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Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Clear) w/3 Additional Colored Frames |  | Brand: Philips
New (1) Used (1) from $59.99
Rating:  153 reviews
Color: Clear
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 7
Battery: 1 Internal Rechargeable
Removable Memory: CompactFlash Type I
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 10 x 6 x 8
MPN: 7FF1M4/37
Model: 7FF1M4/37
UPC: 609585126732
EAN: 0609585126732
Release Date: September 1, 2006
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| Features:
| • | Displays your digital photos with professional print quality and the full spectrum of colors | | • | 6.5-inch viewable LCD display features adjustable brightness to match ambient light conditions | | • | Connects via USB directly to your camera or PC; supports up to 12-megapixel photos in the JPEG format | | • | Runs on AC power via the included adapter, or lasts up to 8 hours on its included rechargeable battery | | • | Weighs approximately 1.5 pounds, and measures 8.3 x 4.1 x 6.5 inches (W x H x D) |
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Product Description
A picture is worth a thousand words. Attached to each is a string of memories. Paper photos needed to be framed - one at a time - to share with friends, family, and loved ones. Digital Cameras don't require paper prints. Now you can store and exhibit up to 60 pictures in one frame and update them as you choose. See, share and relive your memories with Philips PhotoFrame, the easiest way to display your digital photos in stunning quality. Just download up to 60 photos from your PC to the frame through the USB port. Or you can transfer photos from any one of these memory-card formats - CompactFlash type I, Memory Stick, MemoryStick Pro, Multimedia Card, SD Secure Digital through the frame's built-in card reader. View one picture at a time or create slide shows. Illumination up to 20,000 hours Brightness - 200 cd/m2 Photo format supported - JPEG photo (in DCF structure), Up to 12 Megapixels Placement supported - Landscape, Portrait Buttons and controls - 6 buttons Playback mode - Full screen browse, Slideshow, Thumbnail browse Photo edit - Copy, Delete, Rotate, Show in slideshow Setup function - Brightness adjustment, Language, Slideshow, Status, Auto on/off daily OSD Languages - English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish Plug & Play Compatibility - Windows 2000/XP or later
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 153
 Highly recommeded product November 9, 2006
F. Landiza (West Des Moines, Iowa, USA)
330 out of 340 found this review helpful
UPDATE: 1/30/2008
This item has been priced at nearly $200 lately. I think that price is too high. Even at $150, this should be overpriced. I would wait for the price to come down or get the same item from another source!
Below are my original comments in Nov. 2006:
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I have this product for several days now and I am very happy with it. My co-workers liked it too.
Pros:
- beautiful, crisp images even at close range
- controllable brightness level
- programmable display - can be turned on and off automatically at certain times
- has option for battery or AC
- support for multiple memory cards
- easily loads and displays file from an SD card without having to worry about filenames.
- automatically rotates images
- has internal memory for extra images. I've read that it's only 14MB though.
- resizes the pictures without cropping them.
Cons;
- Battery is not replaceable.
- No battery level indicator.
- Battery life is only 50 minutes in slideshow mode (based on published specs.)
- edges in some images have become rugged even though I have my pictures in the same ratio as 720x480.
- no touch screen input (or is that too much?)
- the controls at the back needs a little of getting used to, otherwise they are well placed
- In my first few minutes of use, I have observed that it was not displaying one image properly during a slide show. I just pressed a button to change it to Browse mode then back to Slideshow mode and it did not happen again.
- If an SD card is inserted and the digital frame is turned on, it automatically copies the files from the card to its internal memory. This process is slow. I am not sure why it's doing it. So I make it a habit to turn it on first then insert the SD card.
Not tested for:
- Software that came with the product
Some things that I did:
- I resized my huge images (I kept the original of course) and it saved me a lot of space without affecting the display quality much. I have my pictures sizes between 32KB to 250KB. If your images don't have the same ratio as 720x480, they will have dark border on the sides or on top and bottom.
- I used 2GB of SD card. All I did was insert it at the back and I started to enjoy the pictures.
Conclusion:
- This is a highly recommended product despite it's minor problems. The price is fair compared to similar products - which I've read are not as good as this. I am just wondering Why is it that their 9-inch version has a lower resolution? That is the reason why I opted for this.
