Coby DP-102 10-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame with Built-In MP3 Player
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Coby DP-102 10-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame with Built-In MP3 Player
Customer Review: It's OK but not great.
Summary: 3 Stars
I ordered this as a Christmas gift and sad to say that they had to give it back to me to exchange since the first unit would not even power up. After I got he second one, I decided to test it first before giving to the recipients. First thing I noticed was that SDHC cards do not work with this frame. I had to go out and purchase a regular SD card and I was then able to load in pictures. The pictures looked clear and vibrant in color. The idea of changing the face plate is great but it is fabricated of plastic, so to me the black face plate made it look very cheap. Not many options in user controls but easy to operate. I have better quality digital frames that are more user friendly and have better options in controlling the views of the images. I went for a cheaper model and I guess I got what I paid for.Customer Review: Coby DP102 10-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo
Summary: 4 Stars
I think most of the reviews linked to this frame must be for older models. I bought this along with the Philips 8" frame and for the ease of use, number of compatible memory cards and resolution the Coby was much better than the Philips. In fact, I just logged in to order two more for Xmas presents. The only drawback is the quality of materials for the frame. The Philips has a nicer design and feel.
The resolution on this frame is 800x480. I put in a memory card from my Nikon D40x (10.2 MP) and displayed the slideshow. I was suprised at the quality. There were no issues with stretching or cutting off of pictures as described in other reviews. Since this was a gift, I didn't have a chance to test the video options but for the price you can't beat this frame!
Customer Review: Product short-commings not reflected in price
Summary: 1 Stars
Not stated anywhere in the manual - if you are using a USB flash card that has more than 2004 pictures, - some pictures will never be displayed. The frame will display only the first 2004 pictures.
ALSO the random shuffle mode is not really random at all, the same pictures will be cycled over and over like 1st, 5th, 8th, etc, but other pictures will never get displayed.
Customer technical support is rude (they do not even pretend to be polite and hang up on you if you ask questions tey do not know the answers to) and they are not knowledgable. I am an experienced computer engineer and my opinion is that this piece of electronics is not a quality product, however the price is quite high and does not reflect the short-commings.
Customer Review: Initially happy, now dissapointed - broken in 18 months
Summary: 1 Stars
Initially this was a great deal.. Worked well, it was a gift for my mother.
After 18 months of use, she gave it back to me. The screen had 4 dead pixels and flickered constantly like a badly tuned TV channel. The unit was buzzing and I noticed that near the on/off switch, the white plastic had a yellow/brown areas that apparently got hot enough to discolor and slightly melt.
Unfortunately, its past it's warranty. Additionally, I'm very concerned that it began to melt near the on/off switch. Perhaps it was best that it failed before it caught on fire and burnt down my mother's house.
Stay clear of this frame. Choose a more reliable product from sony, westinghouse, kodak or another big player in frames.
Customer Review: Great Picture, Good Value, Poor Plastic, Program Quirks
Summary: 4 Stars
Easy to get up and running, the unit goes into slideshow mode after power on automatically. Picture quality was excellent. Easy to put pictures on a memory card and have them show up. Recommend re-cropping your pictures to 16x9 aspect ratio so you get a full picture. Unit can accomodate std. 4x6 format as well, but will not fill the screen. Small Quirks are:
- When in slideshow mode, you can't hit the pause button to ZOOM in.
- Very poorly designed stand that WILL collapse after a couple of weeks.
- Documentation is lacking (typical COBY style)
- No support for QuickTime video popular in some digital cameras
- Unit has a faint lingering glow on screen after power down which doesn't go away unless you unplug the unit.