Insignia™ - 10" Widescreen LCD Digital Photo Frame - Espresso

A simple way to bring your photos out from their digital jails so that you can enjoy them! We have three of of these pictures frames, each with about 4 years worth of memories and the frames are stacked right next to each other in a common area of the house. It has made a dramatic impact on our family as we get to revisit moments from childhood to recent events. We often find ourselves standing in front of them fascinated, as we relive, discuss and laugh. And it has made a positive impact on the teens who now have evidence of how small they were, their antics, the experiences that they were given, and how much love they received. Technically, the picture quality is very good for the viewing distance. Really excellent for the price. It is bright and easily viewable in a brightly lit room. The colors look believable. We have it set on random transition mode, switching photos every 30 seconds, and sequentially showing photos from all folders (called “directories” in the menu.). Photo transitions are equally spaced, smooth and crisp. We have filled the screen with the photos because we felt that it looked better than having black bars on the side, even at the expense of losing some of the image as it is cropped on the top and bottom. Even in that fill mode, we do not detect a loss of image quality nor distortion. Some limitations we encountered: We were unable to get the unit to work with a brand new memory card so we are using USB storage. There is no mention of the maximum USB storage limit supported by the unit, but a follow up with the manufacturer revealed that 32GB is the upper limit. The Random photo display mode is woefully inadequate and will cycle through the same pictures even when there are almost tens of thousands to choose from. It will not automatically rotate portrait mode photos. They must be set that way before loading the picture frame. We are not using the calendar because it limits the image size and resets when there is a power loss. We have many other places for calendar reference so the feature is not missed. An older unit from the same manufacturer tends to freeze and require rebooting but the units being reviewed here have been running for about 3 weeks non stop. Definitely a great buy.

Got this on recommendation of store employee to replace another electronic photo frame that quit working. It is for a 90+ y.o. to load family pics, many older ones of poor quality or low dpi. The photos are quick to load and the picture displayed is way better than any other frame that I have seen, and I have tried many with my own SD card loaded with our own pics. This photo frame prefers JPG format photo files. The operating system of someone in their nineties is a bit worn and this frame goes a ways to make up for their rummy photo receptors. This frame loads pictures smoothly and without glitches. The included remote is useful. The operating system is straight forward and logical. There are a variety of settings to switch from one photo to the next which should be able to satisfy the most picky user. The housing (frame) this unit is quality made and not an embarrassment to set on a shelf of most homes. The nonagenarian that this was bought for is very happy with it ["I can see it quite well."] I would definitely make this purchase again if I had the choice at a do-over.

Ive seen bad digi frames. This is not bad. Actually its pretty nice. Resolution of my HD images are good enough. Above average slide show transition effects to choose from. Havent figured out yet if I can rotate image and have it stay rotated. So far keeps reverting back. So you may have to make sure all your pics are properly rotated. Or maybe I just cant figure out how to make it stick within the frame's software. Minor gripe. Good choice of media acceptance. Reads my SD card flawlessly. Nice looking simulated wood finish and the matted effect even nicer. Makes a difference, enhances the beauty of it all, and makes the image seem larger than it really is. Maybe a tad pricey at $70 but relatively fair price considering the nice looking frame and matted effect.

This thing barely lasted 5 months - running ~8 hours each day - before dying. I should have known this item was suspect when I was completing the setup of the unit and it suddenly went dark for no reason. When that happened, I restarted it and it came on to the proper brightness, but was not always clear with the images. Saturday I come in to the area where it is in use and watched as the screen just slowly dimmed until it was dark. I tried turning it off and back on, but the screen did nothing. Finally after looking at it from a near parallel angle, I could see the images. I spent nearly an hour trying to reset it, change the settings for Brightness, change the contrast, the color, etc. Nothing worked to brighten the screen in any way. I brought it home and tried numerous ways with no avail. Bluntly, it would have been better for me to put up an old fashioned photo album than this piece of junk. Will not be considering Best Buy as a source in the future for such products.

I bought the frame Nov 2015 and it stopped working Jan 2018 for no reason. I tried all of the trouble shooting I could find, then contacted Support. Support had me do all of the things I already tried (I get it, they have to make sure all of the trouble-shooting steps have been followed). After some back and forth I was told the one year warranty had expired (which I stated in my initial email to Support) and they couldn't do anything for me. I was expecting an offer of a refurbished model, a discount on a new one, etc. Nothing. Their solution was to provide the model number of their newest frame so that I could purchase a new one. My response was that I was not going to purchase the exact same product that had just failed on me. I would expect a product like this to last quite a long time as there is no wear and tear and it really doesn't do much other than display what's on the SD card. It was a nice frame while it lasted, but I will be looking to Amazon for my next one.

I ordered this frame online and received a damaged product. There were pieces of the frame chipped off underneath the glass of the frame. I called Best Buy customer service and they expedited a replacement to me with a prepaid return label. However, this item was also damaged with markings along the wood. I then took both back to a Best Buy store and sifted through about 10-12 boxes in the store to find one in acceptable condition. It is very upsetting that I ordered online for convenience and still had to make a trip to the store. This was specifically requested as a gift otherwise I would not have paid for this product. Very disappointed in the quality control for this product. You'd think that since it is a digital picture frame meant to be looked at, there would be an extra step in place to make sure the frame/glass looks presentable and free of scuffs/gouges/ imperfections. Would not recommend this item and definitely not worth the price.

This is not a high end picture photo frame so don't purchase it thinking it is something that it's not. I bought it as a Christmas gift for my grandma. Be aware you are purchasing a wide frame photo frame with a 16:9 ratio so standard 3:2 ratio (i.e. 4x6 photos) will be automatically resized to fit or you will see black on the edges. With that said, I changed the ratio in Adobe Lightroom to 16:9 and loaded a SD card with the images and the frame was great. I found it easy to edit and format the pictures on my computer than the awkward controls of the frame. Don't expect IPad Pro retina quality for this price point; howerver the quality is fine for a mid to lower end frame of this size. Note: I am a professional photographer and all the photos shot to put on the photo frame were with a Nikon d750 with a variety of low aperture lenses... and professionally edited and formatted to fit the frame. Honestly, I am not sure how regular phone photos would turn out on the frame. A lot of the success of this product will be determined on skill.

I bought this as a gift for my Grandmother and she loves it. I tried it out and set it up (with memory card) before giving it to her. I found it easy to navigate and the quality of the pictures displayed is great. She loved it and found it easy to use. I like the fact that it came with a remote so she can hang it on the wall and choose to have it stay on a single picture or cycle through all the pictures. My only complaint was that when you choose to have the clock/calendar display on the screen, it displays pretty small on half of the screen and the picture is displayed on on the other half leaving a lot of wasted screen space. Other than that, great purchase.