Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Clear) w/3 Additional Colored Frames
by Philips Consumer Electronics
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Clear) w/3 Additional Colored Frames
Customer Review: Money Well Spent
Summary: 5 Stars
Looked at several options in purchasing a digital frame for my parents who are not technically savy. This unit is perfect. While the price seems to fluctuate, it usually ends up around $180 when all is said and done. It is money well spent as evidenced by the postive reviews herein.
Images are consistently clear. I have loaded digital images of my son dating back 10 years now and they all show well (can still appreciate the digital image advancement over these 10 yrs though). Quite easy to load pics into a memory card directly through Windows Explorer, plug card in frame and instant slide show. Great for my non-techical parents as I'll load up another memory card after a while and swap them out. Timer, display and slideshow settings make the unit quite flexible.
The design and manufacture quality seems high - nice feel to the navigation buttons and frame facing. Packaging is solid and the interface is very workable once you settle into it - about 5 - 10 minutes to get comfortable.
Highly recommended. I want one for my family now . . .
Customer Review: Outstanding Image Quality
Summary: 5 Stars
After searching online reviews, I bought two Philips DPF as Christmas gifts. Over the last few days, I've been testing the different features and functions so I can preconfigure them before giving them as gifts. Actually, I found the setup and operation to be very simple. At first, I was concerned over the lack of a remote control. However, after playing with the intuitive menu and on-board buttons for awhile, I'm now thinking a remote control would be an unnecessary complication.
As a semi-retired professional photographer, I enjoy sharing my photos with family and friends. I use professional 8 and 10 megapixel cameras to take my photos, and I'm always concerned about image quality (sharpness, color saturation, color balance, contrast, etc.) when they are viewed. All I can say is the Philips DPF really does my photos justice. They appear crisp and bright, with all the color and depth of the original photos. The proof is in the image.
BTW, I loaded 220 jpg photos on a cheap 1GB SD card and the Philips is displaying them in slideshow mode perfectly.
Customer Review: The Digital Frame comes of Age
Summary: 5 Stars
Remember the early days of consumer digital photography? In 1998
people asked whether printers could ever be as good as "real"
prints. No-one asks that question anymore because the answer
became "yes, obviously" in about 2002.
These photoframes are in transition now: this one is *almost* as good
as a print, it's a really high quality unit: silent, heavy and pleasing.
The screen has bright, densely spaced pixels that are visible from a wide
viewing angle.
But the main thing is that it looks like an elegant desktop picture frame,
even close-up. It's not till the picture changes that people realise,
and they always say "Wow, I though that was a picture".
I loaded 300 pictures after resizing them to 720x480 pixels onto
a memory stick, and they run flawlessly.
This frame (the six inch one, not the eight inch) is worth the
money, and is a quietly spoken delight on the desktop,
well done Philips.
Awaiting a wall-size model for ordinary money....
Customer Review: Thank you Phillips, thank you J. Bruhn!
Summary: 5 Stars
As a Mac user, I was put off by the ratio of nay-sayers to enthusiasts in this forum, but J. Bruhn's positive review seemed so sound and sensible that I bought the frame anyway. And I couldn't be happier! The picture is more crisp, clear, and richly-hued than that of other frames I considered, and the device could not be easier to use if it had come with a technician attached. Casting aside the installation CD, I did exactly as J. Bruhn instructed (see the forum on Mac compatibility below), and my pictures practically leapt across the USB cable to the frame unaided. Thank you, J. Bruhn, for taking the time to share your discoveries; Mac users can now purchase this frame with complete confidence!
Oh, and, if there's a better gift for someone in the hospital, I can't think what it might be. The patient will appreciate having a hands-free photo album, and (if my father's experience is any indication), visits by nursing staff will skyrocket, as they stop in to see the cool new gadget!
Customer Review: Very nice. Attention getter.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a stay at home dad and bought this for my wife for Christmas. The first day she took it to work, everyone loved it and kept peeking into her office to see the new picture. It has a very attractive look with regards to the frame. The picture is bright and beautiful. The menus are easy to navigate using the buttons on the back. They put graphical pictures on the menu screen in corresponding location to the buttons on the back.
Using the built in software to see the pictures can be a bit confusing. I have yet to figure out how to get the slide show to work off the media card. It always wants to copy the pictures to the onboard memory. Unfortunately, the onboard memory can only hold about 50 pictures which is not enough for the average mother of 3 children.
Overall, we love this frame. I think as we get more failiar with it, we will better understand how to use it. And don't worry, it does not have the big Philiips logo on it that you see in the pictures.