Coby DP-102 10-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame with Built-In MP3 Player Review

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(More customer reviews)I read lots of reviews on products before I purchase them. Don't we all? So as I am looking for a digital photo frame for my mom's gift for Christmas, I begin to get swept away by the MANY reviews regarding these frames. "The ratio is incorrect" "The qualiy is subpar" "I cannot program the [insert technical phrase] wih this product". Now I am thinking that my $60 gift is going to turn into a $200 gift, just so I can insure I am not giving my mom a blurry, difficult to work piece of junk!
Well, I take a breather, step back from the computer and reassess. Neither my mom nor myself do photography as a hobby. I have a nice 7MP camera whose setting is mostly on "General Use". I have NEVER used the Manual Focus feature. I consider the picure a success if I can either A)Print it out as a 3 1/2 x 4 to show to others or B) I can view it on my computer without squinting my eyes in an effort to figure out what I am looking at.
To make a long review endless: This frame is perfect. It supports most memory cards so you can load as many pictures as you would like. There are less than 8 buttons, all of which are clearly labelled, which makes my mom happy. She got it working in less than 5 minutes. The pictures looked just like they did on my computer monitor - my kids' cuteness projected well.:)
If you are a camera geek (a fond term, nothing mean intended here), you may want more than this frame can offer. But for those of us who are casual picture takers and simply want to pass on the memories, this item was just right.

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- Coby digital photo frame- 10.2" widescreen TFT LCD color display- Multimedia playback- Displays JPEG image files- Plays MP3 and WMA audio files- Plays MPEG -4 (AVI/XviD) video files- Photo slideshow mode with music- SD, MMC, MS, xD, and CF card slots- Full-size USB port for use with flash memory drives- Integrated stereo speakers- Wall-mountable design with detachable standCTDP102

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Aluratek ADPF08SF 8-Inch Digital Photo Frame (800x600 Hi Resolution) Review

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(More customer reviews)I did tons of research before purchasing as I bought a total of 8 frames as Christmas presents. 3 of these and 4 of a larger one.
First the Pros...the quality is unsurpassed for the price! 800x600 is incredibly clear and the frame is sleek and slimline. It is also pretty simple to use, it can zoom, rotate and crop, even though I did have to reference the directions for how to save the changes to the pictures. I was very happy with these.
Now the cons...it supposedly has internal memory but I didn't find an easy way to utilize it (from what I saw you have to transfer the pics manually, one at a time into the internal memory from your external memory source! why bother?) I did order 2gb sd cards to use with them since they are pretty cheap and hold a lot of photos but unfortunately I didn't realize that the sd card would need a writer to put the pictures on it (so I ended up running to Walmart for an $8 reader/writer) I think the easiest way to use this frame is to plug in a flash drive, your computer won't need anything special to put pics on it, just try to find the smallest one possible as it will stick out the side if its too big!
In the end the quality over triumps all the little issues I've had and everyone was so happy to get them at Christmas, of course it helps when you do a little leg work and gather pics from friends and family to preload. I got sereval tears this year, its going to be hard to out do these next year!

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More than just a digital photo frame, Aluratek raises the bar with its new Digital Lifestyle Device (DLD). View hi-resolution pictures easily on the 8" TFT true color LCD at 800 x 600 resolution. Simply insert your camera or camcorder's SD / SDHC card or a USB drive directly to the frame. Pictures will automatically start in a slideshow mode. Whether it is at work or home, let the fun begin!

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Sony DPF-V1000 10-Inch Digital Photo Frame Review

