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Experience full color, digital desk-top photos at an incredible value. This Sony Digital Photo Frame is a convenient device that lets you view and share your memories in brilliant, high-contrast color on a 7-inch LCD screen. You get 256MB of internal memory with optional image resizing to maximize internal memory, plus multiple display modes, including nine slideshow styles, to find the setting that you like most. A clock and a calendar is also included, and most memory card formats are supported. more info
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Great picture quality with a few flaws
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this frame as a gift for Christmas. I carefully took it out of the box and hooked it up to the computer so that I could load images. The frame connects to your computer by way of a standard USB -> Mini USB cable. For this reason, I was able to use one of my many cables already sitting around. Nothing proprietary which is great.
Loading the images from my Mac was a simple drag and drop. I could drag and drop them straight out of iPhoto or from folders where I had exported my professional images that were originally processed in Lightroom.
After loading the images on the frame, I powered it up to test the loading and check how they look. I turned on the randomize, moved the time interval down to 3 seconds and off it went. The images are very bright and well represented. As is the case with most digital picture frames, if you look very closely at the images, they are pixelated. This is not a limitation of the image as some of the images were taken with my Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera (Body Only).
My one complaint with the frame is the crop ratio. It isn’t a standard crop ratio, so a given image will not fill the display area completely unless you go in and perform a custom crop ratio.
Overall this is a great picture frame with slightly better than average display resolution that you will be happy with!
Is Frametastic too strong a word? I think not.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This digital photo frame is quite wonderful for so many things, but please do not try to nail it to the wall. You will get 1′s and 0′s all over the floor. Ha, ha. Just kidding.
Seriously though, if you have digital photos, then this is the frame for you! It displays pictures that you have taken with a camera and then shows them for all the world to see. It does not, however, display your secrets or weird things you have in your mind, so please do not worry about that.
If you have ever wanted to support your country, this is the time and the way to do it. Please buy this 7-inch digital photo frame and you will be glad that you purchased it. Even if your kids are fugly! No, just kidding.
Very time consuming setup
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
It takes a surprisingly long amount of time to get this digital photo frame setup. Here’s why:
- On my Mac, I have to drag images one by one onto the photo frame. Otherwise I’ll get an error. When you have hundreds of photos, your talking 30 minutes to drag everything over.
- I can’t just plug in an SD card into the frame, plug the frame into my Mac, and drag photos onto the SD card’s memory. So I’m limited to the frame’s limited amount of memory.
- The frame comes with a puny amount internal memory, I think 256M, enough for just 90 or so high resolution photos. Given that wholesale cost of 4GB is just a few dollars, Sony would have made things a lot easier if they simply put a decent amount of memory on the frame. Seems reasonable, given that this product isn’t the cheapest on the market.
- By default the Sony logo stays lit. You have to turn it off manually, using the remote. Very annoying.
- There are way too many options. Seriously, who’d want to transition between photos using “vertical blinds”? Who wants to display a photo plus a calendar — and have the calendar show not today’s date, but the date of the photo? Sony needs to exercise some judgement, and not just toss in a kitchen sink’s worth of useless features.
You wouldn’t think that a product as simple as a digital photo frame could have so many issues. But Sony’s managed to create an annoyingly complicated user experience for customers of this product.
Expensive, but excelent !!!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The sony 7” Photo frame it’s very nice, have good picture quality and easy to use.
The remote control it’s small and it’s very easy to use to.
I think it’s a little expensive, but it’s Excelent.
Great picture frame…easy to use
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I am really enjoying this frame. The images are bright and sharp, and I had little difficulty figuring out how to operate the frame. I have used the internal memory, which holds fewer photos than I expected, and I have used a memory card. Both are fine. I have had an issue with picture orientation for a few shots, but mostly the frame does everything automatically. You can have a quick slideshow or you can look at the same image for a while. I would definitely buy this again, perhaps try one that’s a bit larger. I’d also give this to relatives as a great gift filled with photos.
