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DiscountDelight - Digital Spectrum MemoryVue MV-800 Digital Frame
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List Price: $229.99
Our Price: $185.68
Your Save: $ 44.31 ( 19% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Pacific Digital
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Pacific Digital
Color: Black
Display Size: 8
EAN: 0644405303016
Feature: Ideal way to display your digital photos and video clips
Label: Pacific Digital
Manufacturer: Pacific Digital
Model: U-30301
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Pacific Digital
Release Date: 2005-12-05
Removable Memory: Memory Stick
Studio: Pacific Digital
Variation Description: Black
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Features
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Ideal way to display your digital photos and video clips
Eight-inch high-quality TFT LCD display
Offers 640 x 480 VGA resolution and video playback up to 640 x 480 at 30 frames per second
Allows you to add MP3 music tracks to the slide show
Can also be used as a dedicated MP3 player
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Worked great for me, a nontechno geek....
Comment: I read all the reviews and was pretty reticent about trying this product because so many seemed to have so many problems. I had seen it at CompUSA but they didn't have one in stock. It seemed nice and sturdy and was aesthically pleasing. I almost went with the Phillips but with the smaller screen I didn't think it would be as nice. Well, I went ahead and got this for my husband for this past Father's Day. The day it came I loaded a 1G CF card using a reader/writer and put into the frame & it worked immediately & perfectly. It held somewhere around 350 photos & the transitions in the slide show are awesome. I am going to get one for myself some day down the line when we can afford another one. My husband has this one in his office & he gets lots of compliments! Highly recommend!
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Summary: Nothing but problems
Comment: My father gave this frame to me as a baby shower gift a few months ago. I got home all excited about a new toy only to find out the remote control was dead. It did nothing. I could only use the buttons on the side of the frame. I had the remote replaced via an RMA with Pacific Digital and when I installed my memory card again, the firmware for the LCD was hosed. All the screen says is "PC-RGB No SYNC" and then shuts back off. It's a paperweight now. I have asked for a new MV-800 as a replacement. I hope they don't play the "you missed the warranty date BS" card.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Rude Customer Service
Comment: I ordered a MemoryVue Digital Frame from Amazon and it came on time. The device worked OK though some of my pictures displayed a bit oddly and the documentation was amateurish. I would give the product probably 2 1/2 to 3 stars before I encountered their sales support. I lost one of the power cables and ordered two cables directly from the Pacific Digital Web site. Last night I got home to find a note from the UPA driver that I had a package that required a real person to be home and a picture ID (the notice did not give the origin of the package). I called UPS and they told me that it was Pacific Digital and that I would have to come to the UPS office about 20 miles away for a 40 mile round trip which would effectively cost me two hours and the cost of one of the cables. I called the Sales number at Pacific Digital and complained that it was going to cost me more than the value of one cable to get the package. I got a lecture about "shipping policy" by an extremely rude sales person (he has rude even before I had a chance to describe my problem). I checked out the site and on the shipping page there was no clear indication that the package would be shipped with a "Person and ID required". This should be an option or there should be a clear note that all packages (this is what the rude sales person told me) require a person to be at home and physically sign for the product). If this person had even been somewhat apologetic and said that he would pass on my complaint to the shipping department, I wouldn't be writing this review. So, to get my cables I have to drive 40 or more miles to the main UPS site (for $30 worth of power cables!!!). While the device seems to work OK this is the rudest customer service I have encountered in many years.
I am going look for some competitors who sell a similar product who will provide a better user experience.
Customer Rating:
Summary: MV-800 not ready for prime time
Comment: *Generally the look is okay, the fit & finish is poor. I had to disassemble & reassemble mine.
*The feature set is a big plus. JPGs, AVIs, & MP3s in the same box is cool.
*You can load an MP3 to play over a slideshow.
*The MV-800 says it supports Microdrives, it does not (the slot is physically too small, and x-acto knife will fix the problem, but you may not be so inclined.)
*The big problem is it does not show more than 511 photos. I am a photographer, and I have a few thousand photos to show. Upon attempting to load the 512th photo, it locks up, and needs to be power cycled.
*Tech support is terrible. The phone number (888) 999-0732 is never answered, the messages are never returned.
I give it 2 stars, because it will work for a person without microdrives, and only 511 pictures.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best frame out there!
Comment: This is the best price/performance out there for digital picture frames. The screen gives good resolution and properly displays pictures. It doesn't change the aspect ratio of your pictures to make it fit the bounds of the 640x480 screen. Most landscape oriented pictures fit this display aspect ratio by default, so they show up great. Portrait orientation will result in black bars on each side of the correctly displayed picture, which is the way it should be. There's no way to rotate the frame and have it display portrait orientation. The wood frame looks nice on your shelf, and keeps it from looking like a geek toy sitting there next to the other picture frames. The remote works as it should. The frame takes a variety of memory cards. Music and video are just bonuses in my book as I bought it to display pictures only. The default picture view in a slide show is 3 seconds, which is too short. The longest it can be is 10 seconds, which is still a little short to me. I'd prefer 30 seconds. Startup is quick with the remote and automatically defaults to a slide show so that you don't have to set it up each time you start it up. All in all, this is the best digital picture frame I've owned, out of 3 total. I'm completely satisfied.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Digital Spectrum MemoryVue MV-800 Digital Frame is the ideal way to display your digital photos and video clips. With an eight-inch high-quality TFT LCD display, offering 640 x 480 VGA resolution and video playback up to 640 x 480 at 30 frames per second, this frame is sure to impress your friends and family. One of the frame's many cool features is its ability to add MP3 music tracks to the slide show. You can also connect headphones to it and use it as an MP3 player. An easy to use on board menu gives full control of the slide show and player functions. The MV-800 supports MPEG1/2/4, MP3, and JPEG files.
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