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(More customer reviews)Having upgraded from a smaller Philips digital photo frame, the Sony DPF-V1000 is a welcome surprise.
Before getting in to the meat of the review, I feel it's worth pointing out a couple of improvements in the product right up front.
A lot of reviews here complain about three common gripes:
- the illuminated Sony logo on the frame
- when you're in date/time mode, the frame only displays the date and time the photo was taken
- non-camera images don't display
I bought my frame on June 28th 2009 and all these items have either been fixed, or the other reviewers didn't read the manual far enough. The illuminated Sony logo can be turned off via the setup options now. There is a smorgasbord of date and time modes available too, most of which will display the current date and time rather than the date and time the photo was taken. And finally, the non-camera images problem seems vastly reduced now. I filled my frame with all sorts of images including straight-from-the-camera JPGs and ones that had been altered via Photoshop. Out of 400 images, only two didn't display, and they turned out to be TIFF images I'd put on by mistake. Otherwise, images taken from 8 or 9 different makes and models of camera all showed perfectly, as well as those taken from 5 different cellphone cameras.
So on to the frame itself - what's it like. Oddly, bigger than you might think. OK so you can read the dimensions in the product specs but when it arrives, the box is huge, and the frame is much larger than you might imagine. The quality of the LCD panel seems to be top notch with a bright, clear display and a pretty wide viewing angle. The screw-in "foot" which makes up the frame's stand is quite long (for stability) which means that you can't push this frame up against a wall when placing it on furniture - it's going to stand out quite a way. You can hang it on the wall though - it has keyed notches in the back for that purpose. The frame can be oriented in landscape or portrait mode and it auto-rotates the pictures to suit. The picture display itself can be "original aspect" which shows the whole picture with black bars padding the screen where necessary, or it can be "zoom to fit" in which case the image is zoomed slightly to entirely fill the display.
The frame comes with 1Gb of built-in memory as well as memory card slots for most types of card. There is one gotcha here though which isn't mentioned in the manual, and is buried deep in the product FAQ on Sony's website : when you connect this frame to your PC via USB, you can ONLY upload images to the frame's inbuilt memory. Any cards plugged in do not show up - you either need to load them up separately, or copy images to them using the frame's inbuilt copy tools. Whilst this isn't a biggie, if you don't have a separate card reader for your chosen type of memory card, it's a pain having to shuffle images everywhere. Having said that, 1Gb of onboard memory holds a respectable number of images - enough that you might not need an expansion card. Realistically, I think the card slots are there for straight-from-the-camera image viewing, rather than long-term storage.
There are plenty of setup options to keep the both the nerdiest photo frame enthusiast and the absolute beginner happy. One thing I was pleased to see was the option to set the inbuilt clock to 24 hour mode. Why anyone still uses AM/PM in this day and age is a mystery to me, yet so many consumer electrical products insist on the 12 hour format. Not so in this case. As well as the clock, there's a calendar built in too, and in many of the display modes, you can show the clock and/or calendar along with the photo. Another nice feature here - you can set the date display to American or rest-of-world - ie. month-day-year or day-month-year respectively. The clock has an alarm mode which can be turned on or off using a slide switch on top of the frame. Seems a little pointless to me, but then I have a clock radio to wake me up in the morning.
The included remote control is a nice feature. My old Philips frame had no remote so all changes needed to be done using the frame's hardware buttons. With the Sony remote, you can fiddle with the photo frame remotely, including all the setup and display features. It has hidden benefits too - for example if you've got the frame set to refresh every half hour and you decide you don't like the current picture, you don't need to wait - just click 'next' on the remote and on you go.
As with most digiframes, this one has an auto on/off function where you can tell it when you want it to turn itself on and off. It has a simple and complex mode of operation for this feature. In simple mode, you just give it an on and off time and that's it. In complex mode (the default setting) you can set multiple on/off times for individual days of the week. A little too much gravy for a photo frame if you ask me.
The slideshow modes have the usual array of fades and swipes, as well as sequenced or random image mode. For the most part, you'll typically end up in random picture mode, and random fade/swipe mode. The slideshow delay has several preset options from every 3 seconds right up to once a day for the picture change. Common choices like 5 minutes, 10 minutes and half an hour are all present and correct.
You can do some rudimentary image editing in the frame although any serious amount of image touchup is out of the question. It has a scrapbook mode where you can frame the pictures with backgrounds and other add-on graphics although it does seem a bit pointless to buy a large digiframe and then deliberately shrink the images you're displaying on it ....
In short - this frame has more than enough features for the technophile, whilst being pretty easy to just pick up and use for those who want to throw some photos on and be done with it. You can't argue with the clarity of the LCD panel either. All in all, a good choice if not a little pricey. Sure you're paying for the Sony name, but if they did an identical model with all the frills removed - ie. no touchup mode, no alarm, no scrapbook mode and no card slots, that would be a product with more mass-market appeal. That being said, I don't think you'll regret this purchase - it simply is that good.
So why 4 stars and not 5? Well the internet is full of people who either think product X is the best thing since sliced bread, or have an axe to grind with the manufacturer. Those two review types account for 5-star and zero-star reviews. Very few products warrant a full-on 5-star review because most products have one or more features that a chunk of the buyers won't like. So 4 stars is my rating here - ie. it's a bloody good piece of kit but it's not perfect. I don't think the perfect 5-star digital photo frame exists yet.

