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Smartparts SP15MW 15-Inch Digital Picture Frame with Walnut Frame Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Finally figured out displaying photos in a particular order
Comment: 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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Customer Rating:
Summary: Smartparts 11" SB1100B Digital Photo Frame
Comment: Have now had this Photo Frame for about 1 month and its worked perfectly. I have tried both the internal and external flash drive, and memory cards with no problems. The unit started up immediately and the memory card and flash drives were found with no problems and we got pictures on the frame from the get go.

I don't see any overheating mentioned in other reviews. My unit is very cool to the touch even after hours of operation.

The price is exceptional for an 11" ($99) and is a very good value.

The colors are vivid and sharp and overall very good.

I highly recommend this photo frame for manufacturing quality, picture quality, ease of operation, and low price.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: not so subtle hints from the grandparents
Comment: After repeated compliments from the grandparents on EVERY visit since we purchased ours last summer...our choice for a Christmas gift for both sets of grandparents who have everything is easy this year. The larger screen is a must so the additional cost is worth it. We paid $60 more for ours which is exactly the same brand and size at a local discount warehouse store so that is my only complaint!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Product died in less than 1 year, and bad customer service
Comment: This product worked well enough for a few months. After that, though, it died. The company's customer service was terrible. They wanted to charge me an outrageous amount of money for a new power adapter plus shipping. Turns out that the problem was not the power adapter - the unit's just dead. Good luck with this company! I feel sorry for those who don't check reviews online.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Durability Problems
Comment: I bought this for my parents last Christmas. It worked fine until this past October (of course, after the 3 month warranty) when it just simply stopped working. It was never dropped or anything. The power light was on, but that's all. I called tech support, who told me there was nothing that could be done, and all they could do was to send me a 50% off coupon for the purchase of the same model. When I asked the guy why I would want to buy the same brand again when it just stops working he answered simply "I understand." I don't know if ours was a lemon or not, but I'm certainly not going to risk a Smarparts purchase ever again!

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