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: Cheap, Effective Little Product
Summary: 4 Stars
Ok, like so many others, I was getting upset with this thing and was ready to trash it--despite reading the other instructions from other reviewers. I'm going to make a modification to what AME mentioned, not because what's written there is wrong, but because I still messed it up even with those precise instructions.
If you're getting "Cannot Connect to Device!" then do the following:
1. Uninstall the current Photo Viewer software.
2. Go to Cobyusa.com at: http://www.cobyusa.com/?p=prod&prod_num_id=80&pcat_id=3001
3. Download the CORRECT VERSION FOR YOUR MODEL! You most likely have the DP-151SX. Check the back of the keychain for the fine print, and it will tell you. Make sure you download the right version. If you're getting Cannot Connect to Device, you probably have installed the MP version.
4. Install the software by running setup.exe
5. Connect your key chain to the computer
6. Choose USB Charge. Let it charge for the approximately 1 hour necessary.
7. Disconnect it when fully charged
8. Reconnect the keychain, choose USB Update
9. Run the photo viewer software
10. Load all desired photos into a folder on your desktop (or somewhere else convenient)
11. From software interface, open select photos to load onto keychain
12. Crop the photos as necessary; if you are confused, download the setup guide from that same Coby USA URL above. There aren't many buttons, if you click them all you'll eventually get it.
13. If you've got the SX version, when it's done it will say "Download Completely!"
Hopefully this helps. Best of luck. For $14, I must say I'm pretty pleased.
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: Not Bad
Summary: 4 Stars
At first I was having a lot of trouble getting the software to work. I would get a "Can't find photoviewer, or another program owns it. The program will exit!" error message when opening the application on the cd. I tried this on Vista and also XP. I then went to the Coby website to download the software at http://www.cobyusa.com/_en/support_md_drv.php?prod_id=DP151. That didn't work either. After messing with it for a couple minutes I finally figured out how to use:
1) Install the software on the CD (although the application won't open just yet)
2) Plug in the usb cable into the pc and the keychain and wait a minute (nothing happened here for me)
3) Unplug the cable that goes into the keychain, and then plug it back in. On the keychain screen, an option menu should come up that allows you to select either to power the keychain or to update the keychain via usb. Select the update option. (Note that drivers might install before this or maybe it found the driver I downloaded at the coby website?)
4) Now that you have selected the update option, you can now open the program that was installed off of the cd. Select the pictures you want, move them over, and then download them to the keychain.
Besides this "bug" with the software, I am happy with this purchase. Although the picture quality isn't spectacular, the picture quality is pretty good and I was able to get my parents a great gift without breaking the bank.
Customer Review: Don't buy Coby products.
Summary: 1 Stars
My wife purchased 1 of these items for her father for Father's day and filled it with pictures of his grandchild. Her father loved the gift. She used a Mac computer to load the pictures and had no problems. I decide I wanted one for myself and we also decided this would be a nice gift for other family members. We purchsed 4 more. We gave one away as a gift, one was for myself, and 2 were for upcoming gifts. I attempted to use the one for myself and the computer would not recognize it. I used 2 different computers running XP. I went to the Coby website and the website says the problem is the USB cable. I then contacted the Customer Service Line. They told me the only thing to be done was to return the item. I questioned this since the website says I only need a new cable. I was told that they do not ship replacement parts. The customer service rep talked to me like I was a first grader who had never used a computer. The treatement from Coby is completely unacceptable. I am returning the broken one and the other 2 becuase I do not want to give out gifts that don't work and both people these are going to use Windows XP. I recommend never buying this product or anything else by Coby. They made quite clear that they are going to ship junk and do nothing to fix the bad items. There customer service rep also treats you like you are not smart enough to use they product when the problem is they ship faulty junk.Customer Review: Good deal for the price/points
Summary: 4 Stars
I have had this nifty picture keychain for a few days now. I am pretty happy with it. It comes with software, cord, and the keychain. The software is easy to install, however you cannot open it unless the keychain is plugged into the computer. Also, if you want to upload photos you need to have the keychain plugged in and set to updating before opening the program or it won't upload anything. Those were the 2 things that caused me some problems, but once I figured it out, it works great and is very easy to use! You can also for example take photos from one computer put them on the keychain and use the keychain to tranfer them to another computer. The picture quality is fairly good, some light colors (whites and very pale skin colors) look really washed out/bright/blurry (this why it got 4 stars instead of 5). Since the screen is a square it chops off some of your pictures, but you can use the software to adjust the cropping to your liking. Not sure why these keychains don't use rectangular screens! Battery charges by being plugged into your computer. Charge a minimum of 4 hours before first use. Also, you can set it so it has an automatic picture changing slide show or you can manually change pictures by hitting the arrow button. Well worth the 75 points. I am going to order some more and fill them with photos and use as gifts for the grandparents! Great way to show off your kids or grandkids!