Philips 5.6-Inch Digital Photo Frame (White)
by Philips Consumer Electronics
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Philips 5.6-Inch Digital Photo Frame (White)
Customer Review: Has problems with some JPEG files
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this frame because it was inexpensive and I wanted to see how useful a digital frame could be. Overall, it's a nice looking frame and while the interface isn't as simple as it could be, you can play around with it for a while and figure most of the functions out without having to look at the manual. For me, the reason I only gave it 2 stars is because it only supports JPEG images and even then, only supports some of them. If you're like me, you've collected a lot of images from your digital cameras, email, the web, etc and have folders of things that might be fun to display in a frame. I decided to load some up on a Compact Flash card to view them on the frame and that's when the problems started. It seems that this frame is very particular about what kind of images it will display. Even if they are JPEGs, some will not display. In fact, they seem to confuse the frame. In thumbnail view, I get little X's in place of thumb nails even though it also displays a thumbnail of the image. So if I have 25 images, I get 25 thumbnails and 25 blank thumbnails with an X. It appears that if JPEG's have been manipulated through Photoshop or other imaging programs, they might not be easily recognizable by the frame. During the slideshow, sometimes it plays them, other times it does not. I've tried to figure out what about the images is different but haven't been able to determine a cause. All I know if that if I take a memory card directly from the camera and put it in the frame, it works as expected. If I use images from other sources or manipulated images, it becomes much more troublesome. The manual actually alludes to this problem but doesn't really clarify what JPEG settings cause the problem. It says it supports progressive images but will display them slowly, otherwise they just indicate there could be problems. So, long story short, the frame works great if you have a camera that saves images in JPEG format and you put the images on the frame just as they came out of the camera. If you want to use it to display other file formats or images from other sources like the web or email, this isn't the frame for you. I know Sony's new frames support RAW, TIFF, BMP and JPEG and I'm sure some of the higher end Philips frames do too. Just make sure you know about this limitation and if that's a show stopper for you.Customer Review: This picture frame rocks!
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this picture frame as a GBD a couple of weeks ago. Now, when I got it, I had just returned from trips to NYC and Biloxi, MS- and I had many pictures that I wanted to show off to friends and family. After sitting for a while working with the frame, I managed to put my pics from my memory card to the internal memory- although I know I could have just left them on the memory card and played it from that.
Some reviews have complained about the color- the white does not bother me- I may add some details to the frame, since I am a scrapbook person, but the white looks nice against my dark bookshelves.
The size was a small concern for me- but once I actually started using the frame- I really like the size. I might would enjoy a bigger one, but am happy with the size of the frame.
The price was right for me, espeically becasue I had been considering getting a knock-off frame, until I heard about all the problems people were having. But, if I needed another one- the price still is not bad for the quality of the product.
Customer Review: Easy enough for a non-geek
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a daily special, thus a great value ($60 instead of $120). We bought it as a b'day gift for an 84-year-old great grandmother, the typical hard-to-buy-for person, and loaded it with pics of great grandkids. Super simple, just insert the memory cards from each of our digital cameras, pick the pics, save and she was good to go. The geekiest among us actually read the directions and started us off, but the least geeky could probably have done it with enough patience. A great gift.Customer Review: Great gift
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been holding off on purchasing a digital frame for a number of years because of mixed reviews and price. But my father-in-law wanted one, so we decided to take a chance on this frame for his birthday. Excellent gift.
My involvement with the frame was limited to its initial setup, but I was very impressed with easy of use and clarity of the images. Even the size wasn't too bad - we were worried that it would be too small - but it is a good size for an office desk.
I did not resize any photos which were taken by a canon 700is. We used the provided Phillips software and USB to load 12 images into the internal memory (we were rushed for time so we did not load more.) The upload was fast and I allowed to software to automatically resize the photos. Pictures looked great.
The only issue that I saw during slide show mode was how vertical and horizontal pictures are displayed. Based on the orientation of the frame, it will group pictures of an opposite orientation into a collage. For example, if the frame is horizontal/landscape, then horizontal pictures are shown full screen. Vertical/portrait pictures are shown as a collage of 5 pictures with one picture displayed larger in the center and two smaller pictures on the left and two smaller pictures on the right. The slide show will cycle through these pictures showing a different picture in the middle. Not a huge deal, and really not an issue for me, I just did not expect it.
Father-in-law was able to take the frame to work and set it up on his own without issue. So usability is good.
Bottom line - excellent gift and the price isn't too bad.
Customer Review: Great Frame
Summary: 5 Stars
I am extremely pleased with the Philips digital frame. The price was great. Even better because I got i on a gold box deal. I'd get another one too if it ever comes up again.
I've wondered for a long time about what to do with those hundreds of digital photos. Impossible to print and look at them all. This digital frame is a perfect way to to show off all those pictures.
This Philips frame presents them in a very nice resolution and crystal clear.