Review: JC Matthews 7" Digital Photo Frame

It's very slick-looking, with its black exterior and white marbled border.
The picture quality appears bright on the 800x480 resolution screen but the pictures do lack some of the crispness of some similar priced frames on the market.
Importantly it has a great field of view allowing you to stand almost anywhere in front of the frame and still see the pictures clearly.
It comes complete with 128MB of on board memory which you can copy your photos onto easily with the supplied USB cable. Otherwise it also comes complete an inbuilt card reader which accepts CF, SD, MMC, XD, MS/MS and USB memory cards/sticks which can be plugged in and used.
On top of displaying photos this digital photo frame can also play accompanying audio (MP3's) or video's (AVI's). The sound quality from the two built-in 1.5W speakers is average which is similar to other similar priced frames and to be expected with such small speakers.
The device can be setup and managed by using the onboard buttons or using a remote control. The setup itself was very easy as all you need to do is plug in the power, slap in a memory card and say go.
Advanced features like setting up the power save function or adjusting the colour are easily found using the remote. The supplied user manual is very logical and easy to follow.
Overall it's a good frame. What it lacks in image quality it makes up for in easy of use and a good field of view.
The JC Matthew's 7-inch photo frame is available at Noel Leeming with a RRP $179.