Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22960 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Digi View
• Model: V1501
• Released on: 2007-01-16

Manufacturer's Description
With the Digi View photo frame there is no longer any need to keep your treasured photos on your PC where no one can see them, the Digi View digital photo frame will bring all your treasured memories back to life. Now you can see all your photos in a slideshow and watch your home movies just by inserting your memory card into the in-built 6 in 1 memory card reader. You will also be able to listen to your music whilst watching your slideshow as well as using the Digi View simply as an MP3 player if you wish. You will never need a picture frame or photo album again

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Customer Reviews

Almost brilliant if not for one glaring omission...
The screen quality is very good for the price, although the vertical viewing angle is not great, so you need to mount it at the right height that it will most often be viewed at. The sideways viewing angle is better.

It downscales 5MP images well on the 1024x768 screen, and allows you to zoom in reasonably quickly, so you don't need to resize your images unless you are worried about memory card space.

How you like this product depends on how you intend to use it. For taking a card out of a camera and viewing your images it is very good indeed - I'd give it 5 stars.

For a permanent installation in your living room though, it has some problems.

Minor ones first:
- the cardboard mount on mine is inexpertly cut, and not straight. I'm assuming a new mount could be added though, and you'd have to look quite closely to see the issue.
- slideshow timing intervals are 5,10,30 and 60 seconds, and 1 hour - that's it. With previous frames, we've preferred a 5-10 minute period as any faster can be distracting. It's a shame as there is no technical reason they couldn't have added a few more options.
- When you turn the unit off with the remote control, the next time you turn it on it goes to the menu. This is fine for some people, but as a present for your longsighted gran it's not ideal, as she'd need to be taught which sequence of buttons to press in order to get her slideshow going again. It would be much better to resume where it left off playing.

And now the major omission:
There doesn't seem to be a Random Slideshow feature - which is just crazy. Part of the fun of a digital photoframe is to see lots of different pictures - but this one seems to always display the first in a set and then proceed sequentially. For some people, this will be a real showstopper. It would be far better to have three options: sequential (which it does), random and random sequential (first picture is random, but subsequent ones are sequential from that point).

Now it's possible I'm wrong about the above, but I've been through every menu I can find, I've read the instructions and I've pressed all the buttons on the remote and a random option doesn't seem to be on offer.
I found this very disappointing and won't be buying one for myself as a result.

Like I say though, if random play isn't a big deal for you, this frame is a 5 star purchase at the price.

If anyone knows how to upgrade the firmware to support random play (or knows the menu option that I missed! ;-) ) please leave a review.

Bought for my brother
I bought one of these frames for my brother as a birthday present (it was a significant birthday!) and he has done nothing but rave about this photo frame. He is not the most technically minded chap, and had something of a (small) learning curve, but almost daily I receive messages or phone calls of delight when he tells me "It does..." or "It is fantastic". He had had experience of smaller frames at work, and, at the time, did not know anything of this size was available. He tells me that the quality of pictures on this frame is something else, and has allocated space on his wall to hang it; it has also meant that, at long last, he is getting round to organising his picture collection!

Attach any photo storage device / List of clones under other brands
Having bought this device second-hand without a manual, USB cable or remote control, here are some extra tips I found online:

(By the way, nobody is going to get this off me for any money as I am very pleased with it - even without a remote!)

PC CONNECTION

I read in the manuals and FAQs on Polaroid.com for the Polaroid model XSU-01220B (a very similar device to this) that there is no support for connection to a PC. So I recommend avoiding this, as a previous person has said.

USB HARD DRIVE CONNECTION

I have also read in another product description or FAQ on another site that you can connect an external USB hard drive - those ones aimed at the PC market (it must have its own power supply, however). Note that it must be formatted as a 'FAT32' device on a PC first. I have yet to try this.

CAMERA / USB FLASH DRIVE / USB CARD READER CONNECTION

I have myself connected a USB cable from a (battery-powered) camera, USB flash drives and a USB card reader - neither with their own power supply of course. So it will basically take any memory card that fits your USB card reader!

USB SOCKET

The USB socket on this unit is a USB 5-pin Mini Female. Therefore, to connect a standard large ('USB A') plug, you need a cable or "gender changer" adapter that has on one end a 'USB A Female' and on the other a '5 Pin Mini B Plug'. I bought such an adapter for £3 online.

DOCUMENTATION FROM CLONE DEVICES

The following seem to be clones of this unit, to help you search for downloadable manuals and read technical comments and FAQs. The comments can be good but the manuals seem generally poor - perhaps as they seem to be supplied by the same Taiwanese factory.

Digital Frame Company - Omega 15 inch
DSI (Digital Spectrum Inc) - MemoryFrame MF-8115
ThinkGeek - Gigantor 15 inch