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The MF-1041 comes with a glossy piano black faceplate, an ultra slim modern body and a chrome metal stand, making for a sophisticated look right out of the box. A unique feature of the MemoryFRAME ULTRA series is that these products are designed to match any décor. The unit features interchangeable magnetic faceplates and is compatible with ready-made frames, available at any frame or home décor store. There is an additional ivory art quality paper matte and an Espresso wood frame, allowing the user a wide variety of looks and style with one product. Display on your desk, book shelves or hand from a wall in either portrait or landscape view. Feature rich and easy to use, the MemoryFrame Ultra plays slideshows, movies and music, in addition to presenting your favorite family and vacation pictures in style. The user interface is very easy to use and features a unique film-strip preview. In addition to the remote control, the MF-1041 features an intuitive joystick controller built into the back of the frame. Savvy enough for the office and customizable for the home, the MF-1041 has a clock and calendar function simultaneously displaying your favorite pictures while playing music in the background using the built-in stereo speakers. With internal memory of 512 MB, you can store 1000's of images on board, and an endless number using memory cards in the built-in 4-in-1 card reader. The 10.4-inch digital 640 X 480 TFT LCD panel provides brilliant images. The 4:3 aspect ratio will ensure the images are displayed properly.
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 Vivid digital photo frame with calendar/clock. |
| Review Date: November 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: R. G. Hegeman, Marlboro, NY USA |
| I bought this item because it was top rated by Consumer's Reports, and it has lived up to expectations. Also, when I had to contact their support people because my photos were not displaying in proper sort order, they responded quickly and with detailed instructions. (The problem turned out to be some corrupted files at my end, so the product wasn't at fault.) My single fairly minor complaint is that when switching between a display of photos only (slideshow mode) vs. photos plus calendar/clock (clock mode), the slideshow sequence reverts to the beginning. It would be nice if you could take a quick look at the date and time without always going back to the first photo. This is especially true since the photo size is quite a bit smaller when sharing the screen with the calendar/clock, so we generally prefer slideshow mode. |
Good value
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| Review Date: July 27, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Herb C. Fauth, Tucson, AZ |
Digital Spectrum MF-1041 10.4-Inch Digital Picture Frame
There are hundreds of choices in the digital picture frame world. Digital Spectrum met my needs - budget, size, capability. I wanted a large, 3X4 format frame with the ability to play background music. A knowledgeable and responsive technical assistance link was a bonus. Simple, flexible, functional. I really like it. |
Digital photo frame
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| Review Date: December 27, 2009 |
| Reviewer: W. Park, N.Calif. |
| I actually bought this item for my wife for Christmas, so I haven't used it all; but my wife quickly figured out how to program it. At the moment she has it set on a counter and it has been doing a slideshow of a day trip we took. We are both really impressed with it. Nice picture quality and she put music on as it has its own speakers. My wife is intending to put pictures on a flash drive which can be plugged into it and she can put photos on that she wants to show them. Then unplug the flash drive and revert back to the regular slideshow. The remote control is also very handy. |
Digital Picture Frame MF1041 (Feb/10) - Nice product!
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| Review Date: February 16, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Rick, on a hill in Horseheads |
| This is the first frame I've bought. Earlier ones were not very flexible, software-wise. I'm really happy with this selection. It runs all day showing pictures of grandkids, vacations, and family life. It has inspired us to digitize our ancient 35mm slides which have sat in the attic for the past 25 years. I loaded some soft Mediterranean instrumental music which plays in the background while our incredible pictures of Italy are showing. I have seen my wife just standing in front of the slide show, captured. I programmed the frame to run everyday, we switch SD cards every few days to keep the images fresh. It's attractive, worked flawlessly from jumpstreet, and has brought nostalgic smiles to our faces each day. Is there a downside? In my opinion, yes a small one. It cannot play pictures in random order. So when preparing an SD card you have to be mindful of putting too may similar slides together lest you bore yourself and others. This takes lots of your time when a simple software addition (hopefully for me it could be an upgrade) could make this MF1041 an even better winner. |
Excellent value
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| Review Date: December 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: W. Jaffier, |
I purchased this as a gift, so I spent two days loading up a memory card and playing with the frame before gift wrapping. As a picture frame it is straight forward. I used iPhoto to export an album (using medium size) to a memory card, plugged the card in the frame and it starts with the first picture from the memory card, no additional work required. Sitting a few feet away from the frame and pictures look great. I own a 7" phillips frame and while it works good, it's nothing like having a 10" frame.
I was hoping to find a frame that supported video also. This one does, but there's room for improvement. The frame requires you to pick whether it is in photo mode, video mode and other modes which I didn't try, i.e. audio and I think calendar mode. It would be nice if somebody would release a digital frame that treats video files as it does photo files, allowing them to be displayed as part of the same "slide show". To display video with this frame you change to video mode and then it works like photo mode in that you can have it display one video after another. My issue is with the supported video formats. The manual, websites, box, etc all state AVI and MPEG support. However, there's no indication of which codecs to use, so you're left guessing. Video files from my Canon SD870 (VGA) worked perfectly fine. However, when I tried to take video from other sources and export them, they didn't work so well. The only other format which I got to work, was MPEG 1 (QVGA). If I had more time I'm sure I could have figured out which export setting to use but it shouldn't be so hard to get this information.
Since I was trying several different video formats I spent a lot of time turning the frame on and off and therefore did get to use the remote. It worked fine for me, but then I was directly in front of the frame. It has a bunch of settings, but I didn't have enough time to explore them as I spent all my time trying to figure out which video format to use! Don't remember if it has a random mode. You can adjust the picture settings, i.e. color, brightness, etc.
In summary, as a photo frame, it worked perfectly fine for me. As a video frame, it worked fine as long as you have the correct video format. The video plays back very well and with decent volume that can be controlled via the remote. Despite the flaws with video, I still recommend the product based on the large frame and price. |
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