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Opteka OPT15 15-Inch Digital Picture Frame with 1 GB Built-In Memory |  | Brand: Opteka
Category: Photography
List Price: $229.99
Buy New: $185.00
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Seller: Lourdes Martinez
Rating:  128 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 13.8 x 2.7 x 16
15" Multimedia TFT LCD Screen
128mb internal memory
Displays digital pictures, music and video
MPN: OPT15
Model: OPT15
UPC: 049936863822
EAN: 0049936863822
ASIN: B00102T3VY
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| Features:
| • | Resolution: 1024x768: Full 15-Inch inch (diagonal) 4:3 screen with brightness control: remote control included | | • | Features slide show mode and image rotation and is compatible with JPEG, JPEG Motion and AVI files | | • | 1GB built-in memory allows you to use your memory card in your camera while your pictures are shown on the frame | | • | Enhanced TFT LCD Screen with the highest possible resolution, wide viewing angles and long life span | | • | Compatible: SD, Compact Flash, Secured Digital, Multi Media Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, and Memory Stick Pro |
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Product Description
The 15-inch Digital Picture Frame from Opteka comes complete with 1GB built in memory making storing and displaying your favorite pictures easy and fun. TFT LCD Screen with the highest possible resolution, wide viewing angles and long life span. It's comp
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 Insanely LARGE viewing angles, 4:3, its 15", Bright and it shuffles. What more do you want. June 5, 2008
C. Gangi (California)
91 out of 94 found this review helpful
Ok, I was hesitant to buy this digital photo frame like everyone else. All I had to go buy was 1 review here from Amazon. I took a nose dive though and went for it.
When I took it out of the box I noticed it was just like a real picture frame, it has actually real wood on the outside and glass over the frame.
It comes with a remote control which is very easy to use after some tinkering with it.
The instructions are horrible, but lots of instructions for these frames are horrible. So just figure it out on your own, its not hard.
The ONE most HORRIBLE thing I have about this device is the A/C adapter, you have to unscrew a panel at the back then place the A/C adapter in it then close the thing and the cord can't even hang out! So prepare to mod your frame if your wall mounting. I used double adhesive tape on the a/c adapter so it stays on.
But as for the picture itself, its crisp and vibrant. You can adjust the contrast, brightness, tint, and color by pressing setup at any picture on the remote.
It takes flash drives along with tons of other SD cards. Reads flash drives no problem, it also SCALES images VERY well. I had a 400 X 600 image and it scaled it no problem but for best results use a high resolution image and scale it down.
It's 4:3 so no stretching of images, has a LARGE viewing angle which is insane for if your wall mounting. It looks nice and stylish.
You can random mode the pictures so it shuffles through them and change transitions. Fast, Medium, Slow are the speeds I believe slow is 10 seconds. Which is enough for me.
Only takes Jpeg files from what I have seen which is fine, its standard format. Takes a large variety of Jpegs and loads a little slower with large files but your suppose to scale the image down anyway.
Sound quality is a bit thin, but you didn't buy this for sound? Did you?
Video haven't tried.... Honestly I don't want to try. I bought this to display images, I have a HDTV for film clips.
This digital photo frame is the best, hands down. If your nervous about the company or brand don't be.
Don't have any doubt to get it. But it will take some time to setup.
Get it.
One of the best digital picture frames available- for actually displaying pictures December 9, 2008
wandern (USA)
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
I ordered this Opteka 15" digital picture frame with a bit of trepidation after suffering through several extremely poorly implemented digital picture frames. There were few reviews here on Amazon, and the price seemed "too good to be true" for a 15" frame with 1024x768 resolution. I was pleasantly surprised when I received the frame in the mail. The (apparently real) wood frame was packaged in a protective sleeve to prevent scratches, and the unit sports a real glass cover over the LCD that can be cleaned. The frame is nicely filled and stained, without any gaps or defects. The only visual miscue is the hole for the IR remote control that's punched through the fiberboard matting and looks a bit out of place on the beige surface.
On to functionality. There are several features that I consider a must for a digital picture frame. After all, I want it to actually display pictures, not play movies. A digital picture frame should have a bright, high contrast display, a reasonable aspect ratio, shuffle capabilities, the option to either crop or to "letterbox" a picture (display the entire picture in its original aspect ratio), have a fast enough processor to give smooth picture transitions, and should handle large .jpg files to allow for impromptu displays off of a camera's media card, and ideally be easy to use.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that this Opteka frame managed all of the above, less expensively than many of its smaller competitors.
Display quality:
This frame has a nice, bright display (I actually had to turn the brightness down out of the box) with a surprisingly good viewing angle. I compared it to an older IBM Thinkpad laptop with a screen of the same physical size and resolution, and judged the Opteka to have a better viewing angle, although slightly less color fidelity than the laptop. The large brightness adjustment range will be handy as the flourescent backlight slowly dims from age, and will extend the usable life of the frame.
