Product Description PRODUCT FEATURES:7" widescreen TFT LCD color displayHandsome black wooden frameDisplays JPEG image filesPhoto slideshow modeSD, MMC, and MS card slotsWall-mountable design with detachable stand
Steps for sizing your photos ...October 1, 2008 Coby has used non-square pixels in this photo frame and the resolution of the frame is 351x268 (much lower than their advertized 480x268). If you want photos to take up the entire screen, then it's a pain, but it can be done. Here is what you must do. When you turn on the unit, click the 16:9 button on the remote so that photos extend to the edges of the screen. Also, go into setup, go down one to Photo and then over one to View Mode and set it to "Original" rather than "Autofit."
If you do the math, you'll notice that 351x268 has an aspect ratio of 1.31, but the physical frame has an aspect ratio of 16x9 or 1.78 (the frame is 6.0in x 3.375in). So, if you want a photo to take up the full 16x9 screen AND look normal, you will need to crop your photos to a 16x9 aspect ratio and then reduce the photo's pixel count to 702x468 (twice the units actual resolution). Here are the steps with Adobe Photoshop Elements v 2.0: (1) Use the Crop Tool, with Width set to 16 in and Height to 9 in, and crop your photo as you like. Note that your photo will not actually be 16 inches in width. The 16in x 9in merely ensures the proper widescreen aspect ratio. (2) Image->Resize->Image Size (a) Uncheck Constrain Proportions (b) Set width to 702 pixels (c) Set height to 468 pixels The faces in your photo will look tall and thin. Don't worry, because the non-square pixels of the Coby Photo Frame will stretch it back out to look normal.
So that is how you get the photos to fill the frame for widescreen. Once you go through all of this photo resizing mess above, you will notice that blue skies are washed out and many color details are missing. Therefore, Coby offers the following (1) misinformation regarding their products true resolution. (2) No help on getting your photo to fit the unit. (3) Non-square pixels - another brilliant move by Coby! (4) No information on color-depth, and I would be surprised if this unit can display more than 256 simultaneous colors given the poor color rendering of the photos.
In addition to all of this, I have owned other Coby products that repeatedly fail, even when you have Coby tech support fix the product again and again. I will be surprised if this thing lasts.
Awesome!July 21, 2008 I am currently deployed in Afghanistan with the Army, and I bought this picture frame for my 3 year old daughter back at home. I took a whole bunch of pictures of myself and some of the sites here, and sent the whole thing to her. She loved it! She comments about the pictures all the time when I talk to her on the phone, and it's the first thing she shows people when they go in her room.
Great present for grandparents!July 7, 2008 We bought this present for my parents, who now have a new granddaughter an ocean away. What a great way for them to have up-to-date pictures - we just send them new versions on the scan disk memory card, they plug it in and away they go! It is defintately easy to use for even "older" generations who are not computer savy! The screen is big enough to see pictures across the living room and bright enough to be seen in the day time. The dark frame looks very elegant and compliments dark wood furniture very well. All in all, a great buy!
Colby FrameJune 9, 2008 It's good except that you have to keep your memory card in it to view the pictures
Good value for the priceJune 6, 2008 I had been wanting a digital frame for over a year, but couldn't justify over $100. I was thrilled to see this one for $60 and have been very pleased with the setup and picture quality.
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