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Digital Spectrum USB Digital Photo Frame (5x7) by Pacific Digital
Digital Photo Product DetailsManufacturer: Pacific Digital Audio: English (Original Language) Model: MF-570 Product features: - Bright 5.6-inch TFT LCD screen
- Plug and Play with USB
- Quick transfer into onboard memory
- Fits any 5 x 7 inch picture frame
- No PC required
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Digital Spectrum USB Digital Photo Frame (5x7)Customer Review: Fun and adequate but not stellar Summary: 3 Stars
This product is fun and makes a good photo frame, but I was not blown away; it met my expectations but did not exceed them. You get a 5" by 7", 320x240, 4:3 aspect ratio LCD frame. The picture quality is decent, but not spectacular. I would say it is fairly faithful to the original pictures, but viewing them side to side with how they are displayed on a regular PC, they look inferior. But it is a 320x240, so it's not unexpected. Viewing angle is a little limited, and the picutre colours and luminosity are noticeably different when viewed from different angles. Setting up the frame was easy; in all, it took me about half an hour to get everything done (including installing drivers, programs, and even updating the firmware) and have it displaying my photos. A couple of complaints; I would have liked the slide show to have a "random" feature, ditto with the transition effects. Also, it would have been nice to have a drag-and-drop from any Windows folder to the slide show composition screen. As it is, you can only place photos by using a clunky dialogue box to select pictures to be included in slide shows.I'm conflicted about this product being good value for money, though; on the one hand, the screen is clearly NOT top of the notch and leaves quite a bit of room for improvement. On the other hand, I looked around for similar products and found that they are substantially more expensive(Digi-Frame DF-560) or are clunky(Ceiva Picture Frame requires subscription and phone line connection). I guess the technology isn't mature enough for these types of products to be affordable and great quality (they are currently expensive and so-so quality). I bought this to place on my office desk, and I'm pretty sure it will do its job. If you want a great looking frame, I would hold out a little more. If you can afford it, the Digi-Frame products look pretty good. .... All in all, I find this product fun because it does what it says it does quite well, but the display is its achilles' heel. I have a feeling this category will pick up in popularity and technology soon so wait some more and you'll begin to see truly great products by around 2005. As a relatively early adoptor, I am content with it.
Description of Digital Spectrum USB Digital Photo Frame (5x7)USB DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME
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