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The DP-882 Digital Photo Frame is compatible with file formats JPEG, BMP, MP3, WMA, MP4, AVI. Includes built-in card Reader, Stereo Speakers, MP3 Player. Supports Secure Digital (SD) Card, MultiMediaCard (MMC), xD-Picture Card, CompactFlash (CF) Card.8 TFT LCD with a resolution of 800 x 600 with USB, RCA Stereo Audio Line Out, 3.5mm Headphone Ports. more info
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Better than average
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Coby 8″ picture quality is very good. The color saturation tilts toward somewhat blueish/cool color, and you can’t ajust this. The frame construction is sturdy, and navigation is easy to use. You can play slideshow in shuffle mode, which some frames can’t do. The screen resolution of 800×600 is the same dimention (4×3) as my digital camera’s, so that I don’t have to crop my photos. I did resize/downsize my photos to this resolution, so that I can fit more photo files in a small memory card. The product does not have internal memory though.
USB transfer
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this frame for an elderly aunt. I am loading it with images and will just have her plug it in and run the slide show feature. I’m not concerned with music or video. However, the USB feature doesn’t work. I’ve tried 2 different cords on 3 different computers, so it has to be the frame itself. Fortunately, my PC has a built-in card reader, so this is more of an annoyance than a serious handicap, and so far, the frame seems to be working just fine. I like the fact that the slide show resumes automatically after being turned back on.
Dissapointed, but will still give it as a gift (pre-loaded)
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
We purchased (2) of the DP 882 (8″ 800×600) frames for X-mas gifts. We were very happy with two Phillips 8.5″ (9FF2CME) frames we gave as gifts to our parents, but we were looking for something cheaper and with video / audio capability.
—-THE BAD—-
My first disappointment was that this frame does not have any internal memory and requires your own SD / CF / etc card. Not too big a deal since we had some extra memory lying around. Maybe it says it in the description, but it didn’t see anywhere “MEMORY CARD REQUIRED”.
The second and bigger issue was I couldn’t get our professional wedding photos over to the frame. In the frame menu it kept showing “INVALID” for each picture uploaded. I spent two hours on different machines & software trying to get them over correctly and remembered others talking about issues with hooking this directly up to USB. YOU MUST use a card read to get your photos over. I cropped all my images to a 4:3 ratio and exported them out at 800×600, saved them to the card via the card reader, plugged in the card to the Coby and everything worked.
The third issue we are having is we can’t play video on this frame. It says that it does AVI and MP4 (Mpeg4), but no matter what setting I use to export the movie out of iMovie ’08, I can’t get the video to play.
—THE GOOD—
I saved all my images down to 800×600 and the images actually look pretty good and on par with our Phillips frame.
—CONCLUSION—
As another reviewer said, “You pay for what you get”. It does all your basic photo frame stuff for a cheap price. BYOMC (bring your own memory card) and don’t count on video working. If you want a cheap photo frame that you’ll have to wrangle with to setup, but in the end shows pictures pretty well, this may be for you.
Great value
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This frame combines great features with a low price. With 800×600 resolution, it produces sharper images than most other frames, that are also reasonably bright. It has built-in audio to play a soundtrack to your slideshow, or videos with audio (the speakers aren’t great, but this isn’t intended to be an audiophile device). Overall, this unit is a great value, and I rate it excellent on that basis.
That’s not to say that it’s perfect. Here are some criticisms:
- While you can choose from the included white or black frames, both of them are clearly plastic. I’d prefer real wood, or at least a way that the device could be mounted to a standard wood frame.
- You can store music to accompany your slideshow, which is great. You can also choose to play a single selection repeatedly, or everything on your card. But you cannot have playlists, nor even tell it to repeat only the songs contained in a given folder. It’s all, one, or none.