Perfect companion on my desk
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This was actually an impulse buy for me, and the only regret I have is not saving $30 by buying it online. The D70 has quite a few features on top of its modern and classy looks. There are several modes you can view your photos in: Full screen, calendar view, clock view (although when displayed the clock shows the time the pic was taken, not actual time), multiple pics, or just random. Or if you choose not to view photos all all you can simply have the time (analog or digital) or a calendar displayed. The resolution of the screen is very nice and pictures are represented with excellent color with no visible washout, nor do they come out too dark. You have the option of turning the illuminated SONY logo (located at the bottom of the frame) off if you so choose. I like having that option. It includes a remote, but I find the IR to be a little finicky. There is a timer, so you can choose when it auto turns on and off. You can view the pictures at random with transitions. The random is not very good though. You will often see repeat pictures before it cycles through them all. Also when the device is turned on, it always starts at the same picture. The transition time is weird also, well only 2 time blocks actually. It goes from 5 mins to 30 mins, with nothing in between, or 3 or 12 hours. My personal preference is every 15 mins, but I deal with 30.
I think it’s a great frame so I’m not too upset I paid retail price for it. I’d recommend it.
Stylish frame with lots of options
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this frame to keep at my office so that I can view the latest photos of my newborn daughter while I’m working. It’s pretty easy to drag and drop photos onto the frame once it is connected to my PC or Mac. Most of the time I use the Calendar View which shows a mini calendar/click next to a rotating slideshow of my photos. I also like the scheduled “on” and “off” settings, which allow me to save electricity by only having the frame on during my work hours (I unplug it on weekends and when I’m on vacation). I love the all-back finish and having the ability to turn off the Sony logo. If you can get it for under $100, it’s a great value.
Easy to setup and use
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I received the Sony DPF-D70 as a Christmas gift. My previous digital screen was a Pandigital and was no longer working. The Sony was easy to setup and the pictures are clear. It is far superior to the Pandigital. I love it for the ability to always have pictures of the grandchildren before me.
Amazing Picture
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
As a wife of a professional photographer, I always need to thoroughly research any photo-related gift before purchasing. This frame is super-cool. It has a sleek black design – no cheap wood-looking plastic. The picture is amazing – no pixelation at all. You can turn off the Sony logo light which was a bit distracting to me. I loaded pictures of my husband and I over the years and gave it to him as an anniversary present. He’s getting a new office soon, so it will be perfect.
The only (small) gripe that I have it that in the “random” mode, it seems to land on certain pictures more than others.
Other than that, it was easy to load, set up and program. This was also the best price I had found. Be sure to check to see if any “special offers” are being offered. I received 50 free prints form Shutterfly with the purchase of this frame through Amazon.
Sony DPF-D70 frame
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I really like the image quality you get with this frame. After you become familar with the remote and the menu, it’s pretty easy to change the display. I was a little confused at first when trying the clock display mode. I knew I had set the date and time, but when I went into the clock mode, the time was not right. Then I figured out that it was displaying the date and time the photo was taken. Overall I am very happy with this frame. I did have to E-mail customer support to figure out how to download photos from my computer. I didn’t think the instructions in the manual were very clear, but after receiving the response from Sony, it was like, “That was easy, why didn’t I think of that!” One thing that could be better is the random mode. When in this mode, you may see the same photo three or four times before you get through all the photos you have stored.
Beautiful with minor flaws . . .
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this after buying and returning a perfectly acceptable digital picture frame which I judged to be overpowering because it was large and ugly because a turned frame really didn’t do it for me with a digital picture. So, I love the size of this and its sleek black frame, the face of which is completely smooth.
The picture quality is great, accepting multiple memory cards and having decent internal memory is all good as well.
The only ways in which it falls down are in the practical aspects:
- the lovely tripod-leg-like stabilizer has to be set ‘just-so’ or else it has a tendency to tip over;
- the controls are a bit awkward to manipulate and the black-on-black identification lettering is just awful.
