I bought this frame so my 86-year old non-Facebooking parents could be more in the loop on far-flung family doings. Success. I made myself the "administrator", setting up the frame. It was not hard. Most of our family has jumped in and emails in photos. Sending a photo is easy, in fact I shot a selfie of me and my dog in my car at a red light, sending it off to the frame before the light turned green.
There are 3 things I would change about this frame, Nixplay please listen up:
1) First, the remote is too small and minimalist. My parents were put off by it and misplaced it. Bigger and labeled please. And maybe with a pocket in the back to hold the remote.
2) Second, why not bake in the ability to easily label photos? I know my parents would love to know wheres and whys on some of the photos we are sending. I have figured out ways to label the photos I send on my PC (Windows Ink or Paint) and Android phone (within Gallery or using Phonto app), but a lot of senders will not go to the trouble of figuring out labeling. A loss.
3) A few key control buttons on the frame (instead of complete dependence on the tiny remote) would be helpful, especially a button to reorder photos so the most recent are shown first. As it is, my parents often do a lot of looking before they see the new ones that their family has sent.
This frame has made my Mother-in-law so happy! She is 82 and always enjoyed looking at family on my Facebook and pictures stored on my phone. I ordered this and set up tge account with the Nixplay app on my phone. Then i invited family to send her a few pictures. Then i put it all back in the box and was she surprised! She told me it was the best gift she had ever gotten. Now they xan send her photos she woykd otherwise have never saw. She feels included. The little remote is easy for her to use. And she keeps it positioned that it wakes up when she sits in her chair so she wont miss new additions. The cord/stand is the only flaw but using the two velcro straps that hold the cord wrapped in the box I easily secured a pretty sturdy loop with them and there has been no issue at all. Screen resolution is very clear. Of course the sharpness of the photo sent is a huge factor. But all in all I am very happy with this frame. I plan pn getting the very same one for my Dad's 89th Birthday.
I just bought this frame for my Dad, but this is actually my 5th Nixplay WiFi Digital frame and clearly I love them! The display is bright and crisp, but the best parts are the many options you have via the Nixplay website. You can add up to 5 frames to one account and create different albums which can then be uploaded to Playlists. These playlists can then be "published" to one or all of your frames so you can really personalize what you want to display. I utilized these playlists to upload special pictures of my Dad including one we had taken that day which just impressed the heck out of him. I also like the colors the frame offers along with the fact that it works in both landscape and portrait mode. Lastly, the power cord design works well too.
You get 10GB of online storage per account which is plenty for me. You can also control various settings like transitions, sleep time, etc from their website as well.
There is an iPhone app that allows you to upload pictures to your playlists which I have used many times already. You can also connect social media platforms, but I have yet to try this.
I am beyond impressed with the frame quality and excellent customer service and would highly recommend this to anyone.
I took a tip from support and created an account to play around with the albums/ playlists and iOS/ Picasa app and e-mailing attachments all with the cloud account several days before receiving the frame so when it came I was able to pair it and publish a bunch of those picts and test it out within a few minutes. I'm very impressed with the ease of use on-line and thru the Remote. Its image quality is fine and I'm very happy with almost everything. Right now it's sitting in Gift Wrap under the tree all set for my wife to plug it back in and see the 100+ photos I put on it. ( btw that's less than 1% or 2 % full of the 6 GBytes in the frame. I think Its a Great Way to save thousands of dollars on Printers and ink.. not to mention frustrating hours printing and mounting /mailing/and stuffing picts into hard copy albums no one ever looks at but once in a blue moon. I may not be able to cure her of that addiction but I can hope she likes this format too. If not I know several others in our remote family certainly will, and she can just give it someone who'll love it if she doesn't. I also know I can un-pair it ( losing all the initial photos as I do) but then we will repair it under her own new e-mail /password and web login account so she can manage it all if she wants to.
