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Philips 7FF2FPA/05 7" Digital Photoframe | 
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| Brand: Philips
Category: CE
Buy New: £59.99
New (2) Used (2) Refurbished (1) from £42.98
Rating:  23 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 9.5 x 4.2
MPN: 7FF2FPA/05
Model: 7FF2FPA/05
EAN: 8712581381189
ASIN: B000YETA26
Release Date: December 6, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
View, share, organise and relive your memories with the 7FF2FPA photo frame from Philips! The 7FF2FPA is the easiest way to display your digital photos in stunning quality. It has a beautiful 7? screen, seven handy buttons and loads of fantastic features, including random play and special effects. It also has a 16 MB internal memory so you can manage photos, and a modern design to really make them shine!
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 The Very Best Frame You Can Get March 20, 2008
wicket2005 (England)
42 out of 44 found this review helpful
A couple of year's ago I invested in a Philips 7FF1 digital photo frame and it is still going strong. At the time it was the best one in a Gadget Show test.
Now I fancied buying another one, with Philips being the favourite. I looked around at several frames from cheap brands like Matsui to Philips, Samsung and Kodak ones. I just wanted a plain frame ie no music/video but one with excellent pictures.
What you have to watch is the screen's resolution size, too low and the picture becomes pixelated. I, therefore, knew I wanted one with a resolution of 800 x 600 or similar. A lot of the cheaper 7 inch frames have a lot lower resolution which means a not as sharp picture, more of a slightly fuzzy one.
The next thing to check is what memory cards it takes, as this is far the easiest way to view photos on it. This one had a good selection, which meant I could use my old compact flash cards with it as well as my new sd cards. I usually load an old card up with photos via the computer using a card reader, simple copy and paste operation - as well as using it with my recent photos on a sd card.
The other thing to look out for is whether the frame is capable of displaying the photos correctly without further manipulation. I read one review that said a Kodak one would not display the photos properly till you had played around with them on the computer. This is not what I wanted, I just wanted to plug a card in the frame and view the photos. This is exactly what the Philips frame does, it adjusts the photo to fit in the frame size, correctly ie no stretching of the photo and distorting people. The only problem I have found with the Philips with this frame is for vertical photos of old photos I have scanned in, it can cut the heads off people depending on the photo. Normal digital vertical photos are fine. However, for landscape photos it doesn't have a problem and fits the photo to the screen. Some other screens leave black gaps at the sides because the photo isn't shot in widescreen which is technically the size of the frame or stretch the photo to fit the frame (which may not be very flattering).
As I had already had a Philips frame it took me all of 10 seconds or so to get the frame displaying photos from a card. There is nothing to fault with the picture quality, it looks excellent. You can set the slideshow up with various options, eg length of viewing of a photo, transitions (effects as the photo changes eg rolling up of previous photo and revealing new one underneath.) and various other settings.
You do have the option to display the time and date in the bottom right hand corner if you want. I personally didn't like this because I felt it could block off people's faces, so I have turned this feature off.
It does have to be connected to a power source, my previous one didn't but to be quite honest the battery only lasted for an hour so it was best plugged in.
So I can definitely recommend it to you if you are looking at a 7 inch frame. I know it is more expensive than some other frames out there but basically you are getting what you pay for and this quite simply has a better screen which is able to display more pixels than some cheaper models.
Stylish and simple to use January 1, 2008
Mrs. S. Collins (Buckinghamshire)
33 out of 37 found this review helpful
I had decided on a digital photo frame as a gift for my parents - in their 70s with no computer access. I ordered a 7" frame from another manufacturer and spent a whole day trying to work through the manual from the perspective of an inexperienced user. I decided to return the frame as it was too complicated and picture quality was not as expected. However, I did learn more about how digital frames operate and could then make a more informed choice.
I then took my xD memory card to various outlets to upload onto a range of frames - highly recommended. The Philips recognised the data as soon as the card was inserted, and the picture clarity was exceptional.
Moving data from my pc and other SD cards took only a few minutes. The result is a gift which I know my parents will be able to use and give them hours of enjoyment.
 Nice item - Shame about the instructions December 31, 2007
HoneyRose (London, England) (UK)
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
Many years ago I had an early digital watch. It had lots of functions but it was nearly impossible to use because it required you to press tiny buttons and knobs on the front in a complex and inadequately explained way. This reminds me of that - the instructions in the leaflet are incomplete and confusing and written in some kind of Chinglish - the buttons you have to press on the frame don't really correspond to the images in the leaflet and the accompanying CD is just a .pdf of the inadequate leaflet. This is a shame because the actual pictures are good quality. I suggest Philips gets the leaflet rewritten.
NOT AS DESCRIBED January 8, 2008
C. P. Wilson-hughes
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
Please note that this item definitely does NOT come with four swappable frames. I have contacted Amazon about this and they really don't care. They cannot be bothered to describe this item accurately.
Please do NOT order this item if you are not happy with the black surround as it cannot be changed.
Amazon will NOT assist you in obtaining swappable covers for this item.
 A great choice January 6, 2008
M. Livas
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
I looked around for a digital photo frame and picked this one because of the brand name and the fact it looks good. I am very pleased, image quality is excellent and the screen is very bright. My pc (windows XP) recognised it when I connected it and I was able to transfer pictures to it easily. It accepts a variety of memory cards, and the pictures needed no modification to them (e.g. aspect ratio) to display perfectly
As per other reviews it doesnt have swappable colour frame (there is only one and it is black) and there is no internal battery. If you want a no fuss digital photo frame this is a great choice. It doesnt have features such as video and speakers that you likely wouldnt use anyway. Also it has no internal battery, it needs to be plugged in.
Finally, a nice feauture I like is the ability to program a time for it to turn on and off. No point in having it going during the night for example
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