PixStar 10 inch Digital Frame WiFi | Free Unlimited Cloud Storage | Motion Sensor | Highly giftable for Grandparents | IPS Display | Easy Setup Digital Photo Frame | Electronic Picture Frame

The Pixstar 15” digital photo frame is very nice Easy to set up Uploading pic from the iPhone max 250 at a time to the album using the Pixstar app on the was easy The picture frame ratio of 5:4 is great for landscape. And portrait pics The picture quality is very nice

I wanted to get a WiFi digital frame for my parents and did a lot of research including reading many customer reviews of different options. The PixStar frame was highly rated on Tom's Guide and I've found that source to be a good one in the past so I went with it and I am so happy. Here are some things I love: *The frame is super easy to set up and operate - I set it up at my house on my WiFi and tested it out before sending it to my parents and it worked great. I was able to easily switch it to their WiFi when I went to visit. That being said, my parents are not all that tech savvy, so I had to do the setup. I did try to walk them through connecting to the WiFi over a phone conversation but that was very difficult and did not work very well. To me it was not hard - but it may seem hard to those who are not used to working with things like that. *The frame has an option to just "Play All" and automatically receive making it so my parents do not have to do anything but sit and enjoy. When pictures come, they just show up! My parents love being able to see the pictures and have new ones to look at without having to touch anything. *I can control the frame remotely from my computer even though I live miles away. *It is easy to send pictures through an e-mail attachment or the PixStar app on my phone. *It looks nice and the pictures come through looking good. Some things to consider: *Size. I got the 10" frame and it works well. It is a nice size for a desk but I thought the picture display area would be a little bigger. The next size up, though seems quite big. We can see the pictures fine on the 10-inch but if you want clarity from across the room for people with limited eyesight then a larger frame might be better. They are happy with the size because it isn't too big and they can see it. My observation though is that if there's room for a larger size where they want to put it then maybe go up. *The weather option only shows if the user selects it and plays Web Albums. I could not get it to show in the Play All mode. My parents would have had to go and select it from the menu on Web Albums. So, we do not use the weather. *This frame has A LOT of other options! It has music, games, calendar, etc. I have not used any of those because really my parents just want to see the pictures so that is all we use on it but it works well for that. *Videos may or may not play. I haven't really tried it. There seem to be some options, but we've only done pictures. I sent a picture from my phone that had been taken in bursts and it came through as a movie and the frame played the first shot then put a message saying it couldn't play the video. So I converted the first shot to a JPEG and it was fine. I don't know what it would do with an actual video. We haven't tried that yet. Overall I am very pleased with this frame and so are my parents. They spend hours watching it and it is so enjoyable for them and comforting for me to know they like to watch it. I love being able to send up-to-date pictures and have them just show up. It may take up to 5 minutes sometimes, but it is pretty quick. I hope this review is helpful for anyone looking to purchase a WiFi digital frame.

All of this review applies to the 15" Pixstar digital frame. We originally purchased the 10" and found it unimpressive. The 15" inch is phenomenal, though. Very functional, easy to set up, easy to use or even have non-tech grandparents use. Beautiful display. We bought this for: 1) Grown son who moved across the country, and we weren't hearing from him often enough. After he received the frame which we had loaded with 24,000+ awesome photos, we were top of the mind and are still getting frequent phone calls from him. Really great for helping us stay connected. 2) For our own family to help our kids form identity (preteens and teens) with perspective of so much of the good they've had in life. Teens tend to have a narrow focus and can get stuck in "Woe is Me" and feel isolated. We and our kids adore watching this frame and will just stand in front of it, watching the slideshow. The siblings' closeness to each other increased from recalling happy memories they've shared. 3) For *not* tech-savvy grandparents in their 70's who have wifi access but prefer not to have devices running on it. We at first got the Nix 8" Digital Frame ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VCCK198/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 ), but we were so unimpressed. Upgraded and spent the extra money for this one because the viewing experience is so superior, it's easier to see from across the room, and it has the options for (any memory amount of) SD card or USB, downloads around 32,000 photos (varies depending on quality/how many mb your photos are) and stores them in the frame, so the user doesn't have to use the internet to see photos. It also connects via the internet to online albums such as Google Photos and other photo share apps. That feature is really neat and works well. Our grandparents/parents really liked the frame. 4) Recently bought another one for our grown daughter who moved out, to help her feel connected to her family. Each frame gets registered when you plug it in with it's own email address and account. You can sync all the accounts you have for various frames in one group account and control all of the frames from the one account - changing which album plays, which kind of slideshow, etc. We use both the individual accounts and the group account to control a frame, depending on our what we want. If you want it to really play ALL the photos stored in the frame, make sure you select under "My Frame Configuration" then "Slide show configuration" then under "Playing Mode" select "NORMAL" then "Sorting Mode" select "RANDOM." If you do it with the other configurations, it tends to seem stuck on certain scenes/photos in your library and not play all of them. The above configurations seemed to work and let us see a constantly changing selections of photos. We hope they keep updating the frame and making them because we'll be buying more for other family members. Highly recommend!