Aspect ratio:
For some reason unknown to me, "widescreen" photo frames are all the rage. Widescreen is great for movies, but that's not what I'm buying a photo frame for. Most DSLR cameras have an aspect ratio of 3:2 (width to height) or 4:3. Almost all digital point and shoot cameras have a 4:3 aspect ratio. The 1024x768 resolution (4:3 aspect ratio) of the Opteka means that for most photos, the screen will be completely filled by the photo with no cropping required. Even for DSLR users, a photo can be "letterboxed" with black bars above and below the picture, but still utilize a great deal of the screen.
A widescreen photo frame will require heavy cropping of almost all pictures unless you want to stare at a Ken Burns effect all day or view the tiny picture remaining after it's been letterboxed onto the widescreen display.
Display options:
The frame allow a choice between cropping a photo to fill the display, or fully displaying it in its native aspect ratio. It also does a true shuffle, which is wonderful when you have thousands of pictures loaded onto your media cards. The frame has a limited choice of picture-to-picture transitions, although they're smooth and quick. The frame also quickly enumerates pictures off of any inserted media card and immediately begins playing them. It easily handled 10 megapixel files directly from a digital camera media card. If you use a digital asset management program like Lightroom or Aperture or other program like iPhoto or Picasa, you'd probably just want to export pictures at 1024x768 resolution and apply appropriate automatic sharpening to really optimize your viewing experience (and have enough space for thousands of pictures on a 2GB thumb drive or memory card).
Other:
The small included remote control is easy enough to use. The frame supports copying from an external memory card to its small internal memory so you don't have to USB connect it to a computer to utilize the onboard flash (although with support for CF, SD, USB thumb drives, etc., and current memory card pricing, I can't see any reason you'd really want to use the internal memory, except possibly to load it with some base pictures if you're giving it as a gift). The frame includes provisions for supporting itself on a table, but curiously doesn't come with an appropriate bracket or fixture for wall mounting. The wall wart/AC-DC adapter is quite small and conveniently mounts behind a removable cover on the back of the unit with only the AC wall power cord sticking out. This is a great design feature, as it eliminates an unsightly external adapter, but in the case it ever failed, allows you to replace it.
Summary:
I'd highly recommend this frame- the LCD screen quality alone is better than most of its budget competitors, and the appropriate aspect ratio, true shuffle, and ease of use seal the deal.
Love it! February 28, 2009
Fellow Seeker (Livermore, CA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I love this digital picture frame.
Looks: As my son said, it looks like a real picture frame. Our room has a lot of interesting art in it, so I needed something that looked really good. The quality is good, and it is GREAT to have such large beautiful images. I smile whenever I enter the room, for with random pictures showing, I never know what I will see.
Ease of Set up: I must admit I delayed over a month to set it up after receiving it at Christmas. The varied reviews about this scared me off. In reality, the hardest thing about set up was I had to go into my garage to get a Philips head screwdriver! Once I unscrewed the back panel, I had the cord in and through the little hole on the left, and the panel reattached in less than 5 minutes. I then attached it directly to my computer and had pictures downloaded in another 5 minutes.
Fun factor: VERY HIGH! I got several 8 gig flash drives ($20 each) and filled them up with thousands of pictures of past vacations, family time, artistic shots etc. I labeled them and have them in a small dish next to the screen. When I want a change, I just plug in a new flash drive. Now my family's photo history is not stored away in albums. It is flashing on the screen in our living room every day. What a joy!
Update: June 2009
I have to add that I had great customer service from 47th photo when some of the features stopped working. They called back quickly and gave me technical support on the phone but it was clear I needed a new one. I was sad to send it in for a replacement ( I missed it for the 2 weeks it was gone) but the new one arrive promptly and I still love it. And 47th st photo sent me a new stand after I noticed the replacement didn't have one. New products often are not perfect so it is good to have great customer service when you need it. I really want my mother to get one of these because it is difficult for all of us children to upload photos direclty to her frame and it would be so much easier if we could just send her flash drives in the mail for her to plug in like on this frame.
Fantastic September 10, 2008
GFP Books (USA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a fantastic digital frame and a great buy. I had no problem at all with the set up and operation. It took just a few minutes before wonderful photos were passing through the frame. Also, I had no problem with the cords or adapter. They fit very nicely in all compartments. A terrific item.
Fantastic Frame!! August 10, 2008
ColoradoCAD (Davis, CA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I purchased the Izzy Frame and returned it because it would not play the pictures if there are more than 900 pictures on the thumb drive.
I then ordered the Opteka. It is a great frame: great screen; takes most cards; including an 8GB thumb drive so you can continue to add pictures; plug and play (you insert card and turn it on and it automatically plays the pictures). I have 1800 pictures on the thumb drive so far. One drawback, if you have a long thumb drive then it does not fit inside the back door and the door must remain open. Also, the audio player does not seem to recognize my MP3 files downloaded from I-Tunes so I have not been able to play music.
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