My sister and brother-in-law purchased this
PANDIGITAL Digital Picture Frame for my parents this past Christmas. At first I had no clue what it did and thought it was a rather useless gift; I mistakenly thought you could only put about five photos onto it. I have now completely changed my tune. Since Christmas, each time I visit my parents, I add photos, so it's now got a fairly large collection of about 50 photos. There are family photos from Christmas, Easter, a few of my sister's tropical vacation photos, a birthday that was celebrated, an outing to the
Orange County Great Balloon, and even my parent's recent anniversary. We also have several fun family photos taken on the spur of the moment with our dogs (3 dogs total in our extended family). They are all set up as a slide show on this cool picture frame!
This is an 8 inch LCD photo frame. It stores up to 149 two megapixel images with 128 mg of internal memory, so we will be able to add many more photos before we're at our limit.
Copy your photos, videos and music directly from your camera's memory card, your digital camera or your PC. (But no PC is required.) It took me a few minutes of reading and re-reading the instructions before I finally figured out how to load the photos from my digital camera to the digital picture frame. The easiest way that I found to do this was to use my
Sony Cyber Shot camera's AV cable for multi-use terminal and connect one end from the camera and the other end to the digital photo frame. Then by simply pushing the buttons on the remote control, which walks you through what to do, your photos are loaded onto the
Pandigital Picture Frame. It's really easy once you get the hang of it. I also didn't know, at first, how to load a photo that I had taken vertically, but there is a selection on rotation also, so no worries there either. The small (one inch by 3 inch) remote control is so easy to use and full functioning. You can also use your digital camera's memory stick to transfer photos to the
Pandigital Picture Frame.
There is also a clock, a calendar, an alarm and a programmable on/off switch, so if you leave the room, the picture frame will shut off for the time you have programmed it to do so. While we're in the room talking, I notice that I keep looking back at the digital pictures moving by on the screen. We all watch the photos as they go by one after another and it's fun to relive those memories. It's something like pulling out a photo album and looking through all the pictures, instead of just one in a frame.
As one photo transitions via a changing design to the next, you gradually see the next photo appear. Each photo is viewed on the screen for about 15-20 seconds until the next one appears. When you get to the "end" of the roll, so to speak, the cycle begins over again, so if you missed a photo the first time around, you can see it next time. Of course, how long it takes is dependent on how many photos are loaded into the
Pandigital Picture Frame.
There are both an interchangeable beveled black wood frame and a clear acrylic frame included. So far, my parents have just used the black wood frame. They'll probably change it out later.
pandigital.net
PANM 80-2
The manual includes instructions on all of the following:
AC Adaptor
remote control USB cable
quick start guide
brightness and contrast adjustment
watching a video
For questions or comments, call toll free: 800-715-5354
The Pandigital Picture Frame:
"complete compatibility
built in 6-in-1 card reader
complete connectivity
transfers files easily
complete media support JPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI & MP3 files
Accepts SD/MMC/CF/MS/XD memory cards allows you to store thousands of photos songs or video"
The only thing that I have noticed that I don't like (and this isn't the fault of the picture frame) is that it is difficult to see the photos while seated on the (low) couch, because my Mom has the picture frame set atop the fireplace mantel, which is higher than when you are sitting on the couch. If you angle it down, which I did, the view is improved, but since it is a digital image, it is best viewed when at a similar eye level.
This item makes a great gift, especially for those hard to buy for people who have everything. It can be purchased at Target, Kohls, Macy's, Sears, Meijer or Mervyns and more. My sister told me that she bought this Pandigital Picture Frame at Staples for approximately $190.00.
~thanks for reading~
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