We bought this as a replacement frame for her older Ceiva Snap digital frame. The Ceiva required annual renewal for its cloud storage. The PixStar does not and its web interface is easy to use. You can send pictures to the frame via email and/or the phone app. It has many features to customize and my mom loves it

I ordered this Pix-star 10" frame after being gifted (and then returning) a less expensive competitors frame that just plain didn't work. Before ordering I did some research to try to make sure I wouldn't be returning a second frame, and I believe I made the right choice. This frame was easy to setup, easy to connect to WI-FI, easy to load pictures onto using an SD card or from their webpage. I especially appreciate the SD card support as I'm an avid photographer and its easy for me to copy photos from my computer to the SD card and then plugin the card. The competing frames I looked at either don't support SD cards, or in the case of a competitors frame that I returned, claimed to support an SD card but wouldn't actually read it when I put it into the frame. On the Pix-star I put the SD card in (make sure to push it until it springs) and it immediately offered to start a slide-show with the photos... simple, easy. I was also able to connect the frame to my Flickr account using the pix-star webpage, and it seamlessly copied my photostream to the frames internal memory. The included remote control is a appreciated, and I think superior to touchscreens for this purpose... I've got touchscreens in my car and my wife and kids have ipads.... the one thing they all have in common: fingerprints. Who would want fingerprints all over a picture frame? Remote is a definite winner. There are some drawbacks, but I think they're easier to deal with than the shortcomings of their competitors: The screen resolution is just o.k.. I get the argument that a 10" screen doesn't need to be ultra-high resolution, but this is clearly just an average screen. I would've bought the 15" except that appears to also be 1024x768 which is just laughable for a screen that size in 2024.... for the 10" its o.k. The interface in the frame could use some fine tuning... why is "brightness control" (which adjusts screen brightness) under "auto on/off"? Also, I much preferred the dashboard menu (accessed by clicking the "back" button while in the slideshow) to the side menu. It would also be nice on the section where you can enable/disable transitions if it would preview what those transitions are so I know what I'm turning on or off. The webpage is a bit dated as well. The include a few sample images on the frame when you buy it, I assume for demo purposes, but for a brief moment I wondered if I was seeing someone elses photos. I would not include these when the user clicks the regular "play slideshow" button... hide them in a demo feature or something. As of the writing of this review, integration with Facebook is not working (per above, Flickr works fine). I got an error saying the "app is not active" and "the developer is aware". This wasn't a big deal since since I just downloaded my albums to the SD card (I could have also copied them from the computer back to the dashboard after downloading)... but I do hope they fix it nonetheless. Despite these drawbacks, I do recommend this picture frame. It's easy to use, the display is good enough, and the features are good! If they fix some of the shortcomings in a future version I'd happily buy a second one for my house and have them in two rooms.

