Dhwazz 10.1 Inch USB Digital Picture Frame, Non-WiFi SD Card Smart Photo Frames IPS Screen HD Display with Remote Control, Support Video and Music, Slideshow, Wall Mountable, Easy to use for Seniors

When I read some of the reviews, I was nervous about getting this frame, but u had the nixplay one and had nothing but problems. I received this frame tonight and so far I'm in love! Here's why- the picture quality is in my opinion better than the nix play. The videos play smoother and the settings are very easy to set up. This frame came with detailed instructions and were easy to follow. I'm happy with it so far. Yes, I know I'm in the honeymoon phase, but so far...... I've had it a week or so and it works great. The pictures and videos play great. I wish it auto rotated, but I am loving this frame. Don't listen to those that say nixplay is better, we had a nixplay frame , it had problem after problem.

Took a little effort getting it setup. The translations for the manual are second rate rate but workable. At first, it worked with my SD card but when I added new pictures to it and re-inserted it, it malfunctioned. It also doesn't have a built-in portrait mode. I was about to return it but I decided to try a USB. That worked fine. I was able to rotate the photos using Image Bucket for OSX. That also took a little tinkering to make sure I got the rotation right (but that was just me making goofy mistakes). Rotate your photos 90 degrees to the right. Then you can use the kickstand to prop it up and display portrait mode pictures! The quality of the image is phenomenal for such a budget price. Who needs the hassle of the cloud and a terrible mobile app? Not me. The USB is the way to go. It will save you money and a hassle. Overall, I'm super happy with it. Looking forward to seeing all of the neat artwork I loaded up on it. I might even get another some day!

This is the second photo frame I purchased as a gift. The first one was a Nixplay, and that will spoil you for anything else. But it also costs a bloody fortune, more than twice the price of this one. (It didn't used to be that way.) I thought I would try this one, as it's much less expensive and seemed to meet the needs. It's a good photo frame, but not great. The Nixplay frame seemed smudgeless, brighter, crisper, and feels sturdier. The smudging with this unit is a bit annoying. It doesn't look like you could easily remove them with a clean cloth. See my photo as an example. I guess it's like the difference between a quality tablet vs a cheap one. Along with this frame I also purchased a USB and loaded my photos on it. The good news is that the process was easy. I just dropped the images on the USB and plugged it into the frame. If I were to do it all over again, I'd use a stubby USB. A normal size USB will be visible from the outside of the frame. (Again, see my photo.) A few confessions. This is only intended as a photo frame. I didn't try the video and music features, nor the remote. (I'll let my friend unpackage as much as possible when she gets it.) I didn't use the stand or motion detection feature. By default the setting is to stretch the photo to the frame size, which distorts the image for most of the images. Needless to say, that setting was changed right away. I didn't see a setting for fade in / fade out, which would be my preference. I'll get over it. You can set the timing of the photo changes (and I like the default three seconds.) The good news is that once you set the setting, it remembers it if you turn it off or unplug it. Would I spend double the money to get quality? Maybe for myself. But for a gift, this unit is good enough.

This was a gift to a non-technical elderly family member so the most important factor in choosing this Dhwazz was I wanted to make it as easy as possible for a non-technical person to use. She has no wifi and uses a flip phone so the usb and sdd cards are the only way to load pictures. It also had to be able to withstand random power offs or unplugging without turning into a brick. So far it is doing exactly what I wanted: load photos to a usb drive, plug in the usb and start playing a slideshow. Now the family can bring her a new usb stick and all she has to do it plug it in to see the new photos. As far as the interface, the menu is a little clunky but I've only had to touch it twice. The first time to set the date/time. The second time was to tell it to use the original image size rather than stretching to fit. Once I got used to the buttons on the back, it was ok and more intuitive. For comparison, I have a Skylight (150$) and a Frameo (60$). The Skylight had the best interface and felt better built BUT basic features are hidden behind a paywall. If you want to add a caption, you must subscribe. If you want to play a video clip, you must subscribe. It also didn't have a way to adjust the picture position inside the frame so some photos were auto-cropped poorly. The Frameo is a nice unit. It plays videos, allows adding captions, allows you to adjust photo position. But it was not a good fit for my use case because, according to other reviewers, it can be bricked if you don't shut it down cleanly. If you have power outages or just prefer to unplug things when not in use then this is a consideration.

Sad disappointment. After about 2 months it began to randomly shut off, or it would go into a mode where it would completely fill the screen with random fuzzy lines instead of pictures. Each time i would unplug it to restart it from scratch and it would take maybe 15 minutes to finally reset itself and actually show pictures, and during that 15 minutes no amount of button pushing on the controller would do anything to fix the situation. I put up with it for just over a year and finally threw it away as just a bad investment. Waste of my money. We have one from another manufacturer that works GREAT.

