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60 of 60 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nearly 100%, 18 Nov 2008
I'm neither a geek nor a slouch when it comes to techie things, and this is my 4th dig photo frame either for me personally or as gifts for others.
Therefore, I feel I have a pretty good 'end user' idea now of what is desired / essential from a Dig frame.
Let me say loudly from the start, this is a quality piece of kit ( and at the price it should be).
Positive Comments :
1) Excellent picture display Qualities, superior to most others.
2) 4:3 aspect ratio. This means the pictures you take are the pictures you see.
( 99% of all dig cameras take pics in 4:3 ratio), so googbye to overley reduced, stretched and distorted images to fit 16 : 9 ratio screen.
3) Good selection of time intervals between photo displays. ( some only give you fast, super fast and blink and you've missed it)
4) Random photo display. ( buy one without this facility, and after a while ( especially with a large image gallery ),and you may tire of being obliged to crawl through photos in the same order every single time.
5) Good size frame, which for my ageing eyesight, means the pictures can clearly be viewed, even from the other side of the room.
Neutral comments
1) Plays straight out of the box and in typical man fashion I read the manual much later. I would just remark, that although it is truly easy to set up and run, I have experienced slightly easier / more intuative menus to navigate through.
2) Don't think of placing this frame on anything less than a 6" deep shelf as the support arm seems to protrude slightly further out of the back than most.
3) You don't get sound or movie clip facility.
Whilst this is not a big issue for me, given that most dig cameras now have a short movie clip facility, it would have been nice to occasionally view a clip of the grandchildren falling over in the mud etc.
As for vewing full movies etc for me that's better done on a proper TV / PC monitor anyway.
4) An onboard battery would have given the option to pass the frame around, but I think this model is too expensive to risk that.
Negative comments.
1) My one and only real gripe is with the software, in that it does not recognise the separation of files within individual folders, but chooses instead, to read all files on a memory card as one regardless of which folder they are in.
eg If your pics are in seperate folders by event ( quite a normal /common practice) the frame will ignore the seperation and plough through all the files regardless. This is nuts.
The only solution I can see, is to load one set of pics into the frame memory itself, and another set onto a seperate memory card and then select which device ( memory or card) to display from.
Another alternative is put seperate pic collections onto seperate memory cards.
A truly crazy way to proceed.
2) Why no normal size usb memory stick facility ?
OK the end of my ramblings.
OUTCOME : Am I happy ? YES. Will I keep it ? YES.
Maybe one day a model will come along that truly ticks all my boxes, until then this is definitely the one for me.
20.11.08 ( 2 days later)
Oh dear, I spoke too soon.
Despite earlier misgivings about inability to use folders etc, I felt sure I would at least be able to organise the order of play to some degree within the photo frame memory itself,( even if not on sd cards and the like).
Wrong, despite best efforts this appears impossible. It is quite simply, display randomly or sequencialy by shoot date or nothing.
For example therfore, recently scanned 'pre digital camera era' photos, will only ever display after any previous digital camera shots taken prior to scanning.
The same nonsense will apply to any other photos that may have been taken with a digital set at the wrong date.
You cannot even advance or retard the order af any photo, (howsoever created), even by one single step.
The result is an unalterable and entirely,illogical chronological sequence.
Owning a chocolate teapot would make more sense to me.
I contacted Sony support re the matter, who agreed it sensible to organise my photos, my way and entirely likely to be able so to do.
After the initial assurance and a hold while back room techie people were consulted the answer was an emphatic NO you can't do that.
I feel as though I have bought a Rolls Royce minus a steering wheel, and it's pointless.
So my beautiful frame is now on it's way back.
I never was looking for perfection,and if you are content to play photos randomly or by the ridiculous rules imposed by Sony, then it is still a good piece of kit.
My quest for something more sensible continues and I only hope it can be supplied by Amazon who for me, are the only reliable people to deal with.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Typical Sony Quality, 7 Feb 2009
My requirements for a Digital Picture Frame were... Must have a clock display, resolution must be 800 X 600, must display photos randomly, and must be 10.4 inch 4:3 - widescreen is useless for displaying digital photos.
This DPF fulfils all these requirements. It also switches itself on and off at predetermined times and looks great. Cannot fault the picture quality which is superb.
I have seen other reviews which highlight some negative points, I considered these before I purchased but decided that these are not requirements I need. The unit does exactly what I wanted and the minor negative points, to me, are of no consequence.
Typical Sony quality, thoroughly recommended.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Clear pictures from great product, 16 Feb 2009
This photo frame provides crystal-clear pictures. The auto-features work faultlessly, the instructions are clear, and the design is smart. It's an excellent product.
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