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(More customer reviews)I recently purchased the 17" digital frame as a gift for my brother and his wife.He moved away recently to another state along with my two young nephews (1 and 3) for work, so I thought this would be a wonderful gift.This way, we could consolidate the family photos from both sides of the family and have them running all the time so that the kids would have something familiar to look at in their new environment and so that they would not forget our faces.
There are some flaws with this particular model.I have written to the company as well in hopes of some improvements:
1.)The black frame is actually a metal frame poorly painted black.
This means that when I opened the package and slipped off the plastic, the black paint was already starting to chip off to reveal silver underneath.I had not even had the frame five minutes before noticing this.Over time and with any movement, this chipping would be a big problem.It could look very cheap very quickly.
2.) There is no USB port.
Basically this means that the frame supports certain types of memory cards, but you cannot gather all of your photos in one central place, like say, on a removable drive and then have all the photos play from that drive by simply plugging it in.This is the case in most smaller versions.It is fine if you want to randomly put memory cards in there, but really, not many of us have an abundance of extra memory cards lying around and we mostly dump our photos onto our computers.I do happen to own a 2GB card, but trying to consolidate photos from different cameras, people, computers and formats onto my card is proving a very arduous task.Even cheaper, smaller versions have a usb port.
3.)You cannot select a random slide show.
You can play the slide show of the exact order of the photos on your memory card, but you cannot randomly show them.Half the fun of a digital frame is that it displays all of your photos randomly and it can capture your attention for hours.This frame always starts from the beginning with the same order as the card, and with 1000 photos to go through, it is a bit of a bore.
4.)The instruction manual is horrible.
The instruction manual is poorly written and very difficult to understand.It is possible that I am not as tech savvy as I should be, but I should be able to get through the basics easily.It is not user friendly, very poorly executed.
5.)There is no instruction on how to change the frame to fit the decor.
This frame touts "Changeable frame matches your d
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