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LCD panel size: 10.2" (222.7 x 130.5mm)
Actual viewing area size: 217 x 130.5 mm
LCD panel resolution: WideSVGA 1024 x 600 (viewing area 1000 x 600)
Display type: TFT
Display back light type: CCFL
Max. viewable number of colors: 262,144 colors
TruBlack: No
Clear Photo LCD: Yes
Viewing aspect ratio: 15:9
Contrast: 400 (Typ.)
LCD viewing angle: 130degrees (H) / 110degrees (V) (Typ.)
LCD brightness: 300cd/m2 (Typ.)
Lifetime (at 50% brightness): 20,000hr (min.)
Screen angle adjustment: No (Fixed)
Screen angle: 12 degrees (Landscape / Portrait placement)
File system: FAT12/16/32
Available file format: DCF format
Max. number of image files to handle: 9,999
JPEG: DCF Ver. 2.0 compatible, Exif Ver. 2.21 compatible, JFIF* (*Baseline JPEG with 4:4:4, 4:2:2, or 4:2:0 formats)
TIFF: Exif Ver. 2.21 compatible
BMP: 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 bit Windows format
RAW: SRF, SR2, ARW (2.0 or less, preview only*) (*RAW files are displayed as thumbnail preview.)
JPEG file decode speed *1: 1.6 sec *2
Max. pixels available to decode: Up to 8,192 x 6,144 (48 megapixels)
Compatible memory card: Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick PRO Duo, HighSpeed Memory Stick, HighSpeed Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Micro (M2) (available with optional adaptor), MagicGate Memory Stick, MagicGate Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo (8-bit parallel transfer of Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo is not supported), SD card, mini SD card (available with optional adaptor), micro SD card (available with optional adaptor), SDHC card, mini SDHC card (available with optional adaptor), micro SDHC card (available with optional adaptor), MMC, RS-MMC (available with optional adaptor), MMC Plus, CompactFlash Type I, CompactFlash Type II, xD-Picture card, xD-Picture card Type M, xD-Picture card Type H
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Search function
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ViewSonic VFM1530-11 15-Inch 256 MB High Resolution Multimedia Digital Photo Frame (Ebony) Review

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(More customer reviews)Would I recommend this frame to a friend? Yes. But one have to be aware of limitations! Good things first, though:
- The frame is BIG. But it still fits nicely on a bookshelf. At 14-15" range there's not much competition.
- 4:3 aspect ratio. 4:3 and 3:2 are standard aspect ratios on digital cameras. 16:9 is a more of a marketing thing, allowing manufacturers to specify larger diagonal, with equivalent 4:3 diagonal would be 22% smaller (thats almost 1/4)! With 16:9 you will always have black bars either on top/bottom or left/right for both portraits and landscapes.
- Adequate 1024x768 resolution. You can't see any grain on the image and menu looks crisp. Less would be awkward, more - nice, but not really needed.
- The frame reads H.264 videos - nice feature but see in cons
OK things:
- standard variety of connectors+USB
- mp3 playback during slideshow
- reasonable menu system, very simplified but adaquate
- gloss finish - better black, but prone to glare - keep away from windows.
- price on amazon is good, but don't expect wifi connectivity at this priceNow the real things:
- Viewing angles are UGLY. Especially vertical ones. Have to be eye-level and 30 degrees of at horizontal to see anything - this is generic for digital frames though...
- Video playback is very limited! Don't count on viewing HD clips on this frame. 720x480 (NTSC SD) plays back too slow, anything larger does not play at all, and I need to add letterboxing to avoid my HD videos being stretched vertically. Quicktime Pro is your friend!
- No shuffle mode - WTF?? And not info whether new firmware will ever be available.
- No combined video/picture slideshow. Have to go to menu and play either-or.
- Technical support treats every customer as an idiot who forgot to reset settings to default, which would apparently resolve all the issues. They still cannot tell me what video formats/sizes are supported!
- Included 2G SD card is cr@p. No-brand piece of plastic, sticker peeling off, don't ever trust your digital memories such a thing!
I was able to get around certain things: transcoding and downscaling video, randomly renaming pictures, putting frame in shady areas. Nothing can be done about the viewing angles though, but this is common among cheap LCD panels, such as used in all frames (AFAIK). C'mon, bring us some MVA/IPS panels at reasonable prices!

