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You would think that a small screen like this would provide a decent picture quality but all photos are streaky and appear to be very low resolution. I bought this for my wife and was extremely disappointed. It looks decent enough but the LCD screen is absolutely pathetic. The quality is so poor that it now just sits in a draw. My recommendation is to look for something cheap elsewhere.
I bought one, I wish I had read the reviews. The built in lithium battery failed to recharge and the photo frame had never turned on, once it was disconnected from the USB port. A piece of JUNK.
Slide show animation is not consistent (sometimes pictures fades, sometimes slides away, some times dissolves with squares), but you can still live with that. Even though it called "Coby DP152BLK 1.5-Inch Cliphanger Key Chain Digital Photo Frame (Black)", it might be more suitable to hang it on a backpack, rather than with your keys.4. From the manual I noticed that the MAC software looks better.2. It's thicker than it looks in the photo and the ring is made of plastic (like the rest of it).
Not suitable for wide photos.2. The device interface is not graphical, but its intuitive and really easy to use.---------------Cons:1. Nice features like the clock and the calendar (I use a PDA for that, anyway). My "Next" button is hard to press, and I don't know if its just me.---------------Info (also consider these before buying):1. Your first impression is like you're carrying a toy.3. I sort of expected it to be with poor LCD (from the comments), so Im just confirming that.
So no batteries are needed.3. Its (relatively) easy to set it up and to upload photos to the device (in Windows XP), but software is not that intuitive and don't expect much from the manual. The photo looks ugly (that was my first impression) with the current photo information on it (like 3/60, in red), but it fades away after one second. While playing with that I noticed the following (that might help deciding to buy it or not)Pros:1. The software crops your photos into a 1.5 inch square, but at least it doesn't stretch them down.
Yes it has a poor LCD, pictures doesn't look as bright as in the product image, its faaaar from that.2. Cant really tell if it's fully charged or not, but its not like you will need to know it.4. I really dont get this, is it a feature or a fault. I bought this as a present and one for myself. But what about when the device is turned off (which happens automatically). 3. I noticed when I set the Auto Slide Time = 30 seconds.
Anyway you get used to it, cause it stays there just for 2 seconds.4. Relatively cheap. It charges via USB cable from your computer. (relatively)-------------All in all, it's interesting to have around, but if I could still choose, I wouldn't buy it. It shuts down after some time. I did the full charge of 4 hrs.5. :)))5.
But that's just me.
I purchased 4 of these (3 as gifts) and only one person could get it to work - and that was with a big hassle, including having to use a different connection cable. Instead, I gave it to a computer geek who is the one who tried the new cable and some other tricks and it finally worked. I tried on my desktop computer and my laptop with the same results. Coby Troubleshooting personnel walked me through some gyrations for the one I kept and when nothing worked, told me to return the unit because it was defective. The idea is great and the look of the product is fine; they just don't work. The other 3 have been returned.
My MIL was in town and tried to log into my wife's profile, but it hung. I am running the latest version/updates of Mac OS X. It tells you to make sure the frame is in "Update" mode. However, all of my pictures were in iPhoto so that is on little use. I lost 3 hours the day before Mother's Day trying to load this thing up with images as a special gift from the kids. Well there is no update mode.
It hung at a white screen. After installing their software, I launched the picture loading application from the desktop. So she rebooted the computer. Checked the site for a software update, same version as shipped. I was able to access the frame through a Windows Virtual machine, so I know the device is not defective. I told her to unplug the frame, and it immediately booted.
Thanks, but no thanks.
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