- I’ve put all the content onto one 1GB SD card, and it’s the only storage device in the unit. Every time the unit starts up, it asks if it should play from the SD card. Since that’s the only installed storage device, a friendly device should choose it automatically. Indeed, I wish that when I turn it on, it would just jump right into slideshow mode.
bad digital photo frame
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
As soon as I received this item I charged it for a approximately 10 hours.
It worked maybe three four times and then it wouldn’t turn on.
Good quality picture
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I have had this frame for a couple of months now and have been pleased with it. It has a good quality picture and is lightweight which makes it nice for hanging. It has a remote which makes changing options easy. Haven’t used the MP3 Player so cannot review that part.
4 for Xmas
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I found a deal on this product through Amazon.com so I did a little research on the item and decided to purchase four of them as Xmas gifts to family members. After I received them I purchased 4 SD cards and loaded about 150 pictures onto each card, installed the cards and powered up the units.
The setup was quick and easy, since I installed only the SD card it was my only selection as a media device and the frame recognized that so when I selected the SD card with the remote and selected “slide show” they all began to sequence through the show. I powered them down boxed them up and wrapped them as gifts.
I gave them to 4 Women in my life and only one understands (because of age) how such a device works so when I gave one to my Mother who is in a home, and my Mother-in-Law who is 78, I was concerned that they would be confused about how run it. When they opened the gift and I explained what it was they were like, OK that’s nice, thank you. After everything settled down I plugged the frame in turned on the power and in about 20 seconds the frame started the slide show and nobody had to do anything except watch. Pretty soon there were about 20 people huddled around and they were loving it. My Sister asked if there was any room left on the SD card for pix of her family, I told her to take the card home and load her family pix on it as well there is plenty of room.
Sometimes the more complex the device and the more features the more difficult it is for non-technical people to enjoy, if you want to keep it simple and please some of your older loved ones this might be the one for you. Absolutely a hit and not a single problem. I don’t know if it is right for everyone but it worked out great for me, no internal memory or upload pictures wirelessly but a 2GB card is about 8 bucks now and along with the <$50 I paid for each frame that is a great gift for under $60 and oh by the way, the picture quality is very good!
Great value
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I looked at quite a few digital frames and settled on the Coby, because of the price mainly, but I am very happy with the picture quality.
Very nice product
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This is a very nice digital photo frame. It has a nice size picture and has great quality of picture. Has many features and settings. Would be nice in any room in the house. I bought this for my mom for Christmas and she loves it. She moves it all around the house depending on where she wants it.
Limited to 2000 files, do not waste money buying 2GB cards
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Just want to confirm that COBY’s guys cannot count above 2000. This is their limit for number of files they will display. I bought two frames for my relatives and wasted money buying number of 2GB SD cards for them. Copied about 4000 pics to each SD, fortunately, before sending the frames checked the pics on them… Bummer! Only first 2000 are visible on each. Verified with a USB drive – same! Why didn’t they mention this limit in the specs?
Other than that, this is a good frame.
Probably the best digital photo frame available as of Dec, 2007
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
First let me say that I am reviewing the 8″ frame model DP882. I notice that Amazon has a number of sizes of this frame lumped together. That is not cool because although I believe all of the Coby frames function in the same way, I know the specs for the various screen sizes are different. You can see the specs for all of the different Coby frames here:
http://www.cobyusa.com/_en/prod_cat.php?prod_cat=46
On to the review… (Last updated Dec 28th, 2007)
I wanted to get a photo frame for my mom and dad. They don’t have a computer (and don’t want one) and I wanted to get them something easy to use and something that looked really good. I didn’t think I was going to buy one of these Cobys. I thought I would buy either a Phillips or Kodak. But after doing a little research on the specs of each, the Coby DP882 was the natural choice.
It has higher resolution than most other frames (800×600).
It has higher brightness than most other frames (350 cd/m2).
It has higher contrast ratio than most other frames (500:1).