Just received and while unpacking I am already tempted to return unit because the manufacturer is either very cheap or very, very STUPID!!! This is a small electronic device that will most likely sit on a table or desk of a consumer. It is too small to hang on a wall unless you live in Munchkin Land. So, with a table-top configuration, the back is poorly designed in that the power cord can only be easily routed to the right side of unit. Why not have it connect in the center, pointing down... to easily direct the cord in either direction? AND then these rocket scientists provide a 36" power cord with a plug configuration that will stick out from wall or other receptacle at least 2.5 inches (6.5 centimeters). I have seen countless power supply cords (especially for very low voltage devices) that protrude no more than 0.75" (2 cm) from a wall receptacle. Do NOT purchase this unit unless you purchase an after-market power cord for $7 from Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0825SD9ZM?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details). The remote is very slim and tiny... so much so that it is powered by a button battery, not AAA. And yet there is a clunkiness to the power supply reminiscent of the 1980's, when computer printers and such had a huge "block" at the end of their cords that hogged half the space on a power strip. Hint: things have changed in the last 40 years!!! With the aftermarket power cord suggested. The unit works well and is much more versatile. However, I emailed twice to customer service seeking solutions to their TERRIBLE power cord issue; they have yet to respond and it's been over 2 weeks. I will amend this review if I ever get an answer.

I bought this for my elderly/confused mother's apartment. It was hard to find something that has no cloud or app dependencies, but I can confirm this frame is completely stand-alone and does the job. There are some issues, and most of them have work-arounds. Detailed list below. Positives --------- * It is inexpensive and has a large screen. * Has a remote, several options for storage reading, included power supply, kickstand, and manual. * It is non wifi, so no stupid apps, tracking, cloud crud dependencies, or extra costs/complexities. * I set it to play photo slideshow as default. Tested unplugging it while running, when plugged back in, it went to main screen and after several seconds, it did start the slideshow. So it should resume after a power failure, and it is not losing its programming. * Display of photos looks really good- sharp, good color, bright. * Tested the auto on/off function, it is complicated but it does work. Negatives --------- * The scaler doesn't work properly for photos that are at or lower than 1280 wide or tall, it will squish landscape pictures vertically, regardless of setting. It does work correctly if the photo resolution is 1281 or larger wide or tall, when put in "original size" mode or "scale" mode. The "full screen" mode will never work properly unless all photos are landscape, because it will always horizontally stretch portrait photos. * It has no autodimming for night- no light sensor, no time to set for a lower brightness. But at least you can use the auto on/off feature for night. * There is no option to have it display the file name or file path/name on the screen during a slideshow. * The IR remote has very limited distance. * Construction is poor, it seems to flicker when anything is moved or touched, like it has a poor connection somewhere. * Power supply is not usb. * Seconds delay for slideshow is adjustable only to 5, 10, 15, 30 seconds, and 30 min. * Has a random mode for photos, but it is not a random playlist, meaning each time it loads, it picks randomly again from all the photos. So one photo you saw minutes ago might play again soon, others you might never see. This is pretty typical with frames, though. * User interface is laggy. * Manual has no website link. * There is no option to update firmware, so you are stuck with featureset/limitations. Neutral ------- * I didn't test videos or audio * The transition effects are not bad, but they are not great or smooth, either. * You might have issues if you try using ridiculously large photos. Do yourself a favor and resize them. Overall, it is what I was looking for. If it lasts, I will be quite satisfied/happy. It has been running for a few weeks now with no issue.

Picture quality is excellent. One of my friends has a digital frame and I always wondered why people buy digital frames when they are not of good quality. But as my wife insisted of not looking at photos and storing them always in hard drive, I bought this one. It is surprising to see that the quality of pictures is excellent. I don’t even notice any pixels in my photos. (Please note that all my photos are camera quality. Not sure about iPhone pictures as I connected the usb drive that has pictures taken by camera). Motion sensor is a very good option. Initially I was switching it off when we were going to sleep and now we changed it to motion sensor and it works seamlessly. It has remote control which has all the options. It works well however I am rarely using it as I don’t want kids to play and keep it in a place where I can’t find it :) I recommend this to everyone who has tons of pictures sitting in hard drive and don’t get a chance to view them!

After reviewing many of these non-wifi picture viewers, I settled on this one as a start, before attempting to venture into larger models. My intention was to use this in the simplest way i.e. only to display photos randomly. I have now had it running for just over a week and can honestly say that it is a complete waste of money. I loaded up my photos onto a memory stick and inserted into the device. The initial setup, although very clunky, and seemingly not always responsive, was simple enough. I managed to get the photos to display and it looked like it might be good. Then strangely, although I had selected "Random" the photos started showing up in numeric sequence. This happened a number of times after I thought I had "fixed" it. Then I set the calendar, and selected the option to turn the device off from around 11:30pm to 6:30am. Well it turns off on time, but at 6:30, when it tries to start, it hangs. There is no way to make it work unless you pull the power cable out, reconnect, and restart manually. This is a waste of money.

Was great loaded a memory stick and let her buck and easy to add!!!

My wife has dementia and is in a care facility. I ordered two other picture frames, and returned them because they are too complicated. I took the Dhwazz out of the box, inserted an SD card, pressed a button on the screen, and the slide show began. The rendering is excellent. It will be on continuously in my wife's room, replacing a frame that worked continuously for five years.