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The 15-Inch ViewSonic VFM1530-11 brings consumers the perfect digital image viewing experience. The ultra fine resolution of 1,024x768 and high quality digital LCD panel deliver the most vivid color and sharp detail performance to display your most precious memories. The 4:3 aspect ratio ensures no image distortion or data loss. The multimedia capabilities support full audio and video functions, which make the VFM1530 a versatile device to showcase your life style in the most fun and creative format. The elegantly designed and detailed finish of the wooden frame compliments any décor at home or in the office. A perfect combination of excellent décor and high-tech gadget, the VFM1530 is the gift for any occasion or to just frame your most favorite memories.

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Smartparts SPX8 8-Inch Syncpix Digital Picture Frame Review

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(More customer reviews)After doing extensive research on other brands, we settled on this frame because of the price and features. After we bought it, we were pleasantly suprised to learn it is rated the highest by Consumer Reports magazine, and now we know why.
The picture quality is excellent. I started off with a free frame (gift) from another manufacturer that had half this resolution, and it did not give my pictures justice. Upgrading to this frame made a difference in the world to my picture quality. Do not buy anything less than 800x600, or your pictures just won't look good.
My favorite feature about this frame is the auto-sizing software available as a free download from the manufacturer's website. All you do is download it onto your computer, and any pictures you have on your hard drive will automatically be resized when transferred to your frame using the software.
One user complained about how slow it was transferring from a memory card onto the frame. This is because the frame automatically resizes your pictures to 800x600. This does take a little longer, but saves you hours of manually resizing your photos for the frame, so this *IS NOT* a flaw.
The one and only flaw I experienced (and maybe I have a defective unit) was I spent 2 hours copying thousands of photos onto the internal memory in the picture frame. So, I went and took more pictures with my digital camera, and slipped the memory card into the frame. I hit "copy" so it would copy from my card onto the internal memory. Little did I know, and the manual *DOES NOT* say this, but doing this will override any existing pictures on the memory. You can imagine how FURIOUS I was when I discovered that the thousands of photos I had stored on the frame were completely wiped out, and in their place were the 13 pictures I had copied. Please test this feature out first to see if it is indeed working on your unit before you find out the hard way, like I did. I plan on writing customer service about this (and hope I can get someone who speaks understandable English)
and seeing if this is a known flaw. The workaround on this would be to load the photos on your card onto your PC, then load them onto the internal picture frame. This is a major inconvenience, in my opinion.
I have not tried the movie files feature on this yet because it does not support the version my camera uses, and I am too lazy to figure out how to convert the movie files.
The sound is pretty decent, and adding mp3's to the slideshow is such a neat feature.
I also love the motion sensor on this frame. I never have to remember to turn the frame on and off.
All in all, this is a wonderful picture frame for ease of use, picture quality, and overall features. I would have rated it a 5 if not for the one serious flaw I mentioned. As a matter of fact, if this frame did not shine in the other areas I mentioned, I would have rated it less than a 4 because of the serious flaw. But, it has many saving graces, so a 4 is suitable, in my humble opinion. I will post an update from customer service once I hear back from them. I hope it will be easily fixed with a future firmware upgrade, etc.
****UPDATE**** 12/22/07 - I didn't get anywhere with customer service, but found out on my own when you insert a memory card and copy it to your frame, IT DOES NOT wipe out your existing pictures as originally thought.
It just overrides them with the new pictures and will not display the old pictures until you delete the new ones out. At this point, the old pictures are not listed on any menu when viewing from the frame. You have to hook up your frame to your computer, and navigate around until you see a folder in the software called "Spart Pic Software." This is where the old pictures are placed. Why this folder is not on the frame itself is beyond me, and why you have to hook up the frame to a computer to even see it is even dumber. And why this is NOT mentioned anywhere in the manual is just even stupider! (Is that even a word?) This is still a major flaw in my opinion. Why can't it just simply add the new pictures into the existing pictures folder without creating all of these inconvenient problems???? This is something I hope they fix with a firmware update.