It uses LED backlight technology (the latest and best at this time)
It accepts SD, MMC, MS (including MS Duo), xD, CF cards & USB flash drives. (note that it does not have SDHC certification to accept the newest SDHC cards)
It has both a full size USB port for USB flash drives and a mini USB port to hook it up to your computer.
It has built in speakers, a headphone jack and volume control.
It plays MP3s & WMA audio files (I have not tested this yet).
It also plays AVI and MP4 video files of the type generated by video cameras (At this time, I have only tried one small camera-generated AVI file and it played it well w/sound)
It has a wireless remote control.
The DP882 has a 4:3 aspect ratio, which matches the vast majority of digital photos.
(Note that I also purchased a Coby DP887 for my sister. It and the Coby DP888 share the same exact specs and functionality as the DP882 but are styled differently. IMO, the Coby DP887 has the sharpest look to it with its brushed metal frame).
The one thing you need to know about this frame (and the rest of the Cobys) is that it doesn’t have any internal memory. That may seem like a problem to you, but let me explain why it is not. It can play material directly from a memory card inserted into any of it’s four different card slots or directly from an inserted USB flash drive. For example, 1 or 2 GB SD cards are cheap. You can stick a 2GB SD card in there and now you have a 2GB frame. Compare that with some of the other frames which cannot play directly from memory cards and require you to copy material to the frame itself, which usually have 512mb or maybe 256mb or less of memory. Besides, who wants to deal with the additional step of copying material directly to the frame? In fact, if you already have USB flash drive or a memory card reader, you won’t have to hook this frame up to your computer at all. Just load up an SD, MMC, MS, xD, CF card, or USB flash drive with photos and plug it in to the frame. In this way, for example, you can just send your parents a cheap SD card preloaded with pics in the mail if you wanted to. All they would have to do it plug it in to the frame and go.
The frame also allows you to copy material from any inserted memory card to another, or to/from a USB Flash drive – through the frame itself, with no computer involvement. This works in any direction, meaning you can copy to/from any memory card or usb flash drive inserted into the frame.
For example, you can copy photos/files
from a USB Flash drive to an SD card
from an SD card to a USB Flash drive
from an SD card to a CF card
…etc., using only the frame (no computer).
The frame has a little menu driven “os” which accommodates this functionality, though it is clumsy. This would be helpful if for example, you were using an SD card as your main storage for the frame and you wanted to add photos from a USB flash drive but you don’t have access to a computer, or an SD card reader (ie. say you were visiting your parent’s house and you wanted to add more photos to their frame).
The frame also functions as a 5-in-1 memory card reader when connected to a computer. This makes it easy if you don’t already own a memory card reader for your computer or a USB flash drive. Plug the frame into your computer, and four new removable mass storage drives will be recognized and appear (one each for the SD/MMC, MS, xD, CF card slots). Since the frame itself acts as a memory card reader, you can attach the frame to your computer and use it to load up a memory card inserted into the frame.
To those people who are complaining because they are trying to attach the frame to their computer and copy photos to it, you must understand that the frame does not have it’s own internal memory! You MUST have a memory card inserted into one of the frame’s card slots in order to copy material directly to/from a computer. Think of the frame as a host, it is not a storage device in and of itself.
Operation is simple. Just turn it on, insert the preloaded memory card(s) of your choice (or USB flash drive), select that card graphically via the remote control or keys which are located along the sides of the frame (you have to do this because you can have one of four different types of memory cards inserted simultaneously), then select slideshow and viola!
The frame will automatically scale down any large photos, which either have to be in JPG or BMP format. It does not automatically rotate them to fit the orientation of the frame, but you can do that manually with the remote control (though you can’t save that preference in the frame). Your best course of action is to orient the photos ahead of time on your computer. The slideshow function has about ten different transitions and you can set the frame to use one specific effect of your choice or randomly use all ten effects. You can change the on screen duration of the of the photos from 5 seconds all way to 1 day. You can set the photos to play randomly or in the same order each time. You can also have MP3 or WMA music play though the slideshow, though I have not tired this yet. Using the thumbnails it generates, you could also select a single photo to display with no slideshow.
