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ViewSonic products are garbage. This digital photo frame lasted a whole 6 months before it just died. Looked great when it worked, but one day, it just stopped working. Granted it was on 8-10 hrs a day, but I don't think that's excessive for a photo frame. And if it was an isolated incident, I could chalk it up to just getting a lemon.
HOWEVER, we puchased TWO of these (same model) within a month of each other and this one lasted 6 months, the other 7 months. BOTH just died without warning and neither was on 24/7 or anything or faced any sort of abuse or accidental damage. They just DIED.
In addition, last year (prior to purchasing these two) we bought a different model ViewSonic frame (VFD621W-50) as a gift for someone. That one developed funny lines in the screen within a couple months and then it too died within a year. We didn't hear about it until it died and chalked it up to a lemon.
ViewSonic used to make good products, but with THREE DEAD ViewSonic photo frames in the past year or so, we will NEVER BUY VIEWSONIC again. Just a waste of money. Pay a little more and get something that you won't have to replace in a few months.
And yes, we used a surge protector on them, theywere on average of 6-10 hours a day (depending on the frame), were not dropped or damaged in any way and they were not touched by any pets or kids either. They all died between 5 and 11 months with normal usage, simply sitting on a shelf. THREE ViewSonic digital photo frames and not one lasted a single year from purchase. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE PRODUCTS!
