Matsunichi PF-8e Photoblitz 8-inch Digital Picture Frame

I received my frame today and have been playing with it a couple hours. There seem to be a lot of widely divergent opinions here, so I'll attempt to bridge the gap between the two sides. The frame is made of plastic, but is sufficiently attractive. It does not have that inferior quality, sold-only-on-TV look. It could be confused with wood from a distance, which is good. The frame didn't immediately recognize my SD card, but I popped it out and then back in, and it worked fine. The user interface is pretty clunky, but not so bad as to be infuriating like a cheap digital watch. After a quick look at the user manual and five minutes playing with the frame, I could make it do what I wanted.The main area I was concerned about is picture quality. The resolution is fairly low - 480 x 234, which is pretty standard at this price point. This is a device clearly aimed at mainstream consumers - proud grandmas and the like. If you are a camera snob you should probably look elsewhere. This should be obvious, but it bears repeating. Your images are *not* going to look as good as they do even on an LCD computer monitor.That said, most of my decent quality images look decent. Keep in mind this is a 16:9 wide ratio display. I put a couple images on the frame that were shot vertically, forcing the frame to shrink them substantially to make them fit. These shots looked pretty bad, and I ended up deleting them from the memory card. I also had one shot that was slightly out of focus. It looks okay on my computer, but looked pretty bad on the frame. Garbage in, garbage out definitely applies here. If your pics are shot with an inferior camera or they have other flaws, their bad points will most likely be magnified by this frame.With the bad photos deleted, the ones I left on the frame ended up looking pretty good. Just don't be surprised if you can't get all your images to look their best. If you want your "wow" photos to wow others, you might want to spend a bit more money. But if you start with good looking images and just want something to set on your desk at work, this should be adequate. For the minimal price, I consider the frame good if not great; a reasonable choice for those with reasonable expectations.

Firstly, I would buy another one.This frame is not the best frame out there, but I am not seeing another 7" frame with these features for this price on the net. So far, the ONLY problem I have with the frame is that it stretches parts of the picture when displaying in cinema mode and truncates (deletes) part of the top and bottom of the picture when in widescreen mode. That is, for cinema, the picture is divided into 3 parts, the middle remains fine but the outer parts are stretched. It doesn't look bad, sometimes even unnoticeable. The good thing is that you can choose not to view using cinema or widescreen. The "Normal" (no stretching) mode gives a dark area to the left and right of the picture, like the dark area above and below a widescreen movie when watched on a regular TV. Personally I prefer the widescreen mode which is perfect for panoramic widescreen shots!The frame comes with a simple intuitive menu. It allows you to select language, set brightness, colour and contrast. It has about 14 transition modes including normal and random. It can even traverse folders on your memory.The frame is made of hard plastic. Not the type that seem to crack easily and discolour over time. It has photo rotation, Thumbnail preview, uses only AC power (5V), response time 15 seconds, uses MS, MS Pro, MMC, xD and SD cards. interval times available 3, 5 & 10 Seconds, power switch, 4 feet power cord/adapter.Note however, the display is not as sharp as a laptop screen. You may have to pay about $200 for that kind of quality. the quality is about that of a decent cell-phone. You will only see each pixel if you go as close as about 12 or near inches. It looks very sharp from about 36 inches, which is about the same distance you sit from your monitor.I tried a 2gig SD card and it worked, even an old 16meg memory stick.