The frame has adjustable volume (for music and video playback) and an easily adjustable brightness control (via a wheel knob on the frame). I find it very easy to use. It does not have light detection to automatically brighten or darken the frame based on ambient lighting conditions – that would have been nice. The remote control has a very limited range and working angle, which can be annoying. The on/off switch is located on the frame itself and you cannot use the remote control to turn the frame on or off. If you turn the frame off during a slideshow, the next time you turn it back on, it will automatically restart the slideshow unless you tell it otherwise.
Overall, I am very pleased with the frame so far and my mom & dad love it! The LCD looks fantastic, it is very bright, very sharp and it has excellent color and contrast. The photos look natural and clear (assuming they were natural and clear in the first place
The frame is easy to use, it offers many options for loading photos and it can even serve as a 5-in-1 memory card reader. I would recommend the DP882 to anyone looking for a digital photo frame. However, I would definitely take a look at the Coby DP887 which has the same exact functionality and specs as the DP882, and its brushed-metal outer frames (it comes with both silver and gold) are especially sharp looking.
If you have any questions feel free to leave comments as I will check back occasionally.
Gifts
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Bought two for Christmas gifts and they were big hits. We loaded pictures on them and then wrapped so when they were opened they already had photos on them. Great Gift
Digital Photo Frame: Ok but…
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I gave it to my mom and she was fascinated with it. Great resolution and options overall. The remote control is a must! Although, as I was explaining to her how to use it, everytime I would go into the music files, it would not go back (menu) and I had to turn it off and back on in order to see the pictures. Also, when playing videos with audio, it seems out of frame – either the audio plays after the video or before.
What a great gift!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this for my aging immigrant mother. Loaded it with the ethnic mp3 music, and photos of all her kids, grand kids, and great grand kids. Got the USB flash drives for my siblings as well so they could load their content.
Of course mom said she didn’t want it. And after I turned it and plugged the headphones in (she’s hard of hearing), she sat there glued and transfixed for over an hour humming along with tears welling up in her eyes. Apparently some of the ethnic folk songs I downloaded from the internet were old standards her mother used to sing to her when she was just a child.
I especially liked the big screen with 800×600 resolution, excellent brightness and contrast, and the 3:4 aspect ratio. Works perfectly with my digital pix, and there’s no black border around the pictures. It can be displayed in either portrait or landscape mode. I set it up for landscape, and rotated the few portrait pix so there’s a border with those.
After my wife saw this digital photo frame, she said she wants to get one for her parents for Christmas. Hope the price doesn’t go up because of this review!!!
MMC Warning
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
The rating of 1 is simply due to the >$40 price. This frame is fine at $40. More than that and you would be better buying newer technology digital frames. Amazon prices can, and do, fluctuate wildly. Although posted at >$100 as of this review, I have purchased it at $40 in the last two weeks.
This frame is outdated: it will NOT accept the new SDHC (high capacity) MMC cards and Coby has no firmware upgrades to do so.
Resolution problem solved?
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
After reading comments here about resizing photos, I tried resizing to various resolutions and not resizing at all. All worked fine — crisp, bright, clear, no pixelation. I settled on 800×600, using XnView as a batch processor, just to reduce file size and make room for more photos. I have over 300 on a 1GB SD card, and have only used about 10 percent of the memory.
Three little quibbles.
1. There is no power off on the remote, so you have to walk to the unit and turn off manually.
2. There is no option to organize by folders, or at least I have not discovered it yet.
3. The shuffle or random feature does not seem to work quite right. It seems to display two or three photos taken at the same time, then shuffle to something else.
All in all, it is easy to set up, the display is all I hoped for, and the price makes it a bargain. Highly recommended. BTW, I also have an ADS 7-inch frame that costs about $25 less. No comparison! The Coby is far superior.
