough to be seen from a good distance away (I was looking at an 8" model).

I loaded a bunch of my own pictures in using the USB port on the side (it has 512MB of memory built-in, or you can run right off the flash), and it picks up the drive and any subfolders instantly.

The menus and screens were really intuitive, particularly with the 'touch screen' capabilities. I put that in quotes intentionally; thought it's touted as touch-screen, in reality there are some touch-sensitive areas in one corner and the sides that are used for navigating the menus. Still, this made an already pretty easy process even more intuitive. Just don't expect to be able to drag and drop or finger-flick groups of pics.

The units can also be used with bluetooth or wifi dongles, though I didn't get the chance to try that out.

Once we got our own pictures in place, it was time to unveil it on the world! Having just moved into a new office at work, this was a good time to show it off. Pretty much everyone that saw it (including the wife) was very impressed with the display, the transitions, and the brightness of it.

The only things that gave us any problems were 1) your typical LCD screen issue; if you're at too much of an angle, you can't really see the pictures. The angle you lose quality at was pretty obtuse however, so this is not really a big deal depending on where you place it. 2) Direct light on the frame reflects back making it tough to see the pictures - can't knock it too much for that, as you have the same problem with a standard picture in a glass frame. And 3) the main gripe we had with it was that you have to plug it in. It would be very nice to load it up with some batteries so that you could hang it on a wall or something, but that is not an option in this model.

Overall just a great product, and one we're more than happy to recommend! Picture quality and ease-of-use are exceptional for this product level, and if you're thinking of getting one I haven't seen better.

Note that you can't buy this direct - but if you click on the picture above you will go right to the Amazon site for purchase. It can also be found at Walmart, Target, and some other big box stores: just make sure and look for brand names; not all picture frames are created equal!

THIS REVIEW COMES FROM HTTP://TECHTALK.WRLR.FM - TECHTALK on WRLR 98.3 FM ... tune us in anytime!

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pandigital is slowly starting to learn, December 31, 2008

By	J. Hunter - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Note: this review is for the newer, 8" Pandigital frame, with Pantouch techology.

Pandigital has left a bad taste in my mouth over the past few years. I bought a first generation frame from them about 2 years ago, just as these "photo" frames were starting to become mainstream. I particularly like the pandigital models because the frames have glass covers, making them look a lot more like a "real" picture frame, as opposed to some of the uglier models out there.

Anyway, 2 years ago, I had nothing but problems with the pandigital frames. My computer would not recognize the frame when I synced it via usb. This was quite a common problem for many users if you check past reviews. Pandigital did nothing to resolve the issue other than tell people to exchange the frame. Well, unfortunately the frame was never actually defective - it just had poorly coded software that was inherently incompatible with specific builds of Windows XP. On top of that, no matter how much memory you loaded up in the frame, it would only recognize 2000 pictures; however, it took me a few hours of experimentation before I figured out that was the problem, given NOWHERE in the documentation was there a point about a limitation on the "number" of photos you could use. Anyway.. I digress..

So just the other day, I saw that Pandigital has a new model frame, the Pantouch. It looked almost identical to their last generation of models, which was fine with me. Also, I saw on the box that it could hold up to 6,400 photos. I saw that clearly they had fixed that previous 2000-photo limit, so I decided with much hesitation to purchase this new model.

On the plus side, the frame synched up with my PC just fine, and sure enough I was able to load up my 3,000 pictures onto the frame just fine. But then that's when the problems begun. The frame would start to lock up in mid slide-show. I started taking off photos and found that to keep the frame from locking up, I could only have around 1,000 pictures. I even tried to downsize the file size of the pictures, so that my 3,000 pictures only took up 400MB of space, and put them directly ON the memory of the device (which has 512MB). Still, the stupid thing wouldn't run the slideshow without locking up.

After about 5 hours of trying different types of memory cards, quantities of pictures, and changing file types, I found out the problem: You cannot run a slideshow on more than 1,000 photos in RANDOM-MODE. Yes, if you are having problems with the slideshow locking up, it's because you need to switch OFF the random mode. Apparently the frame has a very slow processor and when it tries to search all of the internal memory for a "random" photo, the process takes too long and the frame just locks up. For some reason I haven't been able to figure out this issue has never been explored... I guess maybe no one has more than 3,000 photos?

Anyway, after fixing that issue, my frame is fully operational. The actual user interface is pretty good compared to other frames. The "pantouch" technology is a complete gimmick. It works, but I found myself just using the remote and on-device buttons to navigate. Also, I really want to know what type of genius product manager decided it would be "appleish" and "trendy" to use a touch-interface on a glass picture frame! It's one thing to have a touch-screen phone, because finger prints aren't much of an issue, but common, who wants finger prints on their glass picture frame?

So in conclusion, I give this frame 3 stars. It loses 1 star because of the shoddy memory and hardware, and the fact that the frame gets cranky once you have over 1,000 photos on it. It loses another star for Pandigital's abysmal customer service, because if this thing dies on you, you won't get getting much help from them!