The Reliable Smartparts 7" Digital Picture Frame Looks Great On Any Office Desk:
If you are shopping for a low cost digital photo frame, I recommend the Smartparts 7" Digital Picture Frame. The frame itself is cleanly built and made of thick plastic to protect it from any falls. In fact, due to the relatively low cost and ease of use, you could give this to a child as a way of sharing photos of their recent family vacation. Looking for more detail? Read On! The SmartParts 7" Digital Photo Frame takes about 30 seconds to completely boot up. Once it is started, the built-in demo... more info
Not there yet...:
I own several digital picture frames and use none of them. Every time I get a new one, I hope against hope that the picture quality will be good enough for me to leave it on display. Of the relatively inexpensive frames, this one is not the worst, but I still don't like the quality. The software lets me drag and drop photos to the frame by a USB cable through a folder on my desktop, but it is still difficult to program the frame for picture rotation and such; and as is typical for these frames, when the... more info
Satisfied for what I paid...:
I gave a couple of these frames as gifts and kept one for myself. For the $40 price, I got my moneys worth... The instructions are useless and it's not "the most" user-friendly, but once you get a general understanding of how to operate it, you will be fine. One of the people I gave the frame to is my mother, who it not very technology-savvy - if I hadn't set hers up for her, it would still be in the box.
Decent working and nice-looking:
I found this item very easy to use with an SD card. Just stick it in and you are done! You can of course get more fancy with transitions and things, but I mostly just want to see the images. For the price, I think it is a super little frame. The wood frame makes it look nice in more traditional settings (not like a big plastic ipod or something.) Mine did have one dead pixel, but I only noticed it while looking at dark shots close up.