This is an update/addition to my review of November 2022. As I mentioned in my initial review I did a large amount of research prior to purchasing the Pix-Star 10 inch frame. The frame not only answered all of my requirements, it worked perfectly for almost the entire 1st year. I could not have been more satisfied (I also purchased a 2nd unit as a gift). Recently, a problem developed regarding the motion sensor. I contacted Pix-Star's Customer Support and they recommended a couple of actions which initially corrected the issue but ultimately the problem continued. After about four weeks of trying I advised Pix-Star that none of the fixes worked and the motion detector remained inoperable. They immediately advised me they were sending a new, replacement frame and I received it within a few days. They responded quickly, efficiently, and totally to my satisfaction. They provided a level of Superior Customer Service seldom displayed today. I am providing this added review because they not only deserve it but also for peace of mind for those of you who may be hesitant in making this purchase. Here's my bottom line. It is a great product with all of the bells and whistles I required backed up by a reputable firm providing outstanding customer service. I did a lot of research on a good amount of photo frames from various firms. Assuming similar quality my primary needs were: 1. motion detector 2. ability to use a usb stick 3.load photos via internet 4. auto resizing of photos I decided to go with Pix-Star and what a good decision! The frame itself is basic and looks fine. The most important feature for me (along with those listed above) is how do my photos look when displayed. Let me tell you - in one word FANTASTIC. They look great. For those of you shopping for one of these for the first time (like me) here are some suggestions. When you first get it you will want to load it with current photos. That's why I wanted the ability to use a USB stick. I loaded almost 225 photos immediately. I don't know how long that would have taken via the internet. All I did was go to my PC , down loaded the photos to a USB, and then uploaded from the USB to the frame. Uploading took about 1 minute. The internet is fine for uploading a few photos when you like, but starting off with a large amount may be time consuming. Doing it this way also allowed me to "polish" my selections using Photoshop so they looked exactly the way I wanted. I also was able to resize most of my photos to 8 X 6 (frame display size) so there was no distortion or cropping. I am particular with my photos. This frame provides a lot of flexibility, it is fairly easy to understand, and overall does a great job. It isn't cheap - but it is worth the dollars it cost.

I had a very old digital frame that stopped working a few months ago, since then we have been trying several frames to replace it. I can't believe that most of them are such low quality. The first one we purchased had a horrible interface, useless manual and did not take the configuration, I set it to turn on at 8am and off at 10pm and did not work. It stayed on until manually turned off and stayed off until manually turned on. We purchased another one that seemed to work but after a month the touch screen (only way to configure it) went bad and started changing the configuration by itself, could not apply warranty because I lost the receipt (should have bought it from Amazon). I purchased a third one that seemed flimsy and cheap and also came with useless instructions so I returned it. All these 3 frames on the lower rage of the price (between $60 and $80). I was about to quit when I found this frame that seemed better, some bad reviews but In my opinion not about major issues. Was not sure because price was significantly higher than most digital frames but at the end I decided to try it...I'm glad I did it!!! This frame seems solid and good quality, instructions are clear and cover all options on the menu. Remote control is one of the best I ever seen for a device like this and works like a charm. Configuration is easy (even without the manual) and works as expected. I tested it with pictures from my DLNA server, from the SD card and from internal memory and everything worked fine. It turns on and off according to the configuration and has several options for picture display, I'm currently using collage of 5 photos which looks really nice (may look better on the 15 inch frame). It also has some features I will probably never use like games, alerts, and online radio stations but they are good to have in case ever needed. I highly recommend this frame if you have the budget, it is totally worth the price, I will just need to test the longevity, I just hope it does not break in a month.

My husband had originally gotten me a different frame which was quite a pain, so we returned it and decided on the Pix-Star. I absolutely love this frame. Since I had received a different frame at first, I had already put my pictures on an SD card, so when I received this frame all I had to do was insert the SD card and play the slideshow. I like the look of the frame and I like that it is matte. The initial set up was very easy and so far have had no issues with the frame. The frame came with a motion detector, so after a certain amount of time, it will shut itself off until it senses movement then wake itself up and display photos. We also purchased a bluetooth dongle for the frame and all I did was put the dongle into the frame and now my frame is bluetooth. I have not registered an email for the frame because of its bluetooth capabilities now. It is so easy to send pictures to the frame via bluetooth. I really like that the frame will play ALL the pictures on the frame. It will play pictures from my SD card AND pictures from the internal memory so I can view ALL of my pictures. I also like that I am able to move my pictures from the internal memory to the SD card so I don't have to worry if something happens to the frame since my pictures are on the SD card. I absolutely love this frame and I love that I get to see so many memories from one frame. It really is such a wonderful gift and I have enjoyed it very much. This is the bluetooth dongle I purchased for the frame and was recommended by the Pix-Star website: GXG-1987 BTA-402 USB Bluetooth 4.0 Micro Adapter Dongle Mini Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter Dongle With CSR8510 Controller and CSR Harmony for Windows XP Vista 2003 2008 7 and 8 32 or 64 Bit - Black