Coby DP772 7-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame with MP3 Player
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Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: CobyFormat: CD
Release Date: 2006-01-08
Platform: Linux, Mac, Mac OS 9 and below, Mac OS X
Model: DP772
Color: white/black
Product features:
- 7-inch widescreen TFT LCD display with LED backlighting
- Displays JPEG and BMP image files
- Plays MP3 and WMA audio files and most MP4 and AVI files from digital cameras
- A/V output for use with home theater systems; integrated stereo speakers
- SD, MMC, xD and CF Card compatible; USB port for fast file transfers
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Coby DP772 7-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame with MP3 Player
Customer Review: Great for Price
Summary: 5 Stars
Overall: This digital picture frame is a solid product with a moderate functionality. Very good for the price. Nicer picture frames will cost about twice as much.
Here's what I LIKE about this frame:
- Although the display is only 480x230, the image quality is very good.
- Rotary brightness dial.
- Interchangeable face plates (white or black).
- Extending support leg so the vertical angle of frame can be adjusted (mine is almost upright).
- Very nice compact remote remote control.
- Multiple card slots (CompactFlash, SD, USB FlashDrive, etc.).
- USB hookup (not sure if it's 1.1 or 2.0 -- haven't checked) (inserted cards show up as removable drives on Windows PC's).
- Audio/Video Out (but no cables).
- Will automatically start the photo slide show when powered up.
- Can be wall-mounted.
- Plays MP3's (I haven't tried this feature yet).
Here are my DISLIKES for the picture frame:
- When power is interrupted (either by off/on switch or pull the plug), the slideshow does not remember where it left off -- it will start at photo 1 again (not nice when you have 8,000 photos on it like I do).
- The built-in speaker constantly emits a slight hiss (white noise), even when the volume is turned completely down. I overcame this by inserting a rolled up piece of paper (kind of like a lollypop stick) into the Audio Out port, which tricks it into thinking there are headphones connected and kills the speaker connection.
- Does not have any sort of timer (but I don't think any digital photo frames do). It would be nice to have some sort of timer to have it come on only when people are expected home and awake (weeknights, weekends, etc.). It's not practical to turn on/off every time -- especially since it goes back to photo 1 on the slideshow.
- Odd screen ratio (16:9).
The 16:9 screen ratio is probably because Coby uses the same screen on this digital picture frame that they use on their portable DVD players, which also have the cinema 16:9 screen proportions. It a bit cumbersome to format photos to fit nicely on this screen, but it's not that bad if done as listed below.
Preparing Photos for the 16:9 display:
1. Download and install the freeware utility FastStone Photo Resizer (it's FREE).
2. Create a folder called "PhotoFrame" (e.g. "My Documents\My Pictures\PhotoFrame\")
3. Run FastStone Photo Resizer, select your photo source and add them to the left side by clicking the "Add" or "Add All" button.
4. Click the "Settings" button for "Output Format" and specify Quality=80, DCT Method=ISLOW, Photometric=(No Change), Smoothing=0, Progressive=<Unchecked>. Click OK.
5. Specify your output folder (the "PhotoFrame" folder from Step 2).
6. Click the "Advanced Options" button.
7. Under the "Resize" tab, specify In Pixels=<Selected>, Width=480, Height=270, Switch Width...=<Checked>, Preserve Aspect Ratio=<Checked>, Smart-Cropping=<Checked>. Click OK.
8. Set any other options, as desired (e.g. Rename, etc.)
9. Click Start.
10. When done, simply copy the files from the "PhotoFrame" folder to the media card on the picture frame.
The process above will create very small files that display nicely on the frame. Photos in the Portait orientation will be tall and skinny, but it's better than having heads completely cut off. Landscape photos will fit perfectly to fill the full picture frame's screen. A small slice is cropped out at the top and bottom of Landscape photos to make them fit the 16:9 format. Photos take up only about 35 KB/photo, so you can fit about 3,700 photos on a 128 MB card -- Nice, huh?!
I hope this was helpful! Enjoy!
UPDATE on 2008-03-31:
Although you can fit many of the small photos on a small memory card, I found that the photo frame only supports about 2000 file entries. So, if you put more than 2,000 photos on a card, after a while you'll wonder "why haven't I seen any of the photos from ...?" They're there, but the frame won't display them.
Also, I've had my photo frame running continuously for about 1 year and 3 months -- still working great.
Description of Coby DP772 7-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame with MP3 Player
Features: 7 Widescreen TFT LCD Color Display with LED Backlight Technology; Displays JPEG and BMP Image files; Plays MP3 and WMA Audio Files and Most MP4 and AVI files from Digital Cameras; AV Output for use with Home Theater Systems / SD, MMC, xD and CF Card Slots; USB port for fast file transfers, integrated stereo speakers, interchangeable faceplate and detachable stand.Digital Frames
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