This Photo Frame is AWESOME especially for $60!
I got this product because my 13 year old dog recently passed on and my family was having a hard time coping with the loss (they are like family after all) and we agreed that a good way to preserve his memory was to put some images of the family photos and videos in a common area where we could see him in his happy life. This helped greatly, everyone smiles when they see photos of the family interacting with him and I think it's helping us move on.
Pros:
1. It's easy to set up with step by step instructions
2. Supports common image formats, .Jpg, PNG etc. & Video .MP4 etc and you can default it to mute video when it plays them.
3. The online app is simple to use and allows you or other family members to send images to the device from smart phones. (android & apple)
4. Has 16 GB of internal storage memory but will also display photos and video directly from an external SD card. I have a 32GB in mine making it a combined 48GB!
5. The screen is a touch screen so you can cycle through your photos by swiping left or right and has Date/Time/Local Weather features.
6. Screen Clarity and resolution are awesome and uses a standard 1280X800 Pixel Per Inch which means images are clear and high resolution.
7. Settings are simple and clear to understand.
8. If you are security minded you don't have to connect this device to the internet or even use the mobile app for it to work right out of the box, though I suggest you connect it once to get any recent software updates. It only needs internet for Date Time/Weather/Temp and mobile app functions but runs great with out it.
Cons: Not really any big cons with this item at all. There are some areas of improvement and that's more with the technical specs and documentation more than anything. for example:
1. There is no mention in the booklet of the different file formats it will read but it will read your standard JPG, PNG, MP4 etc.
2. IMPORTANT: If you are having trouble reading from the SD card check your format and make sure it's pushed in all the way. There is no mention in the booklet of what format to use for your microSD, I went with FAT32 as it is the most common format that android devices are capable of reading. Also it is spring lock so you need to push the SD card ALL the way in until you hear/feel it click into place, some people may not do that and then complain that it isn't reading the card. It also doesn't say what size limitations it has for SD card, is 32GB the most or can you add up-to a 64GB? It also doesn't seem to have any issue with Brand or speed of SD card but used a high speed 10 rating card that was cheap off brand and it works.
3. The device will only ask you to Play/Download media when the SD card is inserted while it's on with a popup message, but I didn't see any other way to do this from a menu or setting incase you miss the popup. It would be nice so you don't have to eject and re-insert the SD card to see it again.
4. I got the corded version for this model, but when you first turn on the unit there's a big orange warning telling you NOT to unplug the device while it's running and to always use the power button to shut it down, but what happens if you lose power? There is a version that has a battery and a power cable and that's a better fail-safe incase of power loss.
That's pretty much it, I have not had this device long, we will see how well it holds up and if I find any issues later I will update my post.
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