 Wonderful, but badly flawed. December 11, 2006
Richard Rubinstein
203 out of 209 found this review helpful
The praise for this digital picture in other reviews is well deserved. I produces clear, bright pictures. I bought one for my mother, to cycle through hundreds of family and travel photos, as reminders of these good times. In the end, I'm not sure I will give it to her. It could be more trouble to her than it's worth.
I've had quite a trial getting to this point. The first unit I received had a mechanical defect: the SD card slot would not latch the card without much fiddling. Amazon replaced the unit without question. My plan was to resize my 500-600 pictures to the resolution of the display so that they would fit nicely on an SD card. I put them on my freshly-formatted 1 GB card, and none of them appeared. After much fiddling--there is no information in the manual or on line--I discovered that the folder structure and file names have to match a supported camera. I aped my Canon file structure, down to file names like IMG_0001.jpg. Yes, the funny file names seem to be required.
Past this first hurdle, I put my 568 photos on the card and let 'er go. I found that after an hour or two, the screen just went blank. This was with a photo-change-rate of 2 per minute. I tried various experiments, with no luck. Sometimes, instead of a blank screen, the unit stopped the slide show in thumbnail mode and had to be restarted. I exchanged email with Philips customer service (after finding nothing at all useful on the web site other than the user manuals). They said I should phone.
I did, and spent 30 minutes with a pleasant but inexperienced rep who went through the manual and a little bit of additional guidance Philips gave her. She could tell me nothing, though she acknowledged the problem. She said I should return the unit. I persisted, and even though Philips has no escalation procedure for this product, we agreed I should talk to her supervisor. He was more technical, and very sympathetic. He confirmed the obvious technical things--how I'd downsized the files, that I was using .jpg format, etc. He said I was doing it all right. He too acknowledged my problem. He said to be sure I was not using a card larger than 1 GB, but 1 GB was OK. Don't use the CF card slot (I wasn't, though I tried it and had the same problem). He suggested I reduce the number of photos on the card, but had no other suggestion other than to return the unit.
I took about 80 photos off the card, so that the total was under 500, and it's been behaving OK for several days, switching photos at two per hour (change every 30 minutes). I don't trust the unit not to give my mom problems.
Bottom line: This is a great picture frame in terms of size and picture quality. It's easy enough to use (but not as easy as they claim). It works just fine with 55 or so pictures stored on its internal memory. But the problems I had relate to the basic function of the unit. It's a software problem that is so basic I can only wonder whether the engineers at Philips did any meaningful testing of the product before shipping it. If showing 50 or 60 photos meets your needs, I recommend the frame. If you want to show hundreds of pictures from a camera card, seek elsewhere.
Don't Even Consider Any Other Under $200 Digital Frames November 9, 2006
J. Bernstein (Florida)
63 out of 66 found this review helpful
I made a big mistake and started shopping price for a digital photo frame. A big box store had a great deal for $125.00 (many more features than the Philips 7" model). BUT, one major difference, the picture quality on its screen was, absolutely, horrible. Spend the $180 and buy this product. Don't waste your time on other brands. I can't speak to the over $200 units. And, by the way, download this software: wdpv.exe v1.09. It automatically downsizes photos. You can fit 100 pix on a 16MB card.
Finally, a Not Disappointing Digital Picture Frame October 17, 2006
Robert Salita (CHI PAR PHX SYD PDX CLD NKC)
52 out of 54 found this review helpful
The Philips Digital Picture Frame deserves its fine reviews. In fact, it's the first picture frame that lives up to the potential of the product category. I've found other picture frames to be disappointing. Not so with this frame. It works well on many levels; it's attractive, delivers a bright and detailed image, has a satisfying user interface with intelligent options, even the packaging is unusually clever. Nice job Philips.
If you value a quality product, this frame will not disappoint.
REVISED - NOT SO -Wow...Wow! October 27, 2006
Shelly M.
58 out of 62 found this review helpful
Well, like many of the other reviews, after a month now, we are having problems with the frame. Picture distortions, screen going blank, etc. I'm going to attempt to return or get a replacement from Amazon.
I'm really impressed with this frame. The picture is crystal clear and set up was a breeze. I was pleased to find out that it has options to change the length of time that a picture appears on the screen or you can have it stay on one picture until you manually change it. It also allows you to set the timer to have the frame turn on and off.
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