Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2180 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Philips
• Model: 7FF3FPB/05
• Released on: 2008-03-27
• Dimensions: .76 pounds

Features

• imagen exclusive enhancement
• USB and SD Card Port
• Black & White/Frames/Sepia Effects
• Screen Size: 7"
• Multi-card slot accepts: SD/SDHC/xD/Memory Stick/USB

Manufacturer's Description

Share your memories How many digital pictures are hidden on your PC? See, share, organise and relive your memories with Philips PhotoFrame™, the easiest way to share your memories by displaying your digital photos in stunning quality - without a PC.

How does it work? Just slide any secure digital (SD) and SDHC, multimedia card (MMC), memory stick (MS), MS Pro, MS Duo, MS Pro Duo (via adapter), Micro SD card (via adapter), Mini SD card (via adapter), compact flash (CF) or xD memory card into the PhotoFrame card reader slot to display stored photos directly - all without a PC. Why do I need it? You want to slide any popular memory card or DSC into your PhotoFrame without bother or hassle. Philips PhotoFrame automatically recognizes and reads most popular memory cards. What is it? A compatibility-tested, worry-free memory card reader with a two memory card slots: One slot reads Compact Flash I (CF) cards (except 6FF3FPW) and a second reads Memory Stick (MS), MS Pro, MS Duo, MS Pro Duo, secure digital (SD) Card, Micro SD (via adapter), Mini SD (via adapter), SDHC/ Multi Media (MMC) and xD cards in one hassle-free step -- all without a PC.

Why do I need it? You want to view and share your photos stored on USB flash drives easily and quickly. What is it? A USB connector for easy viewing and sharing of photos stored on USB flash drives.. How does it work? Insert a USB flash drive into the USB slot to access stored photo files.

	Why do I need it? You want safe, enviromentally friendly display products. With Philips, you can be condident that your display device is designed to safeguard our environment. What is it? Philips displays are designed and produced to comply with the stringent RoHS standards, which mandate restrictions on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equiment with the goal of dliminating toxic substances like lead that can harm the environment. How does it work? Throughout the continuum from design to production, Philips requires a leadfree manufacturning process with lead-free componments. Philips guarantees that its products comply with stringent RoHS restrictions on hazardous substances including lead. Lead-free display products are designed and produced in compliance with strict European Community Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) standards that restrict lead and other toxic substances that can harm the environment.

Why do I need it? You want the very best visual clarity and viewing comfort for every type of content. SmartContrast dynamically controls contrast and adjusts backlighting for clear, crisp, bright images while reducing power consumption. What is it? Unique technology that dynamically analyses the content and automatically optimizes a LCD screeen's contrast ratio for maximum visual clarity and viewing enjoyment, stepping up backlighting for clearer, crisper and brighter images or dimming backlighting for clear display of images on dark backgrounds. SmartContrast displays can deliver a contrast ratio of up to 3000:1, the highest available today. How does it work? When you activate SmartContrast, smart technology analyses the content you are displaying, automatically adjusting colors and controlling backlight intensity to dynamically enhance contrast for the best digital images and optimum contrast where dark hues are displayed.

Auto orientation Automatic landscape/portrait recognition employs a sensor that recognizes PhotoFrame orientation and displays each photo in its proper mode. Multiple-photo collage effect It's a slideshow effect to show photos in collage form that automatically and randomly compiles different photos together to avoid unattractive borders that may result from photos which are smaller than screen size. imagen technology imagen is exclusive Philips photo enhancement technology that automatically analyzes your photos to correct color and adjust for optimal contrast: imagen separates colors to avoid "crosstalk" adjusts brightness distribution for great visual contrast and corrects Gamma for color accuracy. RadiantColor RadiantColor is an exclusive Philips technology for displaying smaller photos in the optimal 4:3 ratio by extending the color on the edges of a less-than-full-screen photo to the sides of the screen, eliminating black bars and aspect ratio distortion. SmartPower A timer turns PhotoFrame on and off at the hours you select, reducing energy consumption for the sake of our environment saving up to one third of your PhotoFrame energy costs.

Box Contains
Philips 7FF3FPB/05 7" Digital PhotoFrame
Power adaptor
USB cable (male B type plug)
Quick Start Guide
User manual and Auto Run software on CD

Customer Reviews

Excellent LCD frame for the price
I've been waiting for some time for lcd frames to come down in price and be offered by major manufactures at a reasonable price. This had now happened with Amazon and the Philips digital frame. The colour/image quality is very good and the interface intuitive - in essence you don't need to read the instruction manual. There are some downs, but at the price, you should live with these. Most notable, there is very very little internal storage so you need to use a memory card with the frame. This is probably currently in your digital camera so you'll need to buy a new one. These are very cheap though starting at far less than £10.

My advice is to buy this now.

Great value for money
Like the previous reviewer, I've been looking at digital frames for a while now. There is a lot of rubbish out there, so be careful what you choose. This particular frame is of a lower build quality than some of Philips' more expensive frames being made almost entirely of plastic, but it certainly doesn't look cheap. The picture quality is perfectly adequate. The display is not the highest of resolutions, but there is little to complain about - I'd maybe gripe about the slightly clunky transition effects if I were being pedantic.

The frame does actually have a small amount of internal memory, so if you're only looking to store a handful of images you won't need an additional memory card. You can simply copy images from your camera's SD card or a USB stick to the frame itself. Most of the available space is initially taken up with sample images provided by Philips, so you would want to delete these. Unfortunately you won't be able to delete all of them because a bug in the firmware prevents you removing one. A firmware patch should have been available in October apparently but I was unable to find it on the Philips website. That said, the easiest thing to do is pop in a cheap SD card (you can get them for less than a fiver) and copy images straight from your PC to the frame using the USB cable provided. You don't even need to install any software; your PC will recognise the SD card as another drive, and the frame acts as a card reader/writer. Just drag and drop. Easy! You can also delete, add effects, and perform some minor edits using the frame itself.

At this price, there is no reason why you wouldn't want to buy this.

Not bad, but several issues
This product works ok, but potential buyers should be aware of these issues:

1. The auto-orientation feature does not seem to work at all, despite me checking that it is enabled and resaving the settings several times. All of my portrait photos were displayed on their side. Maybe I've not set it up correctly.

2. There should be more photo alignment choices. The auto-fit option flattens standard photos quite a lot, while the other options leave space on either side of the photo. I think it could do with auto-fit vertical and auto-fit horizontal features to remedy this.

Apart from this it seems to work fine.