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Photo : Audiovox DPF700 7-Inch Digital Picture FrameIn association with Amazon.comRating:  - Falsly advertised and NOT WORTH the money....The product description specifically reads, "...includes black, white and wood grain interchangeable frames...". I DOES NOT come with any other frames but the white one. Plus, the picture quality is horrible. I was very inconvenienced as this was a Christmas present and very dissapointed with Amazon. Rating:  - Not as advertisedI returned this product. It is advertised with a resolution of 800x600, when in fact the resolution is 640x480. The item worked well, the interchangeable frame was nice, but I felt that it was overpriced with that lower resolution. I explained to Amazon's customer service that the specs on this item are incorrect, but it appears that they did not change the listing. Amazon was very easy to work with in processing the return. Rating: - CRAPPY AMAZONAmazon grouped all 3 of Audiovox's digital picture frames together despite MASSIVE differences. Please DON'T count on the resolution till you read chart below taken from data on Manufacturer's site. DPF1000 (10.4") # 4:3 Aspect Ratio # 640 x 480 Pixels DPF800 (8") # 4:3 Aspect Ratio # 800 x 600 Pixels DPF700 (7") # 16:9 Aspect Ratio # 480 x 234 Pixels Rating:  - Excellent frame with only average softwareI own a couple of these and a couple of (older + smaller) Phillips photo frames. The physical size and 800x600 resolution of this frame is very nice. It also comes with a small remote control but I've never used it. The quality of the displayed images is very good. There's controls for brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, etc so you can adjust the display to accurately display the photos. My biggest and only complaint is the firmware which ought to be easy to fix. Here's a quick sample of what I mean and I'll compare this frame to the excellent software in the Phillips: How long each photo is displayed: Phillips: Anywhere from 2 seconds to 30 minutes. Audiovox: 3, 5 or 8 seconds. (Even at 8 seconds, this is too fast. I like 30-40 seconds per photo) Order to display photos: Phillips: Sequential or random Audiovox: Sequential only (I like random so you never know what photo will be shown next. Otherwise you tend to 'memorize' and know what's coming up next.) Automatic shutdown: Phillips: The frame can turn itself off at certain times Audiovox: It's either on or off (My Phillips turns itself off between 11PM and 7AM in the morning) So I really like the images on this frame but the firmware drives me crazy. The options to cycle to the next image are only 3, 5 and 8 seconds which for all practical purposes is the same setting... FAST. How &#!^@ difficult is it to write software/firmware to let the person set a longer time? This being said I'm still hoping that either Audiovox or someone will come up with updated firmware for this. I have seen absolutely ZERO evidence that this will happen but I keep checking anyway because these gripes are easily fixed. If they would only bother. Rating:  - GREAT PICTUREPicture frame is great! Picture frame quality is very good. I have had mine for almost 6 months now and no problems. Defently worth the money. |
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