Opteka DF-TFT8 8-Inch Digital Picture Frame With 128MB Built-In Memory

Opteka DF-TFT8 8-Inch Digital Picture Frame with 128MB Built-In Memory

Product Description

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Rate Points :4.0
Binding :Electronics
Brand :Opteka
Label :Opteka
Manufacturer :Opteka
Model :DF-TFT8
MPN :DF-TFT8
ProductGroup :Photography
Studio :Opteka
Publisher :Opteka
UPC :084438599978
Warranty :1-year warranty
EAN :0084438599978
Price :$169.95USD
Lowest Price :$99.47USD
Features

Displays digital pictures (JPEG) without computer.

Enhanced TFT LCD Screen with the highest possible resolution, wide viewing angles and long life span

Features slide show mode and image rotation and is compatible with JPEG, JPEG Motion and AVI file

Simply insert a compatible memory card into the digital frame to show photos.

Full 8 inch (diagonal) screen with brightness control: remote control included

Customer ReviewsDisappointment
Rating Point :1 Helpful Point :0
I purchased this product for my wife for Christmas. The 128MB internal drive turned out to be a 15MB flash drive, so I was unable to load but a few pics on it. There was also 2 red pixels on the screen. This product was defective out of the box and had the wrong drive in it. I have yet to hear back from 47th Street Photo on this and its been a week. Needless to say, Im not happy.

Serves its purpose
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :0
Bought for inlaws...8 inch size makes for great viewing from a distance or close up. Instructions were a bit weak, but once I figured out the process and sequence, it is pretty easy to add and delete photos. Appears to hold about 50-60 photos total.

Nice Picture, with Limitations
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :0
The picture is great. I resized all of my pictures using a photoshop script so they wouldnt be too big. It is short on instructions and the interface is difficult to use, but nice looking, but after its set up, its a nice frame. This frame is 800x600 resolution and has decent transitions. It does not support SDHD cards (usually over 4GB). It seems to freak out for me when the image count exceeds 1600 images on an SD card, so more than 2GB of data probably wouldnt work anyways. It has good viewing angle from the sides and top, but if youre looking up at it at all, the picture goes dark. (we have it sitting on top of something about 4-5 feet high, and when we sit on the couch we cant see the image well.) Id say you need to have a 30 degree or less viewing angle from the bottom. I dont know if this is a limitation of all digital frames.

Gorgeous, easy-to-use
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :0
Im not technically savvy, and I was thrilled at how easy it was to load photos onto this frame and ship it off as a gift to my Mom. She opened it while on the phone with me, I had her plug it in and turn it on, and the phone went silent..."Mom? Ma, are you there?" She was weeping with joy as pictures she hadnt seen in years appeared in gorgeous clarity on the screen before her. You can load directly from your PC or to several types of inexpensive memory cards. Experiment with 5 or 6 photos first to get your orientation right. The remote is small and not completely reliable, but you shouldnt need it for much once your picture show is running. Biggest surprise: the gloss-black frame was a huge advantage over other frames that contrast with the viewing area. If most of your photos are vertical, but you slip in a few horizontal, youll have bands of black above and below the horizontal pic (or vice versa, if most of your images are horizontal). Some frames contrast with the black stripes, making for a choppy look. On this frame, the dead space around some pics blends seamlessly into the glossy black frame, making every picture look great. Were buying 2 more for home and office!

Great wife-pleaser most problems others report are easily solvable
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :2
I got one of these for my wife for Christmas, and it was the most successful gift Ive ever given her in 27 years of marriage, I think.

The trick is that I bypassed the 128MB of internal memory and just put 2GB of photos of her grand-daughter and pics from our travels on a CompactFlash card, using the card slot in our PC, and used that instead. That way on Christmas morning she unwrapped it, plugged it in, and right off the bat was looking at pics of her granddaughter.

The 800x600 resolution isnt the equal of even an ordinary laptop (usually 1024 x 768 minimum)--but its not a computer, remember. And its resolution is good enough to show my pics taken with a 5MP camera satisfactorily. I think anything less than 800x600 would be a problem. However, we use an 800x600 projector for slide shows at our dive club and resolution works even on a projection screen, so dont think this is going to look fuzzy or pixelated (unless your pics are already).

I did try accessing the 128 internal memory by hooking the picture frame up to a computer with a USB cable--available for a few bucks from any electronics store. I was surprised to discover that it uses USB 1.0--about a tenth as fast as the USB 2.0 every computer has used for years. But youre not going to be using this as an external drive anyway, so thats not a serious complaint. I use Windows XP Home as my operating system and had none of the problems Vista users report.

The workaround for Vista users is simple: just put your pics on a memory card like I did. The picture frame takes a variety of cards in a variety of capacities. If your PC lacks card slots--supplied with most new PCs--you can buy a cheap card reader that plugs into a USB port. I can get 2GB Compactflash cards locally for $10, readers for the same or less.

It also runs the kinds of movies a digital camera makes. I was able to run movies from two kinds of cameras (Sony and Olympus). I did notice that the sound seemed to stop after a while--must be filling up the buffer. But for the typical little clips shot by digital cameras it works fine, and having videos of her granddaughter in a picture frame on my wifes desk as work yielded a big wow factor.

I hardly needed the manual, but I know computers, and so does my wife.

At work she discovered she could switch it from the default shuffle mode (random display of pics) to strict sequential display, which she wanted. She was also able to change from the random sequencing mode (pixelation, fade in/fade out, dissolve etc.) to whichever type she preferred.

Note that a number of other reviewers didnt realize you could alter the default settings (and you cant alter them on some other kinds of digital picture frames).

So this is a flexible device produced in the smallest size that really makes sense (that is, 8"), since this format has the same form factor as most digital camera pictures.

Like another reviewer, I saw no sign of alternate frame colors, as was implied by the manual. But the black frame it came with works for my wife, and I like it as well.

These digital picture frames let us put picture albums on peoples desks and walls. Theyre a great idea, and the prices and quality have finally reached a point where most people can use them. I picked this Opteka after reading hundreds of reader reviews and product descriptions on Amazon, and it was delivered really quickly as well, even though it was before Christmas and I only asked for regular shipping.

Plus this combines the natural desire of guys like me to buy electronic gizmos for my wife with her natural desire to get things that come from the heart. I took a majority of the pics on the frame, and all the pics show people and places and events that are precious to her.

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