Philips 7-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame (Black)
From Philips Consumer Electronics
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Product Description
How many digital pictures are hidden on your PC? See, share, organize and relive your memories with Philips PhotoFrame, the easiest way to share your memories by displaying your digital photos in stunning quality - without a PC..
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #582 in Camera & Photo
- Brand: Philips
- Model: 7FF3FPB
- Dimensions: 3.07" h x 10.28" w x 8.74" l, 1.85 pounds
- Display size: 7
Features
- 16:9 frame ratio
- High pixel density for sharp & detailed photo display
- Displays all crisp colors of professional printed photos
- Stylish & sleek design complements photos
- Auto photo orientation to fit portrait or landscape modes
Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
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Philips 7-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame Highlights
ImagEn for sharp and vibrant color
ImageEn is exclusive Philips photo enhancement technology that automatically analyzes your photos to correct color and adjust for optimal contrast: ImagEn separates colors to avoid "crosstalk" adjusts brightness distribution for great visual contrast and corrects Gamma for color accuracy.
Add new glow to old memories with RadiantColor
RadiantColor is an exclusive Philips technology for displaying smaller photos in the optimal 4:3 ratio by extending the color on the edges of a less-than-full-screen photo to the sides of the screen, eliminating black bars and aspect ratio distortion.
SmartContrast: Optimized contrast for visual clarity
SmartContrast is Philips technology that analyzes the contents you are displaying, automatically adjusting colors and controlling backlight intensity to dynamically enhance contrast for the best digital images and optimum contrast for more entertainment fun when viewing videos or playing games where dark hues are displayed; when you select the Economy mode, contrast is adjusted and backlighting fine-tuned for just-right display of everyday office applications and lower power consumption.
Play slideshows, single photo, thumbnails or show clock
Flexible display modes give you the freedom to display your photos one image at a time, in thumbnail mode for quick, easy searches, or to create a slideshow of your most treasured photos.
View USB flash drive photos without a PC
A USB connector for easy viewing and sharing of photos stored on USB flash drive.
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A timer turns PhotoFrame on and off at the hours you select, reducing energy consumption for the sake of our environment saving up to one third of your PhotoFrame energy costs. Three programmable weekday timeslots along with one weekend timeslot give you flexibility to fit your personal schedule.
Have fun with collages: display mutiple photos in one view
It's a slideshow effect to show photos in collage form that automatically and randomly compiles different photos together to avoid unattractive borders that may result from photos which are smaller than screen size.
View photos directly from memory cards - no PC required
Two memory card readers are built-in for easy viewing and sharing of photos stored in memory cards. One memory card slot accepts Compact Flash I (CF) cards while the second accommodates Memory Stick (MS), SD Card and Multi Media Cards (MMC).
Intuitive User Interface (UI), 5-way-keypad for easy navigation and operation
The UI includes a minimum of buttons with clear and intuitive guiding text and graphics and logically designed on-screen-menus that help you to instinctively enjoy all the features of the product without hassle or long-time learning.
Customer Reviews
complete disapointment
Philips 7FF3FP
This is a first ever picture frame I bought and Pixel quality has given me complete disappointment. This picture frame only give 480x3(RGB) x 234 pixels, which is really not pretty at all. In Short I will be returning this picture frame first thing in my to do list.
Awful
I've bought digital photo frames before - even ones from Philips.
I got this one for my mom for Mother's Day, and it is a huge disappointment.
Here's why:
1. The screen is 16:9. It doesn't automatically "letterbox" 4:3 pictures though - instead, most of them come out looking skewed. You have to do a lot of manipulation of the pictures to make sure they "work" before you can load them to the frame.
2. You can't access the frame's internal memory through USB (at least not on Win XP). It doesn't show up. See, the frame acts as a reader for the two memory card slots. They show up, but the frame's internal memory doesn't. This means in order to load pictures, you have to copy them to a card, stick the card in, and then either leave the card in or use the menus to copy the pictures into the frame, which brings me to...
3. The menus don't have "bulk" options. You can't say "copy all of the pictures from the card to the internal memory" - it simply isn't an option. You also can't delete all pictures in one shot. Basically you can't do anything in one shot.
4. If that wasn't enough to make the internal memory completely useless, this settles it: There's a Philips ad with a baby's face in the internal memory that you simply cannot delete. When you try, it says "Operation fail!![sic]". I called their support line, and the person, while nice, was utterly unable to help me delete the picture. So, unless you like long tedious times copying pictures and an occasional Philips ad in your slideshow, you can't use the internal memory at all.
5. The display looks pixelated in a lot of pictures. Much moreso than other frames I've used.
If this hadn't been for Mother's Day and Mother's Day wasn't so close, I would be returning this immediately and getting something else. As is, I'll see how mom feels about it. It's definitely the last Philips frame I'll buy.
If you're like me, the thought of a $150 digital photo frame is simply over the top. The cost of these guys hasn't really come down too much in general. That was the main reason it took me so long to pull the trigger on one of these. The Philips 7-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame (Black) hit enough of my key needs to be worth the cash for me.
Pros
+ Great advanced menu functions allow you to control your slideshow
+ Very nice variety of slide-show transitions and collage options
+ Nice memory card slot allows you to connect up a variety of memory cards
+ Memory card slots for Compact Flash I (CF), SD Card, Multi Media Cards (MMC), MiniSD, Memory Stick (MS), and XD Picture Card
+ Convenient timer option turns PhotoFrame on and off at the hours you select
+ A USB connector for easy viewing and sharing of photos stored on USB flash drive
+ USB connection to your computer (to manage the internal memory),
+ Play slideshows, single photo, thumbnails or show clock
+ Nice looking frame design
+ 7 inch screen is acceptable in size
Cons
- Pictures must be JPEG and work best when in 16:9 format
- Competing alternatives from Sony natively support other image formats (RAW, TIFF, BMP)
- No video playback
- Lacks MP3 music playback for slideshows
- No USB port for flash drives
- The list price is a bit much; the prevailing price is also on the high side
- You should only be looking to get this on sale
- Phillips quality control has been declining the last few years; definitely test this within your return period
- Many newer alternatives coming to market which use less power than LCD
The frame is listed at a display ratio of 16:9. This works fine with most standard camera formats, including my Nikon and almost all handheld Canon models. Those with wide-format digital cameras are spared the extra step of reformatting.
Frame comes with a quick reference manual and Windows and Mac software on the included CD. CD also contains Windows compatible picture manager software. For a full PDF manual you will have to go to the website. There's some kind of menu driven help manual on the CD as well.
But the truth is you don't need a manual really. The built-in menu is really well designed. Not all the settings are on the first screen, but with some searching you can set up almost everything you need.
The optional clock display is another nice extra that makes this frame versatile. This somewhat makes up for the lack of MP3 playback.
The frame also has automatic orientation detection as an option, which rotates pictures from portrait to landscape. There are also collage and thumbnail view options.
This guy doesn't have the native image format support of some of the newer (and more expensive) frames from Sony. And I'm very nervous about Phillips spotty quality record of late. So far so good. But definitely put this through the paces before your return period expires.
Overall this is a good product at a price I can accept for now. Hopefully this will come down over time.
This unit is worth a look. This is at least a 3 star item, but the extra features bumps it just enough to hit 4 stars for me. Test it very well to make sure you don't have a dud.
Enjoy!
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