8" 4:3 Digital LCD Panel
Plays your digital photos, music and movie files
Supports CF/Microdrive/SMC/MS/MSPro/SD/MMC media cards
Includes two interchangable frames (Cherry wood and Black)
Worry Free One Year Warranty
Product Details
Product Dimensions:
11.2 x 9.2 x 1.8 inches ; 4.2 pounds
Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
ASIN: B000JRPCDO
Item model number: PF-800
Average Customer Review:
This review is from: Matsunichi Photoblitz 8\" Digital Picture FrameI was thrilled to find an 8" LCD frame for under $150---especially one that came with two colors of interchangable wood frames. I was also excited that it came with a remote AND the ability to play MP3s. I like that the media card slots are on the side and not the top (like other frames I have seen). It was also easy enough to set the preferences (this is where the remote comes in handy!).That said, I am not 100% thrilled with this frame...and let me tell you why.The minor things? The remote needs to have a pause button in case you want to stop on a certain photo. You can pause it by hitting the ENTER button and then arrowing over to pause, but a pause button would be much easier. There also should be a button to start/stop the music. The only options for playing slideshows are to start the slideshow, start the slideshow with music, or start the slideshow with videos. What if I want to start the slideshow with music but want to quickly stop the music? Or start the music in the middle of the slideshow? A button on the remote would solve this issue quite nicely. But these are just little nitpicks.The major thing wrong with this frame? Read on... I bought the Amazon-recommended 1GB SD card to go with this frame because I have A LOT of photos. I easily found and loaded 1500+ pictures (which still only filled half the card) and set the slideshow to 10 seconds each--thrilled at the prospect of having 4+ hours worth of photos to watch at work. However, that's not what happened.I turned the frame on at 8:30am and I was quickly seeing duplicate photos--definitely not four hours worth of photos at a time. But just when I thought I was seeing all duplicates, I would see new photos--but then it was quickly back to the same photos again. At the three-hour point, I would say I'd seen about half the photos at least 4-5 times each (if not more often than that).I looked through the manual (and actual preferences on the frame), and didn't see any information on this issue. I also didn't see anything saying that that photos were chosen randomly (even if it did run randomly, you would think it would run through all photos first before repeating). The photos also didn't seem to be running in any sort of order (i.e. alphabetical, or as they are named on the SD card, like the other LCD frames I've seen work) otherwise they would cycle through all of them before repeating. I looked up the specs online and it didn't say ANYTHING about an allowable number of pictures. Interestingly, there was a support question asking about the 5.6" model, saying that:"The total images supported in a SlideShow is 142 with older firmware.FOR PF560 5.6" Picture Frame ONLY*: To increase the limit to approximately 250, upgrade the firmware to the latest version. *Firmware Upgrade for PF800 8" Picture Frame will be available soon."I registered at the manufacturer's site to see more customer support answers, but there was nothing there. However, they do have an online ticket system, so I asked them about it. I just couldn't imagine there being a limit on the number of pictures shown in a slideshow, considering the size of cards you can get. I got a fairly quick response, but I didn't like the answer:"Yes, there is also a limitation of photo it can be read for this model too. It can only read up to 280, and the coming new firmware an only be approved to read 500 photos. we understand this issue and pushing vendor to fix it. Sorry about that." I then asked when this firmware update would be available and how I would need to go about installing it. Again, they responded fairly quickly:"The new firmware will be ready at early of March, we will post on our website with instruction. However, we believe the 500 photos are still not enough, we still pushing vendor to fix it to be unlimited."I certainly hope they can convince the vendor to increase the number of photos. What good is a frame that can hold any size media card, but is limited to 280 photos? And since this is apparently a KNOWN issue, why is this information not presented ANYWHERE? I would NEVER have bought this frame with the 1GB card had I known this (in my opinion) critical limitation!! I am quite upset about this, as I spent probably 2-3 hours going through all my photos to transfer them to the card. Also, the technology has to be there to make sure more photos are allowable in a slideshow. It is 100% unacceptable that this limitation is in place.I really do feel like I should return this item, but I honestly don't want to go through the rigamarole (it is a very nice-looking frame and the picture quality is great).So, buyer beware...buy a smaller media card or be upset that you can't load more than 280 photos (or 500 in the future).UPDATE: 6/6/07 - There is STILL no software update for this model. It was promised in March and we're three months beyond that with no end in sight. I am seriously considering giving this frame away to someone who would better utilize the 300 picture limit and find myself a frame where I can actually see ALL my pictures.UPDATE: 6/28/07 - There is STILL no software update for this model, but there is a workaround. You can create folders on the memory card (i.e. 01, 02, 03...) and copy the maximum number of images into each folder. The frame then cycles through each folder, thereby playing all photos.UPDATE: ...
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