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Smartparts SPX8 8-Inch Syncpix Digital Picture Frame | 
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| Brand: SmartParts
Category: Photography
List Price: $179.99
Buy New: $149.88
You Save: $30.11 (17%)
New (31) Used (3) from $119.00
Rating:  55 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 1.7 x 10.1
MPN: SPX8
Model: SPX8
UPC: 092566836520
EAN: 0092566836520
ASIN: B000UU2VJI
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 6-10 business days
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| Features:
| • | One-step picture transfers; intuitive interface | | • | Store and organize 3000 photos; 256 MB internal memory | | • | 8-inch (diagonal) viewing surface; built-in memory card reader | | • | Housed in an ultra-slim case with a rich espresso-tone wood frame | | • | Customizable slide shows; Audio MP3 playback |
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Product Description
Digital Cameras are making photo albums obsolete. View you photo memories on this Smartparts SyncPix SPX8 Digital Picture Frame. One-step picture transfers, an intuitive interface and the ability to store and organize 3000 photos are just a few of the features that make this 8" (diagonal) SyncPix model a leader in digital picture frame design. Housed in an ultra-slim case with a rich espresso-tone wood frame, this unit is the ultimate in style as well as functionality. Users simply insert SyncPix software to perfectly resize and optimize copies onto the frames generous 256 megabytes of internal memory. Photos and music files can be rearranged and sorted into "albums" allowing complete customization of slide shows. Audio MP3 Playback Built-In Memory Card Reader reads all popular card formats 256 MB Internal Memory Remote Control Picture Rotation Function 90 / 180 / 270 Degrees Motion Sensor Activated Display Built-In Speakers Slide Show Mode Portrait or Landscape modes with Position Sensor Detachable Stand USB Connectivity Tabletop or Wall Mountable Extendable Stand for Angle Adjustment AC Adapter Included
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| Customer Reviews: Read 50 more reviews...
 Quality Control Issues September 21, 2008
Phil (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Like many other reviewers have indicated, although this frame looks good on paper with regard to features, it's a crapshoot as to whether you'll get one that actually works. I am about to return my second (and last) one in two weeks.
The first one was completely dead out of the box. Got nothing but a fuzzy horizontal line when I turned it on. It's replacement works except for the motion detection, which doesn't really work at all. 95% of the time it doesn't turn off after the 15 minutes I've set it for, and then on the rare occasion that it does finally turn off, no amount of motion seems to turn it back on and you're forced to power cycle it using the remote.
This would be a good frame if it actually worked, but from the reviews here, and my own experience, there are too many of them that don't.
 Fun Stuff! September 7, 2008
L. Reece (Paradise, CA USA)
I love my new digital picture frame! It is nice to have my most recent pictures runnning when others come into my kitchen...much better for communicating than the TV :) It is easy for me to load my pictures on to it from my computer. It was a wonderful BD gift from my husband.
 Terrible Owners' Manual September 2, 2008
Jason Mooney (Oregon)
Product defective. May just be this particular frame but the Owners' Manual & on-line help sites were worthless. Bought this frame because it was top 3 by Consumer Reports, it may be if you can figure out how to make it work.
 Great Frame and Picture, Flawed Firmware August 20, 2008
R. A. Gill (St. Louis, MO USA)
Smartparts SPX8 8-Inch Syncpix Digital Picture FrameThis is a fine frame with outstanding picture quality and provision for automatically resizing photos to the 800x600 display quality. This permits close to 3000 pictures to be stored in the 256mb internal memory. The 4x3 window size is much better than 16x9 when portrait photos are intermixed with landscape oriented photos. The firmware, however has a serious flaw in how the motion detection feature operates. The frame turns itself off after a period of time which is selectable by the user. The problem is that when it turns back on in response to motion, it returns to the beginning of the picture sequence instead of resuming at the point where it turned off. Consider 3000 photos at 3 seconds each is 2.5 hours viewing time. You will never see the end of the picture sequence unless you set the motion detection delay longer than the single session viewing time.
The best frame I've tried yet! August 14, 2008
Timothy Oey (Sunnyvale, CA USA)
The Smartparts SPX8 8-Inch Digital Picture Frame is a very good digital picture frame.
Pros:
- built in motion sensor turns off frame to save power when no one is around
- automatically copies and resizes photos into its own 256MB of memory (can hold about 3000 photos)
- crisp, reasonably large display size
- 800x600 pixels (4x3 ratio matches that of most digital cameras)
- mounts on wall or sits on desk in either portrait or landscape
- reasonable UI
- felt reasonably well constructed
- about $125 is a good price for it as of 8/7/2008 from Amazon.
Cons:
- can take a while to move and resize/optimize photos (other picture frames use photos directly from memory card so may require zero time to start display, but then need to leave card in the frame, yet cards are inexpensive these days).
Price on Amazon seems to go up and down somewhat. I can recommend this product because it works well. (Better than the other 2 digital picture frames I have -- see below).
The main remaining features I'm thinking about are an even larger display and possibly a WiFi connection that works easily to get more pictures to the frame automatically -- but I have not found a WiFi frame that works well for this yet. The number of different frames with skimpy specifications makes things confusing. And I'm leery of frames with TOO many features as well as ones with external dependencies that may require additional labor and expense.
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The Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Photo Frame is a good picture frame.
Pros
- plug in a card with pictures and go!
- crisp, clear display (720x480 resolution is good match for frame size)
- reasonable UI
- felt reasonably well constructed
- $100 is a good price for it as of 8/14/2008 from Amazon.
Cons
- really requires you to leave a separate memory card in the unit (but at least gigabyte cards are large and cheap).
- to maximize image quality and space use, resize pictures to 720 x 480 ahead of time.
- no auto motion sensor to turn off frame when no one is around
I can recommend the Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Photo Frame because it works well and meets expectations. The cons are really missing features that other higher priced models such as the SPX8 may have.
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Axion AXN-9701 7-Inch Widescreen LCD Digital Picture Frame is a poor picture frame.
Pros
- cheap
- pictures do cycle continuously
Cons
- disappointing resolution at only 480x234, not well matched to screen size
- really needs separate memory card
- must make a manual selection to start picture show
I do not recommend the Axion AXN-9701 at all.
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