However, it’s so pretty and does such a good job once you have it set up that I very much like it, overall.
Great quality picture, but issue with clock view is perplexing
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
If you are looking for a high quality, great looking frame, this will do the trick. The main issue I have with it, as others have noted, is when in Clock View mode the time displayed is when the picture being viewed was taken (note that there are 2 clock view modes: one with just the clock and the other with a clock and picture). This is completely illogical for what you would expect, and completely useless (it doesn’t display the *date* it was taken, just the hour and minute!—CORRECTION: IT DOES DISPLAY THE DATE THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN BELOW THE CLOCK. In Calendar view, though, the date *is* the current date. TO CLARIFY: WHEN THE CALENDAR IS NEXT TO PICTURE, THE CALENDAR DISPLAYS THE CURRENT DATE. WHEN THE CLOCK IS NEXT TO THE PICTURE THE CLOCK DISPLAYS TIME THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN. It’s too bad because Clock+Picture View is what I would like to have it in most. There was a comment that you could override the default and show the actual time, but I haven’t figured it out. The clock is an analog style clock, and when each new picture comes up the hands of the clock spin around each time and stop when the picture was taken. People seeing it think it is bizarre behavior, and it is. Other than that, if you want make the frame do any of the many other things it can do, there is a learning curve. From my reading about digital picture frames in general, most people complain the instructions are too hard, or, when the instructions are easy, they complain there is limited functionality. This frame has a lot of functionality, so there are a lot of procedures, and buttons, to figure out. Issues aside, once you get everything figured out the way you want, it’s the quality of the display that makes this frame a keeper and is a very nice addition to your office or home.
Sony 7″ S Frame
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I expected a larger picture surface; I bought this to give as a gift and I will keep it instead. It works and is suitable for personal use.
Great frame for the price.
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Amazon recently had a one day sale where they had this frame for under $70.00. I bought the frame at that time and have not been dissapointed. It is very easy to setup the frame and it does what it is supposed to do.
It does not have any of the fancy features the newer frames have (WIFI, connection to Picasa etc.), but if you want a frame that displays the photos you have, and displays them in amazing color, then this is the frame for you.
I recommend resizing your photos before copying them to the frame. I typically resize to 3×5 at 72 pixels/inch. Since I always have the calendar on, so this is optimal for me. Also if renaming your photos, use standard naming conventions. Try not to have spaces or special characters etc. in the file name.
Some people said they could not display photos edited in Photoshop. I do all my editing in Photoshop and or Lightroom and I have had no issues with displaying my photos.
Love it….
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I love this Frame. Nice and Sharp image quality. It’s a Sony!… Easy use. Just that it has less internal memory but Flash memory cards are so cheap that even 1 or 2 GB Card would be enough to fill tonnes of pictures.
No video or MP3 which I couldn’t care less as I don’t need those features. Only needed are Sharp images and which is what I got. Thanks Sony.
looks great
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The Sony digital photo frame looks great, works great, and is easy to use. The size is slightly smaller than I hoped for, but that was my fault that I didn’t read the size was measured from its diagonal. Perfect start-up photo frame.
Good image quality, needs more, bigger, better buttons. Weird “Random” function.
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I got this product specifically for my parents who are in their 70′s.
The goal was to provide them with an easy way to view hundreds of pictures, in a casual, enjoyable way, of their new grandson.
Accordingly I place a high priority on ease of use and intuitive controls which Sony usually delivers in most of their products.
While the picture quality on this frame is very good, flesh tones are sometimes a little washed out and on the “hot” side.
I did not view other competing frames so I have no way of determining picture quality in comparison but for this particular application
I would consider picture quality to be “acceptable”.
What needs improvement on this product are the tiny buttons on the frame itself.
Since they are on the back, right side of the frame and hence hidden from view, they should be bigger and more distinguishable by touch.
