Home > Consumer Reviews > Opteka DF-TFT8 8-Inch Digital Picture Frame with 128MB Built-In Memory (Black)

I'm not technically savvy, and I was thrilled at how easy it was to load photos onto this frame and ship it off as a gift to my Mom. She opened it while on the phone with me, I had her plug it in and turn it on, and the phone went silent..."Mom? Ma, are you there?" She was weeping with joy as pictures she hadn't seen in years appeared in gorgeous clarity on the screen before her. You can load directly from your PC or to several types of inexpensive memory cards. Experiment with 5 or 6 photos first to get your orientation right. The remote is small and not completely reliable, but you shouldn't need it for much once your picture show is running. Biggest surprise: the gloss-black frame was a huge advantage over other frames that contrast with the viewing area. If most of your photos are vertical, but you slip in a few horizontal, you'll have bands of black above and below the horizontal pic (or vice versa, if most of your images are horizontal). Some frames contrast with the black stripes, making for a choppy look. On this frame, the dead space around some pics blends seamlessly into the glossy black frame, making every picture look great. We're buying 2 more for home and office!

I purchased 2 of these frames as Christmas gifts and the recipients loved them. They look nice, are easy to use, and the 8 inch frame is worth the extra cost.

The picture quality is superb, but it's a bitch to set up. Oh sure, just pop in your sd card, etc., but if you want to transfer from your pc to the internal memory, forget it. The instant I plugged the usb into my pc the pc froze up, once unplugged A-OK. Gave up on a usb transfer after numerous attempts. Used a flash memory to download my pics, plugged the flash drive into the frame, bingo. Tried to transfer to internal memory, of the 200+ pics less than half a dozen ever made it in. I bought 2 frames and had to buy 2 usb flash drives in order to play the whole picture line up. User manual is junk too, way too vague for any non-tech individual. Instead of a real step by step set of instructions, especially for transfering pics to the internal memory, you get a chart of functions the frame has, not what to do. Had I not done the above before giving this as a gift to parents and in-laws, the frame would have found the back of the closet unused. Remote control functions are also clumsy. Rarely when you press set up do you actually get the full menu. It seems to have a mind of its own.......on both frames. Software or what!

It's a good basic digital picture frame. It's well packed in the box and looks to be well build. Preforms as described with two caveats.

First they don't include the USB cable. This isn't a big deal for me as I have several laying around from other items but it is a big deal for my grandmother who isn't known for having extra USB cords at her house...

Second you only get once picture source at a time. If you are using the internal memory you can only use internal memory, if you are using a SD card you can only use the SD card slot.

Neither are a huge deal, just something to know going in.

This was a great Father's Day gift--excellent quality and easy to use--enjoying it every day! And, at a really fair price.