Coby 1.5-Inch Digital TFT LCD Photo Keychain DP151WHT (White)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Coby 1.5-Inch Digital TFT LCD Photo Keychain DP151WHT (White)
Customer Review: Nice Photo Viewer
Summary: 5 Stars
I just received this LCD Photo Chain from Electronic Express and I was able to install the software and quickly update a handful of pictures in less then 15 minutes. The Picture Viewer program was fairly easy to use. Just pick a bunch of pictures on your drives, add them to your collection and then upload the collection to the key chain. Adding more pictures to collection later on was no problem. There is a counter on the program that will only allow you to store 62 pictures max.
As far as picture quality goes for the tiny LCD screen, I have to say that I am fairly impressed. It was relatively bright and colors were vibrant! The 128x128 pixel resolution was sufficient for viewing and it didn't seem that grainy as compared to other LCD keychains. The best comparison of the picture quality would be to a cell phone screen with 1 megapixel images.
The make of the LCD viewer is sufficient for me but I am not sure how well it would survive key scratches and ocassional drops to the ground since the plastic feels little cheap. The buttons to power on, slideshow mode and forward & backward were intuitive.
All in all, this makes a great gift for someone who loves gadgets and is somewhat tech savvy if they are going to upload images themselves. You definitely need a connection to a computer in order to charge its internal battery. I've enjoyed showing this to the guys at the office and its a sure winner as a stocking stuffer for Christmas.
Customer Review: LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I got one of these the other day and figured I'd have a heck of a time trying to figure it out...but I didn't. I plugged it into the laptop on the way home, and by the time I pulled into my driveway I was showing off photos!
I didn't expect the screen to be backlit at the price that I paid, so when I turned it on I was surprised! The images look clear and are in color. Wish the battery lasted longer, though. I'd really just love to leave this unit running constantly as an eye-catcher.
I know about screen scratches, so what I did was went to the dollar store (a while back) and bought some packaging tape. This is wide and clear. I cut a square of it and carefully laid it over the screen. Bingo! If it gets scratched, I just replace the tape!
What I like about this is that you can save different sets of photos. Christmas time, you can have Christmas photos, and so on. And it shows jpeg, bmp, and gif.
I got this because I was tired of powering up my laptop to show photos. This way, I just have to dig my keys out of my briefcase and push a button to turn on this nifty little gadget.
I was tickled. Everybody in the world should get one of these! :o)
Customer Review: AWESOME Digiital photo frame
Summary: 5 Stars
I Love this little LCD photo display the pictures look great.. Before getting this (or putting on my wish list I looked at the reviews good and bad...so I was kind of worried...)
You have to be a little computer savvy to operate the software program...for some reason the message I kept getting when I would click on the photo viewer program was that the program was managed by another?
I was confused by that message and I almost gave up but then I was looking at my computer in the right hand corner where I see the little icon about safely disconnecting mass storage devices I saw that the device was connected to the computer and when I clicked on the software program it opened right up and I downloaded 17 pictures and then I wanted to add 14 more....
But it doesn't work that way...what happened was that it replaced the 17 I had on there....so I had to redo the whole thing and right now I have 32 pictures on there and they look GREAT!
So I bought 3 more of these... I was going to give them away to love ones but I might just keep them...:-)
Coby DP-151 1.5" Digital Photo Keychain
Customer Review: How to make it work! Please read first!
Summary: 5 Stars
Here is how to get it working on vista:
1. install software from CD
Note: do not run Photo Viewer yet - it will just fail if the keychain is not plugged-in.
2. plug-in the keychain to the PC using the USB cable
3. on the keychain hilight "USB Update" (hit one of the left/right buttons) and action it (the middle button)
Note: On the PC you must see "installing driver" bubble or something is wrong. I did not get the bubble with the provided USB cable. I switched to another USB cable I had already (from my camera) and it worked I could see the bubble.
4. run "Photo Viewer" (start menu->all programs->Photo Viewer)
Note: If photo viewer opens then it can see the keychain correctly.
Now, follow the instructions on how to select, crop and "download" photos to the keychain.
I'm very impressed with the keychain, I bought 3 of them as Christmas gifts for family members.
Customer Review: Great Photo Viewer
Summary: 5 Stars
I treated myself to a 1.5-inch photo key chain for Christmas.
Display is crisp and clear, includes a contrast adjustment that I did not need. The Photo Viewer software does not include help screens, but it was easy to learn.
This LCD full-color display stores 60 photos that are easy to upload.
Displays JPEG, GIF, and BMP image files. Comes with USB port cable for file transfers. I can delete one or all photos from display and upload easily. I opted to crop my photos to 300x300 pixels first and they look great. It comes with a built-in rechargeable Lithium-ion battery that has great life.
The Photo Viewer software that is included is listed to be compatible with Microsoft Windows 98SE, 2000, XP, or Vista, and Mac OS X. It would not work on my Win98SE. Apparently I received a newer version. Tech support said it would. Fortunately I had a Win2000 computer and worked fine. I would definitely give another as a gift.