Very good picture frame
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This is a very good picture frame. We have sent thousands of pictures to our moms in Europe (no need for another adapter!), who love the “electronic albums”.
The major shortcoming is the limit of 2000 pictures on an SD card (cannot comment on the limits of other cards). I wanted to load 4000 pictures with 1 GB of songs, but only 2000 pictures could be displayed. I believe that all songs were “visible”. This limit is not documented anywhere, and I have not found any mention of it on the Internet.
In any event, DP-882 is a very good buy – as I said, both our moms love the ability to see thousands of pictures in a slideshow or through a remote navigation (that could be improved, for example by adding capability to deal with folders).
I resized all pictures to ~800×600, so each is ~100-200 kB (I use Mac, and iPhoto can export to whatever I want).
Highly recommended for what it is and for images that are “fitted” for the frame.
If you want to save money…
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
…in photo labs you must buy this, it works great, I have it in my office at work and its really cool!
Coby DP-882 8″ Digital Photo Frame with Built-In MP3 Player
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I received this as a gift & just love it. I am a photography bug & all my photos are online. When others want to see my pics, I have to take them in my bedroom to my PC.
Now, I can just show them my photo’s on the Coby DP-882 8″ Digital Photo Frame with Built-In MP3 Player.
The color is great & it works great. Everyone likes to sit around & look at my photos now.
Right now, baring any future problems, I give this A++++.
1.5 years in use and still going
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
i have two of these 8 inch digital picture frames with the 800×600 resolution. the picture is so sharp people mistake it for an actual picture at first. My tens of thousands of pictures have looked superb on them. And since it has the ability to play music you can have some background music playing while the slideshow is going. An excellent feature around Christmas. It is very versatile, accepting many media cards and USB drives.
I paid $109 from Amazon for mine and it has been well worth it. I wouldn’t hesitate to by more if I need them.
2000 photos max
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Its best to resize your photos before loading them onto the card (max screen resolution of the Coby DP-882 is 800×600). According to other reviews, they look better when resized before loading rather than letting the unit do it. This also lets you load more photos onto the card. But, although you can load thousands of photos onto a 1 Gb card, the unit only displays the first 2000 photos that it finds. This does not seem to be documented anywhere.[[ASIN:B000MFG43A Coby DP-882 8-Inch Digital Photo Frame with Built-In MP3 Player]
Excellent High Quality Easy to use !
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a great product. it has a great viewing angle and woks well showing clear high quality images. I would buy it again in a heartbeat and the price of 115 was good. I shopped around a lot before purchasing.
Looks good
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The first one I got would not power on. Amazon was amazing, they sent for it and replaced it within 5 days. That one worked very nicely. The units have trouble with flash drives if they been formated into two drives. Keep with the cheap memory sticks and enjoy the pictures.
Coby Photo Fame I bought 6 of them
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I think the fact that I bought 6 of these speaks for itself. Excellent product and at the best price of any other maker. I bought 6 1GB sd cards as well and then loaded each one with personal pictures for the person to whom I was giving the frame.
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Great photo frame for the price
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This digital photo frame is the perfect way to show-off your collection of digital photos. I found the quality of display quite spectacular – they were clear and crisp. The 8″ screen size is sufficient to showcase the photos in all their glory. The remote control is a great way to play around with the frame. Even though the plastic is not exactly of great quality, it will not give away easily. The quality of music playback is quite good and adds another dimension to your photo slideshows. This frame supports almost all kinds of media cards (USB drive, SD card, memory stick pro etc). The only thing that annoys me is that if I insert a USB drive, it sticks out from behind the frame. As a result, I had to invest in a $10 SD card. Also, the delay between two photos in slideshow mode cannot be set to less than 5 seconds. I sometimes find that too long, especially when I just want to flip through a collection.
You always have the option of buying a low-range photo frame from Walmart for $50-60 or go for the high-range ones for $180-200, like Philips. But this frame is a definite winner in the mid-range category.