COBY DP860 8" 800 x 600 Digital Photo Frame

Pros: n/a

Cons: I never even plugged it in. It looks like someone took a set of car keys to it. It's weird because the box wasn't damaged and it was wrapped in plastic-- must have happened in the factory.

Pros: Looks nice (although nothing like the picture)
good slideshow of pictures
does play music (although who would want that w/ a picture frame?)

Cons: a bit expensive for what it does
NO BATTERIES!!!! must be plugged in whole time its on
internal storage is a measly 1 MB (thats megabyte)
no storage accompanies it
hardware too weak to play movies (I'm talking non-HD)

Other Thoughts: Ordered it two days ago, got it today. Looks nicer than picture, but have to plug it an ALL THE TIME- lame. Who wants a picture frame on a wall w/ a cord dangling? Plays some music, but who cares. Sounded good though. Can play some videos poorly- few supported formats, and it was stuttering the whole time it tried to play a 640x352 .avi file at 25 fps (total bitrate of 1245 kbps). So it's pricey for only being able to do pictures well

Pros: Out of 3 different frames from 3 different vendors, all 800x600 and all nominal 8" frames, this was the best. It doesn't look at all like the image (no clue why) and in fact the vendor offers it in an artsy (what I got) and a normal (black wooden frame) version, but Newegg doesn't bother to tell you what they stock. Both are similar in size so it probably doesn't matter, but it would be nice to be able to order one or the other format, rather than waiting to see what showed up.

It is easy to use, has a USB interface (doesn't come with the USB cable though), and is apparently able to sequentially play an absolutely astonishing number of images. My family collection is nearly 24,000 images, and this frame can handle that.

Cons: Cheap fellows left out the USB cable. You will need one with a mini-end on the frame side.

It is also still a large frame, relative to the display itself. In spite of the fact that this was the artsy frame, they didn't bother to make the frame smaller. The wooden picture frame styles are all needlessly huge, relative to to the display, and this artsy version is similar in size. One of the three I ordered was a much more compact version, and I really like that, but it had fatal flaws and I sent it back.

Other Thoughts: I am ordering one of these for several additional family members, direct shipping from Newegg, and then going to mail them the SDHC 4 gig memory chip with the family image collection on it. The interface is simple enough that they can just plug the chip in and turn the frame on.