They are out of sight so there would be no visual impact to the appearance of the product.
There is plenty of space back there and no good reason for the buttons to be so small.
Frankly I think the forward and backward buttons should be nearly as big as the buttons to raise and lower the windows in your car.
Obviously they don’t need to be that tall, but they should be nearly that size AND distinguisable by touch as to which is UP and which is DOWN.
As it is, these buttons are tiny verical slivers with only a little “nubin” like on your “F” and “J” computer keyboard keys to distinguish them by touch. The problem is compunded by the Enter and Menu buttons which are on the same vertical plane and even smaller.
After using the product for a few minutes I’m able to acclimate to the issue but I wonder how less technically “savy” people would deal with this…?
Since I’m focusing on the buttons I also feel very strongly that additional buttons should be placed on the left, rear side for basic functions like add, delete, zoom etc. Without these functions on the frame, the user is forced to use the remote.
This seems particularly silly since the frame is going to be used either in your lap or at most, a couple of feet away.
The frame is in your hands right in your lap but you’re forced to use yet another remote? This is absurd!
I think all photo frames should have buttons which duplicate the universal zoom and left,right, up, down button configuration which appears on thousands of digital cameras.
Maybe I’m asking too much but I expect well thought out ergonomics (a lost art) and logical, intuitive controls from Sony.
Okay, button rant done.
Now on to “Random and Multi-view” weirdness…
I suspect that many people love to put picture frames into random mode to avoid seeing the same sequence over and over again.
In fact I’d be willing to bet that this is how a great majority of them end up being used.
However, this product, when placed in “Multi-image” or Random” , does some very weird things.
1. It displays the same image in multi-image ie: exactly the same image twice in two view and three view. Like getting the same chanel displayed picture in picture on your TV. Defeats the purpose huh?
2. It cycles through the full range of random modes ie: Clock view, Calender view, multi and single.
3. It only grabs images that are close together in sequence.
I will admit that perhaps some of these issues can be addressed by delving deeper into the programing by using the remote.
But I know my parents will never, EVER do that.
Anyway, it’s just a photo frame afterall. But these things irk me.
works fine initially
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
bought this for a christmas present worked very well at Christmas hope it will last.
Great for the price
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I like the frame overall. If you have your own memory cards, you can just save images to it then insert the card on the proper slot on the frame and your are set, no need to make folders or special paths for the frame to find. I would like it if it had an USB input, it only have a miniUSB that is used to connect to a computer to save images to the internal memory which is only 256MB. It will not play images from internal and external memory, only one or the other. So when you order it make sure that you get a memory card as well. The power plug is 100-220V, so that is great for us since we are military abroad, I didn’t need any external power transformer. I’ve had it for about 3 weeks and we only turned it off a couple nights, its been on 24/7 almost the entire time we’ve had it and it shuffles the images well enough to not show the same image twice before all are displayed, or at least that I have noticed. The price was excellent for a Sony product, I got it on sale, but even at regular price is excellent compared to other frames of same size with less memory or features. You can stand the frame vertical or horizontally and the frame knows how to present the picture upright with no input from you.
Sony Frame
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought several of these frames for Christmas gifts this year, as well as one for myself. I loaded pictures on the the gift frames before giving them, and the functionality is so simple you don’t even need to crack the manual.Very nice appearance, and high quality item! Highly recommended!