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Smartparts SP104C 10.4-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Cherry Wood) Review

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(More customer reviews)Overall: very good picture quality with poor documentation and interface.
Having 1500+ photos to get in the frame, I opted to use the supplied Optipix optimization s/w. This wound up making it difficult to arrange my photos and led to several discoveries about the product.
Experimental Observations:
a. Photos are displayed on the frame from earliest to latest modification date.
b. Photos can be placed in folders on an SD card, folders will be displayed earliest to latest creation date.
c. Optipix S/W handles horiz. pictures well, gets grainy on vert. pix.
d. Internal memory only held about 1000 optimized pix in my case
e. Internal memory access is slow via USB
f. Need to have PC on and USB connected prior to booting frame to be able to delete files on internal memory via USB
In the end, given that I saw 4GB SD cards free after rebate, the internal memory seemed like a waste of time.
I finally settled on the following process for getting photos to display in order using an SD card:
1) Use Optipix for horiz. pix as needed for compression, store on PC.
2) Arrange pix in folders on SD card, being careful create folders in the order I want them displayed (makes it easier to manage groups of photos).
3) Change modification date of photos within folders (e.g. add an "_" to end of file name) to order pix if needed
4) Insert SD card into frame and sit back.
I am pleased enough with the quality of the product to buy a couple more as gifts for the relatives, but I plan to set up the SD cards beforehand so it is plug-n-play for them.

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Sunpak 5.6" Digital Photo Frame with Full Features and Remote Control (Color: Acrylic Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this digital frame the same time I purchased the Coby for my dad for Father's Day. This one does not work as well. It is clumsy to use and gets very hot and distorts the photos. I have to keep shutting it off until it cools off, but as soon as it heats back up, sometimes within 30 minutes, it is distorted again. Would not recommend this one at all - the Coby is GREAT!

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Coby DP702 7-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame (Woodgrain) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a good little photo frame for this price range. It has lots of features and the menus are easy to maneuver. Once you've set the brightness and contrast settings the pictures look pretty good. We enjoy using the frame. It's a good size for using on a desk.
I know a video review isn't ideal since the resolution gets changed when uploading to this website, and just taking a picture of something that is lighted like this leaves something to be desired, but I wanted to give everyone some idea of the features. The photos actually look better in person for some reason. I think it's like taking a photo of a TV screen, it never looks as good. For example, the menus aren't really readable on the video but they're easy to read in person.
I hope this helps you in making a decision on this frame.

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Coby 10.4-Inch Digital Photo Frame with MP3 Player DP1052 (Wooden Frame) Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this last week from a local retailer as a present to my elderly parents.
I like
the size: much easier to see than smaller 7 or 8 inch frames.
the versatility: plays photos and movies from my Canon digital camera perfectly.
user settings: can be set to turn itself off and on at preset times.
Note: there is a learning curve with this. It takes a while to figure out what the icons on the remote mean. The manual is fairly helpful, but its credibility suffers when "folder" is repeatedly misspelled as "floder".
Note: has no (virtually none)internal memory. The Coby DP1042 is the same frame with 1GB of internal memory for $20 more. Not worth it when a 2GB SD card can be bought for $10.

