Customer Reviews
Sent it back the day I got it.. 
2008-01-10
Didn't care for the quality of this digital picture frame. It is a wide screen format but displays pictures in 4:3 with black borders on the edges. I liked that it had several features (alarm clock, calendar, etc.)
Would look for a frame that is not a widescreen (16:9) format next time. There are alot of cheap (I guess you get what you pay for) digital picture frames on the market right now.
Picture / screen quality is average at best and the materials and plastics seemed really cheap. The clear acrylic frame edges had some minor scratches right out of the box.
Just OK 
2008-01-10
I got this for my wife for Christmas. I thought that the alarm clock feature would be good for her but she has yet to even try to use it. With the 1gig memory stick I got with it, you can put in a lot of high resolution photos.
The resolution is just fair and the setup and instructions are a bit confusing. It will not display the phots in a random order but will use a random transition.
Not Very good. 2008-01-04
While the product seems to be easy to use and works well, the quality of manufacture and the quality of the lcd leaves a lot to be desired. I can definitely see why amazon had it on sale.
Not at all what expected 
2007-12-18
I ordered this frame for my mother-in-law for Christmas. I chose this one because it was USB compatible and had an internal memory. First of all the so called user manual is a trifold pamphlet about a 4" by 12" rectangle that leaves alot of information out. I could find nowhere where it told me how many pictures the frame could hold (I found out by looking on the website)and the only way I can access a slide show of the pictures in the memory is to go to setup, delete files, sort, and finally I can get to a slide show (this information I discovered by trial and error, because the manual doesn't make it clear how to access the memory once the pictures are saved). Once you start this slide show its fine. The clock and calendar work fine, but I haven't tried the alarm. The only way you can play photos using the photo option on the main menu is by inserting a memory stick or card. Unfortunately the slide show keeps stopping after a few pictures, and when I try to accesss them through thumbnail mode it shows no pictures on the stick and shows a blank screen. It has even turned itself off several times when the screen goes black. I also have no idea how to load music and there is no information about this in the manual. I'm waiting for a call back from axion's customer service, but this is definitely too much inconvenience for my mother-in-law, and I'm prepared to stick it back in the box and return it.
Not 640x480, Not 4:3, Squashes Pictures 2007-12-12
I almost gave this 2 stars instead of 1, as it worked pretty easily out of the box and the clock feature is a good idea, but then I discovered that it has less than half the claimed resolution which seems like a flat-out false claim.
Reasons I am sending it back for a refund: This frame is not 640x480 and is not 4:3 ratio.
The size of the screen is about 8" x 4.1". Not only is that not 4:3, it is not even 16:9.
When you display standard 4:3 photos, they should have a 1.33 ratio. On this frame, they are displayed at about 6.4" x 4.1", which is a ratio of 1.56. That means the photos are squashed and it makes faces look fatter than they really are.
The pixels are quite visible, so I counted in the vertical direction. I counted 24 pixels in about 0.47", which means there are only about 210 pixels in the entire vertical direction. Not nearly the claimed 480.
Decent value, but not a good overall product 2008-06-25
Pros:
- Low price (as far as picture frames go)
- Accepts many kinds of memory cards, including USB flash drives
- Remote included
Cons:
- Resolution is bad.
- Cannot randomize pictures (they show up in the same order all the time)
- Clock feature was defective on my unit
Overall, I would NOT recommend this product. I bought it as a present for my mother and I was disappointed with the quality of the picture as well as a few other bugs.
As I mentioned, the picture is bad. If you're looking directly at the frame from a good distance away (6-7 feet), it looks alright, but it's all downhill from there. If you get too close the images are grainy and there's very little visibility from the side (which has more to do with LCD than it does this frame in particular).
When we don't have pictures playing on the frame, we set it to the 'clock' mode, which displays a full-screen clock. Seems like a pretty good idea, but the time on this particular unit continuously changes itself. No matter how many times I go into the settings and change the time to the correct time, it constantly changes itself every few hours.
Finally, I was disappointed when I discovered that this frame does not have the capability to 'shuffle' pictures. This may have been an oversight on my part, because I simply assumed that all frames did this, but I found out the hard way that I was wrong. It may not seem like a big deal, but it gets a little annoying. If you load 20 pictures from the beach, then 20 pictures from a wedding, then 20 pictures from a birthday party, you're going to see ALL 20 beach pictures, then ALL 20 wedding pictures, etc. etc. It's easy to lose interest when all the pictures are from the same thing.
Like I said.. the price is good, but that's about all this thing has going for it. Don't make the same mistake I did; spend a few extra bucks and get a decent frame.
Good but not excellent digital frame. 
2008-01-24
Picture quality.
The screen resolution of 720x480 seem to be the new high standard for these kind of gadgets. It is certainly better than most "cheap" frames with pathetic low resolution screens. The display format though (wide) would make more sense if this frame could play video clips as well (as the format seem to be more appropriate for video than for stills). Many pictures, includeing ones taken with 3:2 format cameras, will show with black bans on the side (that is unless you take the time to edit them to fit this screen). The image quality is nowhere as bright and vivid as an lcd tv or computer monitor.
Construction / materials.
The floating black body in transparent frame is a nice design. The materials quality (particularly the black plastic part) is not super attractive. Also the swiveling stand seem to have been design to work with a much shorter frame (as it would be if there was no transparent frame); the frame seem to be leaning too far back. (It's easy to prop it up with any object on your desk...).
Functions.
The calendar and time functions are a nice addition. The frame can also play sounds (mp3) and sounds + pictures. Once again, Axion could have stretched it a bit more and included video capabilities.
The internal memory (16 pics max, no matter what the file size is) can only be used for screensaver storage. You can only choose to play (using the play command in the remote) images that you may store in your (not included) memory card (SD).
Conclusion: it does its job honestly but it doesn't deliver that extra something that could have made it an excellent product.
Axion AXN-9905 9" LCD Digital Picture Frame 2008-01-19
good for money we paid. the only thing we cant start picture and music together from the middle i mean we cannot skip any folder. in photo mode we can but in combined mode nope, other wise excellent product, i reccomend, i am using to watch my old pictures from sd card not directly from camera. mabe that is one reason i dont give 5 rating.
bad usb 2008-01-16
Seems to work fine with a SD card but freezes up after scrolling through about 20 pics with the usb port.
Would not recommend for someone wanting the usb feature.
I would recommend it to any one! 
2008-01-16
I love this frame because it's big-9" and it is a great value. For the same price, you can only buy a 7". Others are saying the resolution is not well. I want to say that it's good enough for a sharp picture displaying. Others are just asking too much with a price like it. I work in a monitor company. For a side by side comparison, I am totally satisfied with screen's resolution. In fact, the screen is sharper and brighter than some 15" monitors. The best features for this unit are clock, alarm and calendar. It keeps me informed on the time and wake me up when I am taking the nap. Overall I give it a 92 out of 100. It's still a good buy.
