Digital photo frames

[jtvang125]

I remember they were all the rage a few years ago. Many people print, frame and hang their photos so one that can display hundreds, even thousands of your pictures should be a killer product right? While more and more people were snapping more pictures with their phones, tablets and digital cameras, the digital photo frames seem to have just died a slow death. These days most people would loath getting one as a gift and ones who already have one is either sitting unplugged collecting dust or tossed into storage.

All the bigger players (sony, hp...ect) have jumped ship long ago and now it's just the chinese brands fighting in a dying product. I still have the one I bought for my then GF but it's just sitting unplugged for months now that we married and are living together. Same with the one I bought my parents.

Do you have one and still actively using it? I was curious to see where the market is now and checked to see if any company has implemented 4k screen cause all the ones back then never seem to have gone beyond the crappy 1366x768 resolution. Surprisingly there's one company that came out with a 25" and 35" 4k, with the 35" at $900. Meh, I'll pass and I'm sure most people will too.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

We have one that we got as a wedding gift almost 9 years ago. I think I put some pics on it and plugged it in for a few months but that was it. I don't even know where it is now. I agree that it's a dying product. I don't know who has one actually working and on display. Certainly no one in mine or my wife's families.

 

[IronWing]

I have one on my desk at work. It's about eight years old now and runs fine. I turn it on most days and update the photo collection every few months. It's a 9" Sony. I have a pocket sized, battery powered HP that I almost never use. The screen resolution is so low I'm better off using a phone.

 

[Syborg1211]

It's unfortunate what happened to the digital picture frame. It was a low end product that desperately needed a mid-high end. Better resolution, sleeker design, better connectivity, and then you've got a compelling product. There are new ones being made now that fit this bill, but they are priced out of reach for most people.

 

[jtvang125]

It's unfortunate what happened to the digital picture frame. It was a low end product that desperately needed a mid-high end. Better resolution, sleeker design, better connectivity, and then you've got a compelling product. There are new ones being made now that fit this bill, but they are priced out of reach for most people.

Yea, I think they were a bit ahead of their time. The technology just wasn't there yet so the market got flooded with cheap, crappy, and hard to use units. The major players never took the market seriously so they too came out with just mediocre units. Even with better units out now the terrible experience they had is keeping them away. The tablets pretty much put the nail in the coffin because they can do this and more.