Researched Consumer Reports to see which digital photo frames they rated highly and SmartParts frames did well. After reading several reviews, I decided I definitely wanted one with at least 800×600 resolution (higher the better). Drew the picture size on a piece of paper for 7 inch, 8 inch, 9 inch, 10 inch and 15 inch frames and decided that the 10 inch frame was the right size – the 7 and 8 inch ones are not much better than a 3×5 and 4×6 inch prints, respectively so they aren’t that big. This was a gift for an 85 year old so we needed something big but not huge. The 15 inch frames were just too big and finding a spot to place them would be difficult.

The frame functions very well – picture quality is excellent and loading it was very easy; however, I recommend you not bother using the software that was bundled with it – that does not work well at all. I simply hooked it up to my PC using the enclosed USB cable and copied photos from my PC directly to the memory in the frame (drag and drop). I have Windows XP and had previously downloaded from MicroSoft, a program that resizes photos into one of four selectable sizes. I used this ImageResizer to resize all the photos I was moving to the frame to save space on the memory card. One piece of advice, do not resize all the way down to 800×600. I found that using 1028×768 made the pictures look better. If you install an additional memory card in the frame then you really do not need to resize the photos.

I have not yet tried to use all the additional features like adding music to go with the slideshow or viewing video clips. For viewing photos, this product works great – you can replace all your photo albums with it.

SmartParts SP102E 10.2 Photo Frame SHIP FREE US $89.00 End Date: Thursday Jul-29-2010 18:36:53 PDT

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I recently purchased this product from Amazon.com where it was selling for $125.00 off list. It was to replace a similar product of same size from a different vendor where the screen stop working after 3 years of use. This product is beautiful, it came with a cherry hardwood frame, as well as the black frame. I have a technical background, and found the instructions inconsistent between using the remote and using the touch screen. I find my self using the touch screen instead of the remote out of conveinence, yet… some functions you still need the remote to configure them. With some time, I quickly got the hang of it. One of the features I like about this frame is you can set it to go off and on at a certain time to save on energy. I have mine in my bedroom, so it sort of comes on before bedtime, and goes off after I am asleep. I use it like a night light. One of the cons besides the documentation was I though it came with a WI-FI connection, but for that to work, you need to purchase the network adapter at an additional cost. I have plenty SD memory cards, so it was not that big a deal.

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