This was a gift to a non-technical elderly family member so the most important factor in choosing this Dhwazz was I wanted to make it as easy as possible for a non-technical person to use. She has no wifi and uses a flip phone so the usb and sdd cards are the only way to load pictures. It also had to be able to withstand random power offs or unplugging without turning into a brick. So far it is doing exactly what I wanted: load photos to a usb drive, plug in the usb and start playing a slideshow. Now the family can bring her a new usb stick and all she has to do it plug it in to see the new photos.
As far as the interface, the menu is a little clunky but I’ve only had to touch it twice. The first time to set the date/time. The second time was to tell it to use the original image size rather than stretching to fit. Once I got used to the buttons on the back, it was ok and more intuitive.
For comparison, I have a Skylight (150$) and a Frameo (60$). The Skylight had the best interface and felt better built BUT basic features are hidden behind a paywall. If you want to add a caption, you must subscribe. If you want to play a video clip, you must subscribe. It also didn’t have a way to adjust the picture position inside the frame so some photos were auto-cropped poorly.
The Frameo is a nice unit. It plays videos, allows adding captions, allows you to adjust photo position. But it was not a good fit for my use case because, according to other reviewers, it can be bricked if you don’t shut it down cleanly. If you have power outages or just prefer to unplug things when not in use then this is a consideration.
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