Pandigital Panimage PI8004W01B 8-Inch LED Digital Photo Frame (Black)

I received my frame and I really liked it especially for the price. I bought this to display the 800 pictures I have from a recent trip to the Mediterranean. I wanted to be able to have these show the progression of my trip. The problem is that I cannot get the item to display them in the desired order. I have turned off the random display, sorted and resorted to try to get the frame to display in order but it still skips around. I tried to contact the company and got the following response: Date:10/24/2012 Thank you for contacting technical support. Due to recent changes, Pandigital will no longer be offering support for this product. "Please be advised that Pandigital, Inc. executed a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors in favor of Credit Management Association. Due to this liquidations process Pandigital, Inc. is no longer in business." We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. Thank you for taking the time to contact technical support. Sincerely, AlyssaIf you have no need for tech support, then by all means it is a great deal but I can't give it 5 stars if it isn't going to work as it should and I can't get any support on it.

I purchased this Pandigital Panimage PI8004W01B 8-Inch LED Digital Photo Frame back in December 2011. It has been running in my living room for the past one year with absolutely no problems. Recently I purchased another frame with larger screen (ViewSonic VFD1028W-11 10.1-Inch Digital Photo Frame), but the new one only makes me appreciate my old Pandigital frame even more.The common problem with most photo frames in the market is that: they have the wrong aspect ratio. Take the ViewSonic frame for example, it has a screen resolution of 1024x600 (width x length). This gives an aspect ratio of 1.7 to 1, which is same as that used by wide-screen TVs. However, this ratio is BAD for displaying digital photos, because images from most digital cameras have an aspect ratio of 4:3 (or 1.33 to 1). When you display a digital photo on a 1024x600 wide-screen frame, only the central 800x600 pixels are used, while the left and right edges are blackened.This Pandigital 8-inch photo frame has a screen resolution of 800x600, which means it has the correct aspect ratio of 4:3. Digital photos are displayed correctly without distortion or blackened edges. So in effect, image displayed on this 8-inch frame is about the same size as on the 10-inch ViewSonic frame.There are several other features I like about this Pandigital frame:- It has the capability to play MP3 music files. This is useful during holiday sessions. Good thing you can also disable it during normal days.- It has a remote control that makes navigation much easier. Plus there is a magnetic storage space for the remote so it won't get lost.- The frame can be placed in either landscape or portrait mode. The frame stand can be adjusted for best viewing angle.- It can display 'photo taken date' while in slide mode. This is most useful when viewing photos in random order.In slide show mode, the photos can be displayed in either sequential mode or random mode. One problem with sequential mode is that: images are shown in the order which files are written to the memory card, NOT in alphanumerical order of file names. That means photos are not necessarily displayed in the order they are taken. The solution I found is to run a free program called 'FatSorter v1.0.4' on my memory cards. This program re-orders the File Allocation Table to make sure all files are written in alphabetical order. That way, the sequential order of the slide show also corresponds to the photo file names.Overall, I consider this Pandigital digital photo frame to be a very good product. As a footnote: Pandigital seems to have pulled out of the photo frame business, so don't expect any technical support - not that I actually needed it, anyway.[Side Note]The photo frame consumes 4W of power when on, less than 0.5W when off. So if I leave it on 24 hours a day, my energy cost will be around $5 per year (assuming 15 cents per KWh).

The user interface is profoundly bad. If you cannot find the remote, or it's out of batteries, etc, you cannot do simple things like set the time, since the controls require up/down buttons that the screen itself lacks. After trying for a while to set the clock using the actual frame (not remote, which I could not find), I was at a point where I wanted most to use the thing as a target for trap shooting.

This was the first Digital Photo Frame I invested in. It has a nice - solid frame and fits right at home along side all my other frames. Colours are vibrant and transitions smooth. I would purchase again in a heart beat if it wasn't for the occasional hiccup (Freezes - but then just requires a quick reboot)