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| Brand: Portable USA
Category: Photography
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $119.00
You Save: $130.99 (52%)
New (31) Used (2) from $119.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  66 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Display Size: 10.4
Removable Memory: Memory Stick
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 14 x 3 x 10
MPN: PU10W
Model: PU10W
UPC: 094922596987
EAN: 0094922596987
ASIN: B000KIJ0RG
Release Date: November 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Loving this.... October 14, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bought this as gift. It is a beautiful wood frame, with a great picture. The size and picture quality demands attention in any room. I highly recommend.
 Works well in spite of insides being loose October 11, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Portable USA 10.4-Inch Digital Picture Frame (PU10W) I chose this digital picture frame because of its larger size. When it arrived the digital card slot on the side was loose inside the frame. I was able to turn the frame on the side and gently shake it into place where I could insert an SD card. The SD card holds it in place while in use but I will have to be careful when I change the card to show additional pictures. I chose to put up with the problem rather than pack and ship the frame back. The pictures are reasonably clear and bright and people who have seen the pictures have enjoyed them.
All we had hoped for! September 29, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
We have loved this frame, worked as well as advertised, looks much more real frame like than most I have seen. Easy to use, versatile, high quality pictures. I am a professional photographer and pretty fussy about the quality part. I have not been disappointed. It was a gift for my wife and she has loved it!
Solid choice in the range offered today September 13, 2007
45 out of 45 found this review helpful
First, thanks to all of the other reviewers for their comments. A few years ago I began to rely almost exclusively on personal reviews to make my product decisions. I have always been happy with the results and grateful that many mistakes were avoided due to the insightful remarks made by other customers.
I settled on this make/model as it didn't seem to have any software problems, the warranty was for a year, it had a nice design and the resolution (640x480) was sufficiently good. It does offer the capability of playing movies and sound clips, I did not test it for this as my interest was solely in using it as a slideshow viewer (besides I have enough ways of watching movies and/or listening to music without adding another). Owning a digital camera I took more photographs than with film and gradually I realized that the expense of developing and displaying them in nice albums was becoming prohibitive. Also, when pictures are "hidden" in albums they tend to be rarely looked at. My last consideration was buying something that was easy to operate having spent too much time already on other product manuals, simplicity is bliss.
I opened the box and drew the frame out. It was hefty and quite elegantly done in wood with fine matting. The design is clean and pretty well conceived with controls/inputs arranged in a logical manner. I hid the wire by putting the unit on an end table with an outlet right below it. Setting it up was extremely easy and involved connecting it to a power source and hooking up the support "leg" in the back. It comes with a remote control as well with quite a lot of functionality.
If you read forums on digital frames a point often made is that you are better off sizing your pictures to match the frame's resolution. My camera is a Nikon SLR and I shoot in raw format which the frame would not accept (few do) and the aspect ratio was different that the 640x480 resolution. Not a problem. I had to tinker a little to figure out how to crop each picture to the right aspect ratio in Photoshop, then I reduced the size to 640x480, made some cosmetic changes and finally saved it as a high resolution jpeg. 80 photographs took almost two hours but keep in mind I was trying to select the pictures from a larger set for sequential viewing. Some people may just pop the flash card directly in and do no editing whatsoever.
Now it was time for the acid test. I popped in the flash card and turned it on. After a quick introductory screen and beep it started immediately. Very nice. Scrolled through all my pictures with random transition effects,no problems whatsoever. The screen was bright (adjustable), colors vivid (also adjustable) and resolution just fine for my needs. Each horizontal picture filled the frame right to the edges, vertical ones had black space to the left and right of them. Needless to say I sat throughout the entire presentation and could not wait to go back and add more photographs. Each picture took up only 200-300K so I could fit around 2,000 on what is now a small 512mb card...perfect. It accepts pictures up to 12mb each but take into consideration that the possible gain in resolution may not be worth the extra space, also I'm not sure if transitions will be as smooth with very large files.
Why a 4 out of 5? Given the technology we have today I don't see why a 1024x768 display isn't possible (is the cost differential that high?), even though 640x480 was plenty for me. The market appears to be disjointed right now with no clear winner in the field to compete against, this may be part of the reason. The manual was a trifle short on details though the controls are quite intuitive. Small issues nonwithstanding, it works for what I intended it to do, clearly some thought went into this product.
The size is ideal for me as I believe anything larger may overwhelm, unless hung on a wall. The rear of the monitor does not stick out much and is discreetly black. An excellent value, produces instant results and looks tasteful to boot. Thumbs up.
Great picture, could use more slideshow options September 7, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
We bought this frame for my parent's 50th wedding anniversary. Its a large screen, quite visible and clear. I scanned several 100 photos from our family albums and wanted to view them in chronological order. Unfortunately, the frame only does slideshows in alphabetical order. So, to view the pictures chronologically, we had to change the name of each file, putting an index number in front (0001, 0002, etc) so that it could show them in chronological order. Great frame though. Big hit with Mom and Dad. Brought tears to Mom's eyes.
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