The frame itself is great to look at and is priced great; however, when you compare it to like the Insignia frame at the same size, this product's options are extremely limited. The frame doesn't allow for shuffling of images and the max for rotation is 3 mins. Other frames allow for an hour or even a day which is very nice. I do like the way the frame looks, it's just too bad that it's so limited; otherwise, it would be highly recommended. Coby DP700WD 7-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame (Wood Design)
I got this as a Christmas gift for my Mom. I've been watching for digital frames to come down in price, and I got this for something like 25 bucks on Black Friday. It's not worth it. I took this thing out to load it up with family photos before I gave it to my mom, and I was shocked at how poor the picture quality is. My high-res photos come out looking literally blocky.
I'm not being a pixel snob, either; the blockiness is immediately apparent at a distance of about 3 feet or less. Maybe my expectations were unrealistic for digital photo frames, but I thought I was buying something that would be just like a regular picture frame that magically changed the picture at set intervals. As it is, I think my mom would prefer a traditional frame with just one real photo in it to this little toy.
My main gripe is obviously the resolution, but this thing fails on almost every other front as well. The buttons are comically unresponsive and un-intuitively laid out; the menu is slow; and the supposed auto-rotate feature does nothing. This thing doesn't even remember when you manually rotate a photo to display it that way again the next time it comes up.
Bottom line, don't buy this product. I guess I'll look for a more expensive one that has a higher resolution, or else just abandon the idea of a digital frame altogether.
For the price, this digital frame is OK. It's very pixilated.
My biggest annoyance with the product, however, was that the package and manual claims the resolution is 480x234. After cropping some photos to that pixel size and loading them to the frame, there were large black bars above and below the frame.
I had to guestimate the true resolution which comes much closer to 480x266.
I recently bought this for a Christmas gift. Thank goodness I tried it out! First of all, there is no manual of how to download pictures. Second, I finally found out how, but it only did it once, I couldn't load more. Third, I tried calling Coby customer service to find out more information and they said the product is defective, send it back (of course with a 20% less restocking fee!). I finally found a way for it to work for me, using a memory stick. I wanted to see what it was like on the frame, but it wouldn't turn on....I've tried everything. It is junk, what a waste of money. Thank goodness I hadn't given it as a gift yet, how embarassing to recieve a piece of junk
This is my third digital frame purchase (and cheapest) and have to admit, it's more than comparable. I know that's not usually what you look for in a review, "well, it was good enough" but at the price ($25) "good enough" is fine with me. If you're not used to digital frames, you may notice a pixelated look up close. Don't worry, from further away you don't notice it.
If this is on sale again, go for it.
I give it 5 stars, since I knew what to expect due to its cheap price. Yes, resolution is low, options are limited, not random play, however it is worth the $30 price tag.
Got it for my in-law, she loves it!
The best tip someone mentioned earlier: Create two folders on the memory card, such as "vertical" and "horizontal". Place the pics depending on the orientation on its correct folder. Turn the frame on. As soon as it jumps between folders, rotate the frame and whala! The pic will also rotate!
It is confusing how to load pictures onto this unit, and the instruction manual is not helpful. It tells you which menu to use but that's it. The controls, located on the back, don't help: its counterintuitive and confusing.
Also, it does not indicate in the manual, on the box, or anywhere on the interface, how much capacity this frame can hold. You have to just guess until it doesn't let you save any more photos. i had to remove my flash drive several times and resize my pictures, which would have been OK if there was any indication, anywhere, of the max capacity of the frame. But it's nowhere. I also tried looking online for information but could not find storage capacity anywhere. Judging by the amount of low-res pictures I was limited to storing on it, I am guessing its max capacity is embarrassingly low.
A disappointing product.
compre 4 de estos portaretratos, me parecieron excelentes para regalar, con el inconveniente que uno de ellos vino quemado el regulador, por lo tanto perdi el dinero porque ha sido dificil encontrar un modelo similar, las opciones son algo comlejas de manejar pero al menos esta en español
I bought 2 of these, one for me and one for my mom. We are both happy with the frames. I am a photographer, so I am very picky. I find the quality is great, especially for the price.
I just wish there were more options to play back the pictures. It only plays in order (not shuffle), but doesn't start at the beginning, which is very weird.
I bought a 4G SD card and have over 500 pictures on it and it's hardly taking up any space on the card (but it depends on your camera and picture size).
*Tip... I put all of my horizontal pictures in one folder and all of my vertical pictures in another folder. That way when I see the vertical pictures starting to play, I just flip the frame over and the frame automatically knows to switch. The vertical pictures are displayed bigger this way. - Photo Frame - Digital Frames - Digital Picture Frame - Digital Frame'
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