That said, some of the video files didn't play back entirely smoothly, and the built-in stereo speakers' sound quality was passable, but barely. We couldn't play back one of our AVI files, but our MPEG-4 and MP3 files loaded fine. We had no problem locating the various types using the included small remote control to navigate the menu system. To test the frame's file playback capabilities, we loaded up a Seagate external USB drive with audio, video, and image files. It's not ultraslick, but it's straightforward enough, though some digital-imaging novices may take a bit more time-and manual consulting-to figure everything out. Lower resolution images also will load faster on the frame.Īll in all, we liked the interface on the frame. Of course, if you know you're shooting photos to store on the frame, you could reduce the resolution setting on your camera or crop the images yourself before transferring them to the frame. However, this model doesn't do that, so if you've shot images at high resolution, you're going to eat the internal memory up pretty fast (with even snapshot cameras producing images in excess of 3MB per image, you're looking at only storing 20 photos or so on the frame). When transferring photos to the display's internal memory, some photo frames, including the Philips frame, automatically resize the images to the size of the display, reducing their file sizes in the process. The flip-out stand on the back allows you to prop the frame up horizontally-but not vertically-and there's a keyhole slot at the top that gives you the option of mounting the frame on a wall with a single screw or picture hook (not included). If that modernist look doesn't suit you, you can swap in a more traditionally styled black wooden frame, though it takes more effort than it should (we had trouble getting the acrylic frame off). Similar to the Philips Digital Photo Display 7FF, the acrylic version of the Pandigital frame looks a lot like a mini version of the display on Apple's original iMac flat-panel all-in-one computer, with a clear frame around a silver border that surrounds the 6.45x4.9-inch (8-inch diagonal) LCD panel. The Pandigital 8-inch digital photo frame may not have built-in Wi-Fi, but it does deliver a pretty sharp-looking picture, has a fairly straightforward interface, and support for video and audio playback, which makes it an all-around solid digital photo frame.
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