Its not clear on the site but you can not only select specific playlists to publish to each different frame but can see and control which f these playlists are displayed while the picts are in frame memory too. That's very cool. The only thing that annoys me so far is that I can't delete individual Photos.. but I think that's minor compared to all the great things it can do like accept and auto-display way more than 10 photos sent as attachments to the username@mynixplay.com e-mail account in the frame,
And, tho I don't know all it can do yet.. I've seen enough to know this will be a BIG Hit in our family.. I've ordered 4 so far and am hoping we all ultimately get one at some point cause we have smartphones and GoPros and point and shoot picts up the wazoo and I hate printing these just to stow 'em away forever in a hard copy photo album on a shelf.
More later once I've played with it a bit.. And By The Way.. Thanks Nixplay Support for answering the 10 or so questions I put up here on Amazon under JimS before it arrived.. I called in once and also checked out the Knowledge Base on the site.. all are terrific resources.. good On Ya Nixlpay .
UPDATE: Upping to 5 stars (from 4) because I am really enjoying the frame overall the issues I mentioned aren't worth docking 1 star.
I bought one of these the first day it was available for sale and I was initially disappointed. The frame did not perform like the W08A I had purchased. However, after the the software update I received 5/8/2014 (version 1.7), it seems to be working well and I am now very happy with the frame, and I even ordered a 2nd one!
I have 3 suggestions for the frame.
1) Slideshows need a random playback option, and from what I read on their support forums, this is in the works.
2) I would like to be able to configure a DND time period, where the frame is asleep and the motion sensor is disabled. The reason for that is that I have one frame in my bedroom and don't want it kicking on during the night for any reason (and I am too lazy to turn it on/off manually everyday).
3) I would like higher resolution screen (comparable to a retina iPhone's PPI).
I'd actually edit my rating to 5 stars if the first 2 are addressed.
Also, this frame has VESA mounting holes underneath a slip cover on the back. Their product description does not mention that like it does for their non-cloud frame.
Finally, NIX seems like a great company that stands behind their products. The unit I ordered had one bad pixel, and after I contacted NIX, I had a new (perfect) frame in my hands the next day.
Feature Product
- Mobile and web app: The free Nix play mobile and web app lets you view and manage the photos on your frame wherever you are; capture moments and display them instantly using the app, or email them directly to your electronic photo frame
- Crystal-clear photos and videos: 13.3-Inch IPS display, 250cd/M2 Brightness, 1920 x 1080 HD screen resolution, 16: 9 aspect Ratio; automatically turns on/off when you're in the room (motion sensor); control your frame using Alexa
- Storage for thousands of memories: 10 GB secure cloud storage for thousands of photos displayed on this digital photo frame; use the remote control or the app to Shuffle images and choose photo transitions
- Connect your social media photos: access all your favorite photos on Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox, Flickr and Google photos, or upload new ones to create dedicated playlists on the safe and secure Nix play app
- Private photo and video sharing: share memories instantly and allow friends and family to share photos to your frame from anywhere in the world; bring smiles to loved ones with this digital picture frame
Description
Nixplay cloud frames are the easiest way to get in touch with your photos. Place the frame in your loved one's home and easily email or send photos using the Nix play Mobile App for iPhone & Android.
I've seen these on the desks of people at work for a few years and finally decided to get one. During my research I was thrilled to learn that not only were the screens much larger then I had seen, but some of them had Wi-Fi. I liked what I read about NixPlay and if I don't like it, returns are easy with Amazon.
Well I bought 2 frames, the 15 inch and the 12 inch and I am keeping them both. They are huge! My only regret is that I didn't buy the 8 inch frame as well which I have since ordered. I will have the 15 inch in the living room, 12 inch in the bedroom and 8 inch at work.
Setup was really easy with the quick start guide. I had both frames up and running with a handful of pictures I quickly uploaded to my account on the website. First I created an empty album on the website, then uploaded pictures to that album. Next you create a slideshow and add one or more albums to that slideshow. Then you add one or more slideshows to a photo frame. I haven't quite figured out the benefit of slideshows just yet as it seems like an extra layer that isn't needed.
