NIX Advance 8 Inch USB Digital Photo Frame - IPS Display, Auto-Rotate, Motion Sensor, Remote Control - Mix Photos and Videos in The Same Slideshow

9/23/2017: Just bought our second frame for us.The X15D product quality is everything I'd hoped for. Very easy to use and nice image quality. It has a thoughtful simple intuitive setup. I typically hate remotes, but this one is really simple, easy, small, and actually useful. I like that it allows to rotate and delete individual photos with remote--the ones you catch after its up and running. Image quality is good as advertised when compared with my laptop and other screens (the "D" stands for HD which I think is 1080). The image is pleasantly view-able from very wide angles. I notice a slight/subtle color change when viewing it from greater than 60 degrees from straight on, which stays about the same out to 80 degrees from straight on viewing (viewed from the side). The screen surface appears to be a light matte finish nicely minimizing glare. The controls allow for all the normal screen color brightness, contrast, hue...adjustments etc but mine looked good in a room full of windows with the factory default settings, which were all centered: unlike some other products I've purchased that come with brightness at full to look normal, this screen has some reserve.We bought this for my mom who is in her 80's who needs a no fuss bigger screen to see all the family photos, that will turn on and off a preset times as she lives in a one room apartment retirement community. But we liked this one so much we will be buying another of the same size.A mistake I made was thinking this had an timer on / off function (turns out you can add it easily for free with firmware upgrade). I figured I'd call customer support anyway to see if a firmware update had addressed it and it had. Jeff in customer support walked me through the entire surprisingly easy process. Go to the Nixplay (your screen here x15D https://support.nixplay.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003131986) Firmware update and download your frames firmware to a USB. Turn off your screen with manual switch. Plug in the USB with new firmware. Turn screen on, option to update firmware shows up on screen, use remote to select update firmware. It took about 15 seconds to update the firmware. Then turn off screen and unplug device from wall (I had to unplug from wall to get new drivers to load). Replace firmware USB with your Photo USB, replug into wall and turn screen back on. Your done. It even saved all my clock settings...Then in setup go to the Sleep column. Note: Start time is for start of sleep. And End time is for end of sleeping. I did it backwards and it took me a while to figure out why it wasn't working.You can find your needed firmware version in the frame Menu at bottom under "About". Note my screen was X15D-01 (you need to know if it is -01,-02, or -03 product), and my old firmware was version 1.18. The new firmware was version 1.39 from June or July of 2017. Also note the only way I could get the screen out of the "About" section was to manually turn the screen off and then on (a bug). Later learned that the return button on remote works back pushing the screen button does not. The new firmware with timer on/off functions also had a few other nice adds such as more choices on how long to show a photo or how long to sleep were added.So Pleased, we are going to buy another second one for ourselves. The only remaining question is how long will it last, as there are not a bunch of reviews with dead photo frames I feel pretty good about that too.

I had held off on buying a digital picture frame for years due to what I saw as poor picture quality and lackluster reviews online. With my photo collection growing, I didn't want to have to be limited to just one or two photos on my desk, and I also didn't want to have to do deal with frequently swapping pictures in a frame, so I decided to give this frame a shot.Why this frame? I wanted something that offered relatively high resolution, preferably wasn't WiFi connected (this seems to be a trend among recent frames, and while it could be the right choice for some folks, especially if you want to be able to add/update photos remotely for someone else, my view is that it's best to limit the devices you allow access to your wifi network), and that was reasonably priced. This seemed to check all three boxes and got good reviews.I've used it for a couple week so far, so I can't really speak to durability, but can speak to picture quality and features.Setup was extremely easy. I just took it out of the box, plugged it in, and inserted a memory card with some photos into the slot in the frame. The home menu has three simple options (play, calendar, and settings), so I hit play and was off and running.I eventually adjusted some settings to set the date/time and sleep timer. While it has a motion sensor, since this was going on my desk (where it would be surrounded with regular motion all day), I didn't do anything with that setting. You can choose how long each image stays on screen, what transition is used to move from one pic to the next (including a shuffle option that shuffles between transitions), and what order to display the photos in (e.g. alphabetical, shuffle).I didn't know it had a sleep timer, but it does, which is great. When enabled, this will turn on and off the screen at preset times each day. This is a good idea to help reduce energy consumption and (presumably) to help extend the functional life of the frame and screen.The picture quality is very nice. For some reason, the different size frames have different resolutions: this 8 inch model is 1024x768, as is the 10 inch and 15 inch, but the 12 inch is 800x600, for example. I noticed numerous other frames are also 800x600. While not enormous, the difference in resolution creates a noticeable difference in picture quality.Other features include a wireless remote control and calendar view, which puts a calendar on top of your photos - a nice touch if you're using it on a desk.While I don't yet know how durable this frame is, it sure seems built to last. It's quick and easy to set up and use right out of the box, has good picture quality, has a nice set of practical features, and is reasonably priced for a digital picture frame. I'd recommend it.

Finally, after buying and returning two other picture frames we get a good one! The first was garbage, the second had poor picture quality, but the NIX has good quality of construction, a great picture, and good features. The picture keeps a good quality even when viewed from the side. Setup is a snap using the oddly shaped but effective remote control. There is even a slot on the side of the frame store the remote which is a great feature; on prior models I have had to use a Velcro dot to keep from loosing the remotes. When a SD card is inserted the first time, it takes a minute to register all the pictures, but then later when the frame turns on it immediately goes into the slide show at the next randomly selected picture. Since we are using this to show ALL of our family pictures, this is important as there are a lot of pictures. One word of caution: The NIX website says that this only supports 17,250 pictures which only impacts those with a lot of pictures, but that could be important for folk with a long history of picture taking! The only reason for not having five stars is that it would be nice to have a timer feature. The motion sensor is fine and works well, but that means it turns on at night when you walk past it. The only feature missing is the ability to disable it during certain times so it is not lighting up the room at night.