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With the Coby DP1052 10.4" TFT LCD digital photo frame you can display all of your fondest memories. Displays JPEG photo files, plays MP3 and WMA music files. Plays MPEG-4, H.264, and Motion JPEG video files. Photo slideshow mode with music. Calendar and clock with alarm timer. SD,MMC, MS, xD and CF card slots. Full-size USB port for use with flash memory drives. Integrated stereo speakers. Wall-mountable design with detachable stand.Classic wooden frame

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eMotion 15-Inch Digital Picture Multimedia Frame with 512MB Internal Memory Review

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(More customer reviews)First the picture quality and resolution is really nice for a 15" Digital Picture Frame. Know I did have to return it twice as the first two contained broken pixels on the screen which are annoying and something you don't expect from a new product. Amazon was great with the returns and had new ones at my door step by the next day. Also the first two units had beaten up frames. There is an important thing to know about the product description, the additional feature listed on Amazon don't exist. Specifically the Color adjustment function for adjusting Brightness, Contrast, Color and Tint does not exist. Also it does not contain an ability to set a turn ON and OFF at any time feature within the set-up menu. These were selling features to me and am very disappointed that they don't exist. There is however an additional feature that isn't listed and that is a WI-FI connection. The feature is slow but nice after you start to play the images from the source. I'd still recommend using an external memory card and I wouldn't recommend buying it for this added feature. Dial-up connection is faster than the WI-FI on this thing. I can't speak to the other functions to much as I haven't had time to play with them yet. The other draw back on this item is everything has to be run from the remote. There is no capability on the frame itself to maneuver through the menus. So if the remote dies or the sensor stops reading you're stuck with an expensive blue light with some icons in the middle. Bottom-line if you can get this thing on sale and are just looking for something to stick a memory card in and shuffle through in a slide show mode, this had great resolution and a wide viewing angle. Anything past that I'd recommend looking else were. I did read a lot of reviews before purchasing this one and the bottom-line I took away was there is a lack of production quality on these devise's and so far I tend to agree. I'm hoping it lasts at least a couple of years.

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Kodak EX-1011 Easyshare 10-Inch Digital Picture Frame with Wireless Capability Review

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(More customer reviews)I just bought one of these and was so impressed I bought a second one.
I'd been toying with the idea of getting one of these for a while and the 10" ones are now a reasonable price.
I didn't install any of the software: just copied images to a CF memory card and plugged it in. The frame detects this and starts to play images from the card.
First thing I did before any of this, was to get the latest firmware from Kodak website.
Unfotunately, the documentation is poor. It mentions nothing about optimal resolutions. I finally batch converted all my high res images (using BreezeBrowser) to 800x480 pixels, 300dpi JPG (100% quality). These resulted in files of about 5-6MB each. Quality is great and images are bright and vivid, even in normal indoor daylight conditions. I've been using digital cameras for 6-7 years and I work in the graphic arts industry, so I'm pretty picky about image quality and color. It would be nice if Kodak supplied an ICC profile for the device, so at least you can preview how they'll look in Photoshop, etc. or convert to the device color space.
A lot of reviewers complained about the remote control. It's a bit clunky, but it works. It's a picture frame after all, not a TV. I just use it to setup slide duration, transition, etc.
I'm buying a second frame one for all my protrait orientation pictures, as they are too small when displayed in the frame in landscape format. So, I'll have one frame with landscape pictures and one with portrait. This way, each image will use the maximal area of the screen.
I also use the "fit" option, not the fill. I don't want my pictures cropped.
One of my biggest bug bears is that there is no resume function. I have 200+ images on the frame which change every hour. The timer is set to turn the frame on at 6pm and off at 11pm (so 4 pictures). Problem is, when I turn it on the next day, I see the first 4 again. So I have to forward to ones I've never seen. For this reason, I'll need to leave it on 24/7.
Pros
Great picture quality
Easy to use
Cons
No fade transition (just wipes and bars)
Only one on/off schedule (would like one for morning and one for evening)
Poor documentation
Can't select a default slide show/folder on SV model (but it will play memory cards first - so just put everything you want on the memory card)
No resume - Always starts from slide 1
(I would strongly recommend some kind of batch conversion software where you can set the image size, resolution, quality, etc. Maybe the supplied software will do it, but I never installed it, as I already have something to do this.)

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