Sony DPF-V1000 10-Inch Digital Photo Frame

I loaded the device with hundreds of jpgs for my wife (all pretty much from the same digital camera source) and the frame thought 1/4 of the images were corrupted or missing thumbnails, etc. Reformatted the memory card, tried again. Same issues.Downloaded a bunch of stock photos to the frame just to try "photos from something else". Same general problem.The manual says to mark them so they aren't displayed anymore. I have a better idea. How about displaying the damn photos (that my OTHER brand digital frame has NO issue with). In fact, i's amazing what this frame hasn't been able to read that everything else seems to.POS? Yep.

We bought this picture frame for our grandparents who seem like they have everything and do not want anything. The picture frame was a hit with them! The screen is large and amazingly clear. There are plenty of picture viewing settings to play around with, but for our 85 year old grandparents, the simple ON/OFF button on the included remote was easy for them to use. The large internal memory is a plus and no software drivers are needed for picture transfers when connected to a computer via USB (the computer recognizes the internal picture frame memory as an external memory card). The only thing that we weren't completely satisfied with is that the stand for the frame is in an awkward spot on the back and makes the total depth of the frame quite large. However, in looking at the design of the frame, this may have been the only place the designers could put the screw-on picture frame stand (the frame is also wall mountable). Overall, this is a great digital frame with great picture quality and is definitely worth the price for all the features that are included.

I had given it to my husband for Christmas. He loved it for the one day it worked. The second day he turned it on, only to see horizontal and vertical lines displayed. Powercycling it did not resolve the problem. Changing the memory card also did not fix it. The only option I was left with was to return it for a replacement. Now Amazon doesn't have the item available so I'm stuck waiting for a refund and then I will have to find a store locally that has it. I guess that is the downside to purchasing electronics on-line. I would suggest if you are looking at purchasing an electronic picture frame that you use a local retailer that will be able to handle a return/replacement if it doesn't work.

I purchased and returned a Sony DPF-V1000. Yes, it worked properly and did essentially what it's supposed to, but I just wasn't happy with the overall concept.For one thing, the device itself is larger than you might think, especially in depth. When I think of a photo frame, I think of something I could wall mount and almost mistake for a conventional picture. The Sony is more like a small flat-screen TV in form factor, and this brings me to my second complaint: the need for a power supply. If you intend to put the frame on a desk or table, this is no big deal - but again, for a wall-mounted application, you're going to need power, and this means wires and enough space for the AC adapter. This adds up to a cumbersome installation if you want an unobtrusive, wall mounted way to show off your digital pictures.Then there's the picture quality. I admit it - I'm spoiled...I have one of the newest Apple iMac computers, complete with the beautiful 27" display. Viewing and editing photos on this display, only to put them on the Sony DPF-V1000 is a bit of a disappointment. Yes, I'm sure the Sony meets its specs - but the image quality is just nowhere near where I hoped it might be. It's not just resolution...it's also stuff like viewing angle (you need to be pretty much head-on to view the Sony at its best).In the end, I found that my needs were met a completely different way. I purchased one of the smaller Panasonic Viera flat panel TVs (Amazon has some great prices) and had my local frame shop build a small custom wood frame and enclosure around it. It has the built-in capability of displaying photos from an SD card, so in effect, it came out like a digital frame on steroids. Being 1080p and so on, the image quality you get is in a whole different league. Yes, the installation was still cumbersome and expensive, but in the end I got image quality that I'm happy with - not to mention the flexibility to also display content from my iPod and PC, or to potentially watch TV on it.As the other reviewers write, the Sony DPF-V1000 is otherwise a high-quality, feature rich product and I'm sure it's more than competitive with the other things out there...just didn't do the trick for me.