I plan to mount the frames to the wall at the house. It uses metric machine screws #4 by 12 and I bought ones about 1/2 inch long. I slide off the square plate on back. You have to nudge it around until you get it to come off (plastic tabs on the back of the plate are in some holes). Now it looks like you could put one or two screws into the wall and then set the frame over those screws and push it down to lock it in place. You could also buy a mounting frame like they have for flat screen TVs. I plan two use my screws to put in the mounting plate holes on the back of the frame, leaving them sticking out some, wrap picture frame wire around the screws and then hang it on the wall.
I have set my frames so that they power off if there isn't motion after 5 minutes. You can set it for higher time amounts too. The remote control works great and since I will be mounting this close to the TV in the living room, I like that I can use the remote to turn the frame off. If I'm watching a movie and don't want it to pop on when someone moves around. There is a slot in the back of the frame to store the remote but I plan to keep it with my other remotes.
I did try Facebook and while I don't have a lot of pictures on Facebook that aren't already on my computer, what was cool was I could grab pictures from my friends on Facebook and add them to an album. I think the quality that Facebook stores photos at is lower because they don't look as good as the ones from my computer.
Speaking of quality, you have two settings, upload the full image size, or an optimized size. I have been using optimized so far and they look good enough for the casual event pictures I have loaded so far like Mothers Day. When I upload more formal shots I plan to try out the full size option.
Since some pictures are landscape and some are portrait, my initial plan was to have all my landscape pictures on the 15 inch frame and portrait on the 12 inch frame. I have since changed my mind. The frames are so large that I don't really need to maximize them like I thought. You can set it to either full screen or fit to screen I believe and I like fit to screen. Fit to screen seems to show the full image where the full screen will crop photos to use the entire screen.
The frames do have a USB port and memory card port but to be honest, with Wi-Fi, I don't know that I will ever use those features. If my Wi-Fi is ever down, the frame will just play the pictures that were last downloaded from the cloud.
I imagine that as soon as my parents see this I will be buying a frame for them and the cool thing is I can send different photos to different frames. I can send the same slideshow to multiple frames or different frames. I have been wanting a digital frame for years but am glad I waited because I think the nixplay frame has everything I could ever want in a frame. Highly recommend!
I purchased two of the NIXPlay WIFI enabled digital picture frames during the Amazon sales last week. These are destined for my Mother and Father (divorced). I have tried the digital picture frame a while back. It was rather low resolution back then and keeping it updated at long distance was a frustrating experience.
So, the new wifi frames arrived and I have been getting them configured so they can be given to brothers for delivery. So, what are my initial impressions?
I purchased the NIXPlay Seed, WiFi 8" frame. I WOULD BUY A LARGER FRAME for older parents. 10" better. 13" minimum (IMO).
I think its going to be a great product. I will try to buy another, larger frame.
Pros:
* The resolution is much better than previous digital frames I have used.
* Once configured, it works as advertised. I can send pictures directly to the frame via email.
*I can manage the Frame from the web configuration page. It looks like I have access to most if not all frame features. The unit also comes with a remote to configure frame features. Remote is not required (except if the frame needs the network configured!) There is no way to configure the device to get it on the web without the remote.
* Support was live, very helpful and went above and beyond to offer additional suggestions beyond my immediate need.
Cons:
*Getting the device configured was not very intuitive. As a technical person, I would have expected something that a novice could configure easily. The device offered a tutorial, but being a nerd, I did not use it (shouldn't need one, right?!?!). I will probably go back and watch the tutorial.
*If you have multiple devices to manage, such as I managing for father, mother, inlaws, etc. It is probably needed that you configure multiple accounts, one for each frame, if you want to be able to offer a unique email address for each frame.
We gave this to my father today for his birthday and the whole family already loves it. We all share photos via iCloud photo stream, but my father doesn’t own a smartphone and can barely operate a microwave, so he either has to rely on my mother, or miss out completely. This frame is literally the perfect gift, not only for him, but for anyone looking for a digital frame.
I see some negative reviews claiming that it’s too difficult to use, but I’m guessing those people are like my father. The best part about this frame is that you can let everyone else do the uploading, and you just sit back and enjoy the show. Within minutes I had his frame set up, and my sisters and I downloaded the app and started sending photos to the frame. As an added bonus, you can add captions and even send videos. What’s great is that whenever someone sends a new photo, the frame notifies you in real time.
