Top Best Digital Photo Frames — 5 Independent Rankings

Between them­selves, pho­to frames dif­fer in the amount of built-in mem­o­ry, diag­o­nal and screen res­o­lu­tion, dis­play tech­nol­o­gy, as well as col­or and their price. Our selec­tion con­sid­ers those dig­i­tal pho­to frames that can be eas­i­ly found in Euro­pean stores. How­ev­er, you may well look for such a device some­where in the open spaces of Chi­nese online stores — it is pos­si­ble that you will find a bet­ter copy.

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1. Which dig­i­tal pho­to frame to choose
2. The best dig­i­tal pho­to frames
3. Which dig­i­tal pho­to frame to buy

Which digital photo frame to choose

It should be not­ed that the dig­i­tal pho­to frame is a spe­cif­ic prod­uct. There was a time when such devices gained great pop­u­lar­i­ty. It seemed to every­one that not a sin­gle apart­ment or office could do with­out such a device. But those days are gone. It is now clear to many peo­ple that dig­i­tal pho­to frames bring some has­sle. In par­tic­u­lar, they must be kept con­nect­ed to the out­let at all times.

They can also be annoy­ing at night when you want to sleep — you have to use the auto-off timer. In a word, now every­one under­stands that you can do with­out a dig­i­tal pho­to frame, since you can still safe­ly print the desired pic­ture and insert it into a reg­u­lar frame. But if you still need a dig­i­tal prod­uct, then we advise you to pay atten­tion to the prod­ucts of the fol­low­ing com­pa­nies (indi­cat­ed in alpha­bet­i­cal order):

1. DEXP

2. Dig­ilife

3. Dig­ma

4. Espa­da

5. Qumo

6. Recam

7. Rit­mix

8. Rolsen

9.texet

As you noticed, the list includes main­ly Chi­nese and Euro­pean prod­ucts. Of the more respect­ed brands, only Rekam can be dis­tin­guished (this com­pa­ny owns the pro­duc­tion of Pen­tax cam­eras). But pho­to frames under this brand are much more expen­sive — some­times their price is com­pa­ra­ble to what they ask for a tablet com­put­er or a small TV.

The best digital photo frames

Digma PF-1001

Not very expen­sive, although not very cheap prod­uct. It has a screen diag­o­nal of which reach­es 10.4 inch­es. The res­o­lu­tion is low, only 800 x 600 pix­els. But this para­me­ter is quite enough, because most often a glance at such a gad­get falls from afar, and there­fore it is impos­si­ble to notice pix­e­la­tion.

You can upload pho­tos direct­ly to the built-in mem­o­ry, of which 2 GB is installed here. If sud­den­ly this seems insuf­fi­cient, then no one for­bids using a mem­o­ry card. Among the sup­port­ed for­mats are not only SD, but also dif­fer­ent vari­a­tions of the Mem­o­ry Stick. Thus, you can take the card out of the Sony cam­era, insert it into the pho­to frame and enjoy the dis­play of pic­tures.

Addi­tion­al­ly, the cre­ators endowed their cre­ation with a USB port. This allows you to use a tra­di­tion­al flash dri­ve, although the pho­to frame with it will not look very pre­sentable. If nec­es­sary, the device can be made to play video — the MKV con­tain­er is, of course, not sup­port­ed here, but AVI files are played with­out delay. Anoth­er fea­ture of the Dig­ma PF-1001 is two speak­ers — now not every smart­phone and tablet can boast of such a num­ber. A small remote con­trol is designed to con­trol the pho­to frame.

Advantages:

• Dis­play mul­ti­ple pho­tos at the same time;
• Cre­ate slideshow with music;
• The pres­ence of stereo speak­ers;
• 2 GB inter­nal mem­o­ry;
• The mem­o­ry card slot sup­ports more than just SD for­mat;
• Abil­i­ty to play video;
• Includ­ed is a remote con­trol;
• Rel­a­tive­ly low cost;
• There is a wall mount;
• Func­tions include cal­en­dar, alarm and clock;
• There is a USB con­nec­tor.

Flaws:

• Weighs about 1.2 kg;
• Low dis­play res­o­lu­tion;
• Offline work not imple­ment­ed;
• Thinks for a long time when turned on.

