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Transcend T-photo 710
By: Shayne Rana   |   Jan 24,2008
  • 2.5
Looks nice
Thick adapter wire
Image quality not great
No video playback
Music playback too low
I’m still waiting to test a DPF (Digital Photo Frame) with a decent enough resolution that will display images of my family and friends without making them look like characters I'd hate to meet in a dark alley. Then again, most DPFs at the moment are quite inexpensive, so I can’t really expect too much in terms of display resolution. Here's what I learned when I checked out Transcend's attempt at digitizing and displaying our fond memories in their T-Photo 710 DPF.

Form Factor
Honestly, if you’ve seen one DPF, you’ve seen them all. So far there hasn’t been any DPF display larger than 7 inches that I’ve had the opportunity to test. The T-photo 710 also claims a 7 inch high-res (480 x 234) widescreen TFT LCD that’s embedded in a rather simple but neat black frame with brown etchings. Behind the frame, on one side you’ll find a Mini-USB and USB, a 3.5mm earphone socket and a volume control. On the other side are slots for various memory cards – CF, MMC and SD. Below that is the DC socket for the adapter.

On top, just behind the frame, is where you’ll find all the navigation keys including the Select, Option and Power buttons. The T-photo 710 has a set of stereo speakers on either side of the stand and there's a provision to set it up in either landscape or portrait mode, depending on the image displayed. The best part about the player is that it comes with 1GB of internal memory, so you won't require any memory cards. The frame comes with a full-fledged remote control.

Features and Performance
First off let me just make it clear that the T-photo, at least this particular model, does not play video files; just JPEG, Bitmap, WMA, WAV and MP3. You may read in many places (including the manual) that it supports .avi and .mov files, but there doesn’t seem to be any video player option available. The main menu simply shows Photo, Music, Clock & Calendar, and Settings.


Never mind that it takes a while to find images on a memory card; even after it does, it takes the same amount of time to load an image you select. What really irks me is that in the thumbnail view of images in the folder, you’ll see the entire image, but when it’s loaded you’ll notice parts of the top and bottom have been chopped clean off due to the resolution of the image. However if the images are loaded on to the drive directly, there’s no chopping, though you'll definitely notice unhappy black bars on either side.


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Honestly, if you’ve seen one DPF, you’ve seen them all. So far there hasn’t been any DPF display larger than 7 inches that I’ve had the opportunity to test. The T-photo 710 also claims a 7 inch high-res (480 x 234) widescreen
anand @ Jan 27,2008
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