Coby DP1042-1G 10.4-Inch Digital Photo Frame with MP3 Player (Woodgrain)

Manufacturer: Coby
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List Price: $179.99
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Product Description

Coby DP1042-1G 10.4-inch digital photo frame with MP3 player, 10.4-inch TFT LCD color display, 1G internal flash memory lets you store your favorite photos directly on the frame, displays JPEG image files, calendar and clock with alarm timer, plays MP3 and WMA music files, plays MPEG4, H.264, motion JPEG video files, photo slideshow mode with music, SD,MMC,MS,xD, and CFcard slots, full-size USB port for use with flash memory drives, includes Vividshare PC software for creating custom multimedia slide-shows, attachable remote control, integrated stereo speakers, wall-mountable design with detachable stand

Product Details

10.4-inch TFT LCD color display,1G internal flash memory lets you store your favorite photos directly on the frame
Displays JPEG image files, plays MP3 and WMA music files, plays MPEG4, H.264, motion JPEG video files, photo slideshow mode with music
Calendar and clock with alarm timer, SD,MMC,MS,xD, and CFcard slots
Full-size USB port for use with flash memory drives, includes Vividshare PC software for creating custom multimedia slide-shows
Attachable remote control, integrated stereo speakers, wall-mountable design with detachable stand

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Great Digital Frame, a REAL find

Review Date: November 25, 2009

Reviewer: Karen,

This is such a great digital frame. It has built-in memory, a HUGE plus. Once you figure out that all you have to do is plug it into your computer and choose the right drive, you can copy and paste pictures SO easily into the memory, add music, disconnect and enjoy your photos. It's wonderful and has plenty of capacity. I've bought a second one as a gift. The user's manual stinks, but the on-line help is useful.

Good picture frame at a reasonable price

Review Date: October 31, 2009

Reviewer: Y. Teng, CA USA

I have been in the market for a digital picture frame for quite a while. Finally decided on this unit for its good price at this size/resolution. Some highlights from my experience:

- Nice appearance: good quality wood finish, the 10.4" image area is large enough for my elderly parents to see the faces in the pictures;
- Image quality: 800x600 and good contrast ratio, but lacks the finesse of a good quality LED monitor;
- Ease of use: it worked well as a basic picture frame. The user manual is not very detailed, but that seems to be a common complaint for all digital frames from the lesser known brands. If you apply some common sense of using computers, it will work fine. For file management, I recommend figuring out all the folder locations and always managing the files from a PC directly.
- Functionality: the frame actually comes with a lot of bells and whistles, and can play many media type. It also comes with a VividShare software that builds customized slide shows with an intuitive UI.

Some suggestions for making this product better:
- Provide the ability to save the work in progress in the Vividshare software. It may take a few iterations to get a slide show right. It is annoying that one has to start over to refine a slide show.
- Add an option to play all pictures and music in a random sequence. The default behavior of the frame is to play all pictures and music, but they are always played in the same sequence. Would be nice to randomize that.
- Make the labels on the remote more readable

Overall, digital picture frames still feel like an immature product category across the board. But if you need to have one now, this is a solid choice given the price, size, and function.

Better then most frames out there

Review Date: December 18, 2009

Reviewer: D. Mielcarek, Maryland

After trying 3 other frames, I decided to keep this one. The picture is above average, the software doesn't crash, the speakers sound better then most others (relatively speaking), it displays video files without any hesitation. It has an on/off time setting.

Cons:
1. The volume control has three settings: off, background, and blasting. Any higher number is way too loud.
2. The remote must be held up close to the display.
3. No shuffle mode or alphabetical sorting of files.

Very good product

Review Date: December 19, 2009

Reviewer: Radek Vybiral,

First contact: this digital frame is really! BIG! (thanks to wood frame)
Buttons located on the top are not very well usable, remote works better.

For video playback its necessary to convert HD video to 720*420 resolution using AVI container with Xvid video and MP3 audio.

One fatal feature

Review Date: April 26, 2010

Reviewer: L. Ledbetter, American in Japan

The looks are great. I'll give it that. Picture quality drops off if you look at it from too great an angle. We have it on top of the TV cabinet and the pictures look wrong from the chair closest to the TV. The power cord could be a bit longer. But the big problem lies with the automatic on/off timer. You can program the unit to shut off and on automatically at any time but when it comes back on, you have to scan through the icons on the screen with the remote, click on VividShare, click on the pictures you want to see and it will begin the slide show. It will not automatically begin where it left off. It is very irritating to have to "restart" the picture frame every morning. We try to save power by programming it to shut itself down when we go to bed and have it turn itself on in the morning. If this feature could be important to you DON'T BUY THIS. I tried to contact Coby about this but got no response.