Ritmix RDF-UX97

Rit­mix prod­ucts rarely turn out to be of poor qual­i­ty. So the RDF-UX97 dig­i­tal pho­to frame is able to please both with its appear­ance and the res­o­lu­tion of the 9.7‑inch dis­play, which is 1024 x 768 pix­els. You can see indi­vid­ual pix­els here only by approach­ing the device close­ly. Most of all, the device resem­bles a tablet com­put­er. You can also play music here. It is also allowed to start the movie (how­ev­er, the MKV for­mat is not rec­og­nized by you). There is also a trun­cat­ed orga­niz­er func­tion­al­i­ty, con­sist­ing of a clock, a cal­en­dar and an alarm clock.

The pho­to frame is con­nect­ed to the mains, autonomous oper­a­tion is not pro­vid­ed here. Inter­est­ing­ly, you can even find a head­phone jack on the case. This allows you to watch a movie with­out wak­ing your spouse or hus­band. This fea­ture should appeal to those who do not have a lap­top or tablet.

As for the short­com­ings, they are also present here. The pho­to frame has built-in mem­o­ry, but its vol­ume is min­i­mal. There­fore, you will have to use an SD or MMC mem­o­ry card. You can also con­nect a USB stor­age device. Dis­ap­point­ing is the speak­er, which is installed here only one. So, you can for­get about the stereo effect. Luck­i­ly, you don’t need speak­ers to dis­play pho­tos. Name­ly, for this dig­i­tal pho­to frame is pur­chased in the first place.

Advantages:

• Good build qual­i­ty;
• You can watch movies and lis­ten to music;
• Good dis­play res­o­lu­tion
• In the kit you can find the remote con­trol;
• There is a cal­en­dar, alarm clock and clock;
• It is pos­si­ble to con­nect a USB flash dri­ve.

Flaws:

• Only one speak­er;
• No built-in bat­tery;
• Very lit­tle mem­o­ry;
• The price can hard­ly be called low;
• Can’t be hung on the wall.

Inch F7i

Not every­one needs dig­i­tal pho­to frames with a huge screen. Some­times you want to put a com­pact prod­uct on the office table. If you also have such a desire, then take a look at the Inch F7i. This device has a 7‑inch dis­play with a 15:9 aspect ratio. Its res­o­lu­tion is low — only 800 x 480 pix­els. There­fore, we do not rec­om­mend peer­ing into the screen, oth­er­wise you will quick­ly begin to notice pix­e­la­tion. Oth­er dis­ad­van­tages of the screen include its man­u­fac­tur­ing tech­nol­o­gy — the view­ing angles are not the widest, and the con­trast rais­es cer­tain ques­tions.

Why did this mod­el get such a poor screen? And all because of the econ­o­my. The cre­ators tried to get a very cheap device at the out­put. And they suc­ceed­ed, thanks to which the pho­to frame got into our selec­tion. It should be not­ed that the sav­ings are most notice­able on the dis­play and built-in mem­o­ry, which is sim­ply absent here.

The rest of the device turned out to be very good. It is well built and has a USB flash dri­ve slot and a mem­o­ry card slot on its body (SD and MMC for­mats are sup­port­ed). If you need a pho­to frame just to show pic­tures, then this is a good choice. But lovers of lis­ten­ing to music and watch­ing videos should for­get about such a cheap device, since there are no such func­tions here.

Advantages:

• Abil­i­ty to cre­ate slide shows;
• Very low cost;
• Com­pact dimen­sions;
• There is a USB con­nec­tor;
• There is a cal­en­dar and clock;
• Min­i­mum weight (300 g).

Flaws:

• Can­not play video and music;
• The time on the clock is very hard to see;
• No alarm;
• No wall mounts
• There is no built-in mem­o­ry.

Digma Europe-833

This pho­to frame will please the buy­er with an 8‑inch dis­play with a res­o­lu­tion of 1024 x 768 pix­els. A very good option, which is found even in inex­pen­sive tablets. The screen has an aspect ratio of 4:3. The mains is used as a pow­er source, autonomous oper­a­tion is not pro­vid­ed by the cre­ators. But on the oth­er hand, there is a USB con­nec­tor, thanks to which you can get acquaint­ed with the media con­tent avail­able on the flash dri­ve.

