 Best picture, not optimal pixel ratio |
| Review Date: July 12, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Adam N. Marr, Richmond, VA USA |
As others have said, this has the best image quality I've seen on a frame (better than lots of cheaper lcd tvs actually). It is night and day better than our previous frame. The border is clean, and the frame looks very smooth. My only complaint (recommendation to others considering this purchase) would be to consider the 8 inch over the 7 if you just plan to copy pictures over from your camera. I prefer the image to fill up the frame, and since the 7inch ratio is 15:9 I had to crop the images to get them to fit the frame fully without any black borders. The 8 and 10 inch frames use a 4:3 ratio, which is the same as both of ours (and I assume most) digital cameras, without the need for adjustment.
Another suggestion to those considering just using the internal memory is to batch resize the photos, so instead of taking up 3-5Mb a picture with a higher res camers (this only fits around 100 pictures on the 512Mb internal, and 1/2 that on the 256) the images will only take up around 100k. You can do this easily by searching for the XP Powertoys Image resizer for WinXP, or Prish Resizer for Vista. Then you can select all your photos at once, and resize them all to 800x600 (the resolution of the 8 and 10 inch, and the x-resolution of the 7inch). This will save you lots of space, and let you pack a lot more pictures on sony's relativly small internal memory, and you will not see a difference in the image quality, since sony has to downsize the image on display anyway to make it fit the 800x600, or 800x480 for 7inch frames. |
Sony Got It Right Yet Again
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| Review Date: October 25, 2008 |
| Reviewer: biz wiz, |
The pros:
In the somewhat new digital picture frame market Sony got it right.
The frame looks like just about any other Sony product: tastefully done with a simple and polished design and outstanding quality. The interior box might as well be used for jewelery with its silver logo imprint and glossy finish.
The frame itself has a surprising number of features (clock, calendar, display modes, transition modes, mixed modes, and so on) for a "low end" frame, but at the same time is ready to work right out of the box. The back lit logo looks gorgeous (and can be turned off too) and the remote (yes, a remote) is slick and covers all functions available. There is an array of media slots in the back to accommodate most digital camera storage card types; i.e. pull out of your camera, insert in the frame, and press play. It is that simple. For those "weird" formats, there is a mini USB port, so you are covered in all circumstances. Of course the most important part, the screen, is just Sony-style amazing, especially considering the price. Back light and contrast adjustments are also there.
The cons:
On a few pictures the colors seemed almost unnaturally bright. In Sony's defense: those were taken with a Canon. My Sony camera, understandably, seems to just "love" the frame. The wide screen format might require some tweaking of some of your pictures to fill the screen. In any case, if you are the lazy type, there are zoom/stretch options to do the job for you. The one thing that just caught me off guard: there is no USB cable included with the frame. Just because everything works with USB these days, does not mean that everyone has a mini USB handy (I used the one from my cell phone to test the device)!
In short: I'd buy another one in a heartbeat. |
Almost perfect!
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| Review Date: August 5, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Susan K. Barajas, |
| I did quite a bit of online research before purchasing this frame. The thing that sold me on this versus other digital frames was that other reviewers talked about how easy it was to use. So true! I did not want to struggle with getting this to work and it really is very easy. I love the features on it, particularly the automatic rotation of the picture for the correct orientation. Picture quality is great. One feature that's particularly nice is that one of the views shows both the picture and a clock with date/time at the same time, but the date/time is when the picture was taken. This is particularly "fun" because I loaded a number of pictures from vacations and the date is a nice reminder of when the trip was taken. The only negative is that it doesn't take BMP pictures. I scanned a lot of old photos using bitmap but the frame wouldn't read them. So I had to re-scan again as JPEG. One of the reasons I bought this frame was because of the large internal memory, but I quickly realized that I would need an external card. The only thing I would do differently is buy a 9" frame rather than the 7". |
Picture Perfect!
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| Review Date: August 29, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Graphics Designer, Seattle, WA |
| I bought this for my husband's desk at work. He LOVES it! It has a crystal clear picture quality, is the perfect size for his desk, doesn't take up too much room, yet is very stylish and draws your eye to it. We love all the options it has. It takes all our different camera cards. The one thing that we really wish it had was the ability to play by file name. |
Great photo frame!
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| Review Date: September 1, 2008 |
| Reviewer: B. Schaffhausen, |
I bought this as a present for my fiance and she loves it. I was worried because I had read a lot of reviews about digital photo frames having poor usability, but this frame is simple to use. All you need to do is plug in a memory card with photos and away it goes. I was was surprised by the 'clock' and 'calender' modes- they're really neat. The manual is helpful and accurate. The auto-rotate works slick.
PS (the "Sony" logo at the bottom is a light, but it can be turned off in the settings) |
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