On the opposite end, uploading and sending photos is lightning fast. When you set the frame up, you can invite friends to share their photos. You can even assign each person a default album, which is what we did. Photos of my son go directly to an album named after him, while each of my sisters uploads go to albums named after their kids. No filltering through the photos, or wasting time having to select an album. No lie, within 10 minutes of setting it up, my sister and I had each uploaded about 100 photos. The app works like any other sharing platform. You can either open the camera, or go right to you iPhone’s album and select 100 pictures.
Long story short, it’s quite literally the perfect gift gift for non-computer saavy parents. For those who have iPhones and use the iCloud shared albums with family and friends, it’s the same concept in a frame. Plus you get motion sensors, transitions, a sleek design and landscape/portrait settings.
I was so impressed by it (and jealous) that I just added the same frame to my cart. Just debating right now whether or not to get the 10.1 Widescreen version, which is $30 cheaper for some reason that I need to do some research on. And once I get mine, I’ll be able to use some of the advance features, like syncing my google photos albums directly to the frame and using Alexa.
All in all, the quality is great, videos look awesome, the frame is modern looking, and I had zero issues with the app after playing around with it for a good 3 hours. Do not be swayed by the people saying it’s difficult. The interface is just like any other photo sharing service like Flickr, Instagram, google or amazon photos. Honestly, Facebook is more confusing than this. And even if you get jammed up, the website is great and there are a ton of YouTube walkthroughs. So stop reading reviews and go buy it because that’s exactly what I’m about to do!
Hey, maybe someone from Nix will see this and send me a free one lol. I wouldn’t mind having a few of those all around the house.
Got this as gift for wife. We have tons of digital photos on our phones. Needed a way to display them. You need to download app to your mobile device and set up an account online. Connect the frame to your wife network. Once the frame is identified and linked to your account, it will automatically load photos you put in your account. The online interface isn't as intuitive as I'd like. Rather than mess with setting up different albums, I just made one giant album. The frame then goes thru a slide show of the loaded photos.
Frame comes with a remote that i never use. Nifty feature is a sleep function that turns off the frame until it detects movement. Frame requires to be plugged in with supplied power cable. One criticism: the frame doesn't have a leg/stand to hold the frame upright. You use the power cord to act as a stand. It works but may take a bit of adjustment and balancing to get it at the desired angle and orientation.
Bottom line, I love this frame. And would actually love to have another one. I wanted a frame that I could easily get new pictures onto from my phone and this definitely fits the bill! That said, there are definitely some cons to this frame and the first is that any instructions or help are practically non existent. I literally found more information by Googling then I did in the help section of the Nixplay app.
Here's what I learned:
You can't e-mail pictures to your frame from the e-mail that you registered your Nixplay account with. Nixplay's workaround for this is to have users create their account with an alternate e-mail and then add their e-mail as a "friend". In fact I have not successfully e-mailed photos to my frame at all, even from an alternate e-mail.
You can't add photos to your frame from a USB stick or SD card. The frame does have ports for both, but as far as I can tell you can only play the pictures while the devices are plugged in, you cannot download the pictures to the frame.
In fact, there are only 3 ways to get pictures onto the frame; by using the Nixplay app (which accesses your phone's photos, very easy), by e-mail to your Nixplay e-mail address (which I have not been able to do successfully as I keep getting "failure, try again later" messages in return) or through your account on Nixplay's website. (This is the best way to get all those pictures from your computer to your frame. Go to album, add then choose to start adding photos. You will then be able to access photos from your computer and downloading them into the album. Once you've added all your photos to the album you can drag and drop the album to your playlist and save. Go to "playlists", this should display your albums with your playlist on the right hand side, drag album and drop, then save.)
Again, I had to learn all this by trial and error. There is only a flimsy quick start guide that comes with the frame which will give you the basics of getting the frame online and paired with the Nixplay app and does not come with a detailed manual. The app itself is useless as far as help. I had no idea I could download pictures from my computer using the website until I ran across it!
So, yes, I like it. Yes, I would recommend it and yes, I would buy it again. But as far as information, help or instructions, you're on your own.!
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