Terrific Device, Once You Get Past Initial Issues
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I just got finished figuring out this device. I purchased it a few weeks ago and didn’t have time to sit down and work things out. My problems boiled down to (a) saving images in a form that would work with the frame, and (b) figuring out the controls–those are clearly the products’ two main weaknesses. Otherwise, the frame works great. I use a Mac; I just plugged in the frame, and there it was as an external disk on my Desktop. Drop pictures in the folder, they transfer; you can delete them via your computer as well–easy! Until you try to view them…
You see, unless the images are in just the right format, the frame shows a “?” icon. My frame even got screwy and the pixels started getting scrambled (I had to reset the device using the pinhole button on the back) because the photos weren’t the right format. Most people find success using Photoshop and saving the image under “Save for Web or Device,” making sure that “Progressive” is unchecked. Interestingly, images straight from my camera or edited with Apple’s “Preview” app didn’t work. If you don’t have Photoshop, then just keep using different programs (always cautious not to use a “progressive” JPEG setting) until you find something that works on your frame when you transfer it. Others have reported that images only work when transferred one at a time–not with me, I dragged and dropped a batch, no problems. But the idea is, the frame is finicky about what data it gets and how it gets it. It may take some experimentation to get it right.
The second weakness is figuring the danged thing out. The documentation is poorly written; it’s more clear once you understand how it works. Those who have little patience with reading the manual through carefully will have even more difficulty–perhaps.
To get past most difficulties, the magic button is “VIEW MODE” (top left of the remote, top back of the device), which changes from style to style to style. That’s the main button to use when you’re trying to change how things are displayed. The second button to know is the Clock/No Clock button on the remote (right below VIEW MODE). In pure clock mode, the VIEW MODE button cycles through different versions of the clock and calendar with white text on black or black on white (6 different styles). In non-clock mode, you cycle through Random view, Single View, Multi-Image View, Clock View (clock with image), and Calendar view (with image), all against a black background. The clock view only shows the time and date the image was taken–I don’t think that can be changed. There’s more, but that should get you started–just remember that VIEW MODE button.
Once past these issues, the photo frame is great. As mentioned above, it works easily with a computer. The style is simple and elegant, just right for my tastes. It’s about the right size–just like a normal snapshot in a frame. You can place the frame in portrait or landscape orientation, and the images adjust accordingly. The “Sony” logo glows, turns off when in portrait mode, and you can turn it off in landscape mode in the menus. The display modes are flexible and easy to cycle through once you figure things out. You can have a single image, a slideshow (cycling at intervals you set), three images at a time, a clock only, calendar only, or a clock or calendar next to the image. The device takes multiple card formats. Internal memory is just 256 MB, but with editing and compression, you could easily fit hundreds of photos in the frame–or you can (from reports, I have not tried it yet) use an inserted memory card.
Small down points: it does not come with a USB connector, and you must have the right type to use it with a computer (no problem–you likely have the cable from a camera or other device already). The device must be plugged in, no batteries. There is no wi-fi. The remote can be a bit finicky in that it may not work if you don’t press the buttons just right. I see all of these as minor issues, however, and they don’t bother me.
I got the frame for $70, a great deal for a beautiful little device. I have looked at many of these things, and none felt right. This one does.
Sony Digital Photo Frame
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
We have been very satisfied with this product so far. We like all the different options for inputting photos into the digital photo frame memory.
return
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I’m sure that mt wife would have loved it, but it was returned due to her mother already purchasing one.
Great Photo Frame
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This photo frame once you get the hang of it is simply awesome. Great display, great clock, nice and clear display and best of all it is one of just a few photo frames that will accept the small memory stick pro duo….which it appears that none of the others will accept. I highly recommend this frame.
Didn’t find this product easy to use
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
The Sony DPF-D70 is my first experience with a digital frame, so perhaps the ease of use and internal capacity are average for these types of products. But I have not found the product easy to use. The internal memory is quite small, so I got a memory card. Putting photos on the memory card is a bit of heavy lifting (you have to add the photos to the internal memory first, then export them to the card, then delete them from the internal memory so you can add more photos, which you then export, etc.). The documentation is all but useless. I ended up going to the Sony site to get a little better explanation. The little remote is very unresponsive (and everything has to be done with the remote).
Once the photos are loaded, the quality is quite good. The frame itself is elegant in a high tech sort of way. The frame was a gift for my Mom, and she is thrilled to have the hundreds of photos I scanned and loaded on it, in addition to the digital photos all us kids contributed.