If you really want to know about a product from the reviews, you know to look at the 3 and 4-star ratings. I’m comparing this frame to a Nix 12″ frame I bought more then 5 years ago, as a reference. The main reason I wanted to upgrade was for higher resolution, and to be able to read more than 32GB of external storage (SD/USB). The claim that this one will read 64GB is indeed true. The *major* problem was, it can’t seem to figure out vertical pictures, so they all end up sideways. Super annoying. You can manually rotate each one, and it seems to know what to do after that, but if you’re dealing with 15000 pictures, it’s pretty unacceptable in this day and age. The Nix dealt with this issue just fine, and it’s more than 5 years old.
The construction of this frame seems much more flimsy than the Nix. Can we chalk that up to newer/lighter components? Maybe a little, but the Nix feels substantially more solid.
Lastly, the ports for USB and SD card are on the bottom. If you have a longer USB zip drive, you cannot use it as it will stick out below the frame. You have to use a small profile drive, or the micro SD slot. And why micro SD? Save cost?? A poor trade off in my opinion. Another big negative was that you can only play EITHER videos or photos. Can’t just have a list of files and it figure it out.
On the upside, the picture is definitely good. I didn’t bother with any of the WiFi/App aspect, because I am leery about adding these sort of devices to my network (viruses). I’m fine copying to the frame from a USB drive.
I’m sure there are better frames out there, but another brand I tried would not read 64GB as claimed, so I sent it back. I guess it all depends on what is most important for you.
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