Samsung SPF-107H 10-Inch Touch of Color Digital Photo Frame with 1 GB Built-In Memory

Technical Details

• 1GB built-in memory and memory slot means you can store over 3,000 photos
• Touch of Color ultra slim 23 mm frame design with a hint of gray
• UbiSync technology makes the 107H more than a digital photo frame by allowing you to use it as a second PC mini monitor with a simple USB connection
• Low power usage and energy saving technology with exclusive auto-turn off/on
• 1024 x 600 high resolution, and 500:1 contrast ratio

I have been hunting for an LCD picture frame for quite a while, and noticed the Samsung screens in a store.

What caught my eye was the picture quality of the LCD, and even more important, the anti-glare screen on the LCD. It is the only screen I have seen that does not reflect room lights in the screen-or perhaps it is more correct to say that it reflects them a whole lot less than any other screen. If you look at the Samsung screen side-by-side with other LCD’s, the difference is amazing. It also seemed to have about the best contrast, especially in brighter room lighting.

The 10" screen also makes a big difference. You can view it from across a room and at least see what the picture is…although you still have to get closer to make out details. The smaller frames seem to require you to get close even to recognize the picture.

The Samsung did not have all the features I would have liked, but no LCD screen did. What I really wanted was a product that worked on my WiFi, and could automatically update itself from my network storage (NAS) on my network. Alas, none of the current LCD’s seem to be there yet. Since my ideal product didn’t exist, it made sense to get settle on the best screen, which is after all what you buy one of these for in the first place.

I am very happy with the picture, and the feature set is ok, if not perfect.

The frame has a USB port, and so far I have only used it to load pictures from my PC. It also appears to allow USB peripherals to connect, but haven’t tried that yet.

Highlights:

Picture screen quality

Anti glare screen

1GB on board memory

Uses actual buttons rather than on-screen menus for most features

Has a couple of display modes- single picture, multi-picture, calendar

Mostly intuitive to operate

Lowlights

Manual (more below)

Stand seems poorly designed. Hard to keep it standing on a tabletop

No auto-rotate, although there is a rotate button, and it does remember the rotate

"Random" order only ramdomizes order once, then shows pics in same order

One final note- the enclosed directions for this unit are horrible. They are more of a technical data sheet than any sort of operting instruction. If you are reasonably computer literate, you will have no problems, but I would not recommend buying this as a gift for anyone who is computer phobic. As an example, there is no mention of plugging the unit in to a USB port and treating it like a storage peripheral to load photos…you sort of just have to know to do that.

All in all, I am very happy with this product.