The device is designed to dis­play pho­tos (all four com­mon for­mats are sup­port­ed — JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP). But this does not mean that only sta­t­ic images can be viewed using the Dig­ma Europe-833. There is also a very good video play­er. What’s more, it plays MKV movies! But some­times there are slow­downs, so it’s bet­ter to lim­it your­self to the AVI for­mat. Of course, you can lis­ten to music with the help of a pho­to frame. The sound is very high qual­i­ty, but with­out a stereo mode, since only one 2W speak­er is installed here. You can also note the omniv­o­rous mem­o­ry card slot into which SD, Mem­o­ry Stick and MMC cards are insert­ed.

Advantages:

• Good remote con­trol includ­ed
• There is a head­phone out­put;
• Good screen res­o­lu­tion
• USB dri­ves sup­port­ed;
• Video play­back, includ­ing in MKV for­mat;
• Music sup­port in FLAC and MP3 for­mats;
• There is an alarm clock, timer, clock and cal­en­dar;
• There is a wall mount.

Flaws:

• Unable to work offline;
• Albeit loud, but only one speak­er;
• The slideshow is almost com­plete­ly cus­tomiz­able;
• Video in MKV for­mat slows down.

Ritmix RDF-1018

Most dig­i­tal pho­to frames come with a 5:4 aspect ratio screen. But what if your favorite pho­tos are in 16:9 for­mat? In this case, you will have to con­sid­er buy­ing Rit­mix RDF-1018. This copy has a 10.1‑inch dis­play with a res­o­lu­tion of 1024 x 600 pix­els.

The device is pow­ered by the mains, the bat­tery is elim­i­nat­ed for the sake of cost reduc­tion. Almost imme­di­ate­ly, the buy­er notices a 3.5 mm audio jack on the case. This caus­es a feel­ing of joy, because this fact speaks of the oppor­tu­ni­ty to lis­ten to music. You can do this using the built-in speak­er.

It is rec­om­mend­ed to con­trol the pho­to frame using the sup­plied remote con­trol. The device allows you to view not only pho­tos, but also videos, if they are saved in AVI for­mat. The device has built-in mem­o­ry, but its vol­ume caus­es only a feel­ing of long­ing. There­fore, you will have to use a USB con­nec­tor or a slot for a mem­o­ry card. The lat­ter, by the way, under­stands SD, Mem­o­ry Stick and MMC cards.

An inter­est­ing fea­ture is the auto­mat­ic bright­ness con­trol. But it works ade­quate­ly only if the pho­to frame is some­where on the table. The fact is that the light sen­sor is locat­ed on the rear pan­el — if the device is pressed against the wall, then the elec­tron­ics will think that the room is dark.

Advantages:

• There is a hor­i­zon­tal wall mount;
• Music and video files are sup­port­ed;
• You can insert a USB flash dri­ve;
• Sup­plied with remote con­trol;
• There is a 3.5mm head­phone jack;
• There is a cal­en­dar, timer, alarm clock and clock;
• Ide­al screen for­mat for some peo­ple.

Flaws:

• The light sen­sor is locat­ed on the rear pan­el;
• Only one speak­er;
• Lit­tle built-in mem­o­ry.

In this arti­cle, we reviewed five of the most pop­u­lar dig­i­tal pho­to frames in our coun­try. All of them col­lect a large num­ber of pos­i­tive reviews. Although you can eas­i­ly find more advanced devices. But they will be very expen­sive, and there­fore we do not rec­om­mend con­sid­er­ing their pur­chase, but we advise you to pay atten­tion to the fol­low­ing mod­els again:

1. Inch F7i is the small­est pho­to frame we’ve reviewed.

2. Dig­ma PF-1001 — this copy will please with a large sup­ply of mem­o­ry and two speak­ers on the rear pan­el.

3. Rit­mix RDF-1018 has medi­um per­for­mance. It’s still a good sta­tion­ary media play­er, but it does­n’t han­dle the largest num­ber of for­mats.

4. Rit­mix RDF-UX97 — If pix­el den­si­ty is impor­tant to you, then you should check out this pho­to frame.

5. Dig­ma Europe-833 will show itself even bet­ter in this regard, because on this pho­to frame any pho­to looks clear and col­or­ful. Although, of course, noth­ing com­pares to a print­ed image.