Westinghouse 14.1 Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame

Customer Reviews

Photo Frame

2008-08-12
Westinghouse product is satisfactory. Vendor is not. Promised deliver date of 7 July actually delivered 11 August after numerous telephone contacts with clueless customer service.

Do NOT buy this product

2008-08-10
I would strongly recommend not purchasing any Westinghouse digital picture frames. I purchased the Westinghouse digital picture frame and 10 months later it stopped working completely. They have a 6 month warranty so my $300 purchase was a huge waste of money. They have not yet agreed to any free repairs. Maybe it's me, but when I spend $300 on high tech equipment, I expect it to work longer than 6 months (or 10 months in my case). The short period that it worked, I liked it and recommended it to a friend. His has now stopped working just beyond the warranty expiration. Buyer Beware.

Nice frame, poor instructions

2008-07-29
I bought my frame new off ebay from someone who was very happy with his own. The directions are very poorly written and online is no help, but with some teamwork and brainstorming, we figured it out. Reviews on other websites show many people with problems getting their computer to recognize the USB attachment. We figured out that you must first select "Internal Memory", then turn off, connect usb cable, and then turn frame back on. Suddenly the frame was recognized and I could upload multiple pictures directly from my computer. Picture isn't very good from the side like others have said, but straight on the picture is great.

Wonderful Picture Quality

2008-04-28
I am not sure why this frame has gotten some bad reviews, but some of the folks who hate it seem to write reviews that are meant to be funny on some goofy products (one is for a personal armored tank!!!), while others seem to have written only one negative review--as if they work for a competing company...
Anyway, the Westinghouse frame is super sharp and can be viewed at an angle. The sharpness is the same as a high-quality lap-top. If you have any doubts, just check out this product at Best Buy, where they (and other brands) are turned on and can be compared side by side.
Whatever you buy-Westinghouse, Kodak, and Sony all have good digital frames-best of luck!

Westinghouse 14.1-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame

2008-02-02
Purchased as a Christmas Gift for our daughter. She was very excited and very please with this item. Picture quality is good. Delivery from supplier was as expected. Would purchase again.

Awful design and poorly made

2008-01-11
Exciting moments and memories will carry you through a lifetime; display them with a big and beautiful 14" digital photo frame from Westinghouse. This vibrant frame features MosaicView technology, 1280 x 800 resolution and 128MB of internal memory. Now weddings, graduations, births and special events can be displayed through the brilliant panel of the new 14" digital photo frame.

Don't Buy

2008-01-06
I purchased this product from Best Buy and had to return it twice for a replacement. I finally returned to the store a third time due to ongoing problems and even the "Geek Squad" could not get the unit to load files properly from a flash drive. I even took another unit from the store floor display and after nearly an hour of fiddling by the Best Buy staff, they still could not get the floor unit to load pictures properly. I finally exchanged the Westinghouse for a Kodak replacement and had no problems at all with the Kodak unit. This is an extremely frustrating interface for all but experienced computer users. I would highly recommend staying away from any Westinghouse photo frame products.

Too bad, its junk. Tried three before giving up.

2007-12-31
I bought one of these as a gift to put wedding pictures on. It looked GREAT with its high resolution, but we returned it becuase it had one broken pixel (which would really stand out on some pictures). The next one had a bowed screen out of the box and was obviously defective. Returning that one, the third had inaccessible on-board memory. Sorry to say we are giving up on this item. Too bad, as this would be a good item with the right quality control. I have little confidence that one of these would last even if you were lucky enough to get one that wasnt broken out of the box. Fortunately the retailer has accepted our returns with little headache. Glad I didnt mail order it...would have been a hassle.

Nice item if you can find one that works!!!

2007-12-28
Most of these are junk! We had to go through 3 until we found one that actually worked. First, the USB drive was broken, then the second had a blur on the screen, and the third wouldn't even start up. Made in China - what do you expect? We are now just hoping the fourth one doesn't break!

Lousy viewing angles, paltry feature set

2007-12-26
I purchased this model and was pretty excited about the large size (I was planning to wall mount). After setting it up though and testing out some images, I discovered that the viewing angle can best be described as "atrocious". Unless you're right smack dab in the middle of the thing, the image will be either washed out, too dark, negative image, or poor color rendition. But hey, in that sweet spot it's a nice picture. Just don't move an inch to any side.

The screen is slightly concave which I thought would hep the side-to-side viewing angle, but no, it's worse than just about any other one I've seen in stores. I wish the store I bought this at had a display model or I'd have known about the poor quality without the hassle of taking it hope, setting it up, complaining to myself, re-packing it, driving back to the store and getting a refund.

It also lacks any MP3/audio capability... not sure what another reviewer meant when they said it has MP3 features... it doesn't.

Doesn't even have a remote control! And lets face it, with a frame this big, you're more likely to wall mount. If you do, the side buttons to control the thing would be nearly inaccessible, making it even more useless.

So unless you have a spot in your house where nobody will ever see this thing from the sides and it's always perfectly at eye level, and you really really really want a large screen, do yourself a favor and get a smaller frame with better image quality. If lack of audio features doesn't bother you, no worries, but it is cool to have audio playing during a slideshow... that was a HUGE hit with another frame I gave as a gift... literally brought tears to the recipient. :)

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