Excellent item for the price.
Written: Jan 20 '08
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Pros: Has a remote, easy to program.
Cons: White frame is somewhat cheesy.
The Bottom Line: Highly recommended if you find it for a steal.
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| sugarprincess's Full Review: EDGE Tech Corp (PE197513) Digital Picture Frame |
I was extremely surprised with all the features and options available on this frame!
The reason I went with this frame (as opposed to any other) is that you can load photos up to 12MB in size--and you don't have to bother resizing the photos! The native display is 640x480, but I loaded a bunch of different sizes and they all looked fine (there was no strange resizing or cropping).
I have to say I was also pleasantly surprised by the quality of the displayed photos. I tested high-quality 600dpi photos vs. low-quality 96dpi photos, and while you could tell a difference if you REALLY studied them, overall, for the average user, the photos look just fine in low-quality (which allows you to get more photos on your memory card).
Speaking of memory cards, this frame supports more popular formats than I've seen elsewhere (including SD Memory Cards, MultiMedia (MMC) Cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, IBM Microdrive, and Type I/II Compact Flash Cards) as well as supporting MP3s and a slew of video formats (Motion JPEG (AVI), MPEG-I, MPEG-II, MPEG-IV, 3GPP)!!
Setup is easy enough to figure out, although it's easier with the remote as opposed to the buttons on the back of the unit. I was also impressed with the slideshow options, which include a large selection of transition effects and slideshow timing features.
There are only two things I didn't really like, but neither is a reason to skip this frame:
1) I would much rather have had a wood, black, or silver frame--but for $80 (after rebate on Black Friday 2006), I can accept a white frame!
2) If you have anything other than .jpgs on the memory card (even just one .mp3!), the first screen you get (when powered on) lists PHOTO, MUSIC, VIDEO, FILE and you have to manually select PHOTO to start the slideshow.
Overall, I would highly recommend this frame. As I mentioned, I did get it for a great price, but I actually like it enough to pay more for it... which I ended up doing when I decided I wanted three more frames for parents and grandparents, and ended up buying them elsewhere for approximately $110 each.
Of course, since I bought this frame a year ago, many more frames have come on the market, but there are so many it's hard to know which is best (you can only read so many reviews)...but if you can find this frame for a steal, it's worth it.
Recommended:
Yes
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