Researching a digital photo frame

[DaveC426913]

I have a digital photo frame that's pooped out on me. In attempting to replace it, I am really disappointed with the digital photo frames I've looked at at Best Buy.

Half of them did not work and the other half were so unintuitive that I could not figure out how to operate them without the manual. (Jeez guys. How hard can it be to make a usable experience!) Invariably, the < > buttons would not advance or go back a slide, and the Menu button would not bring up the menu.

Many of them were on special as 'opened' - which indicates to me very strongly that previous users had a miserable experience with them too.

Being that Best Buy, with its dozen-plus hands-on samples is probably the best chance I had to try out a wide variety, my walking out of the store empty-handed is pretty much giving up on the entire possibility of getting one at all.

So, I turn to recommendations as a last ditch effort:

I want to spend <$100, I'd like a 4:3 format 7" or 8", the wood frames are nice. But mostly, it has to be reliable and intuitive. I only care about two features: buttons to advance and go back, and a way to set the slide show speed.

I've looked at the reviews online but they don't tell me about the reliability part or the user experience part.

Suggestions?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I was gifted this a few years ago and it works fine, but honestly, I ended up throwing it in a closet in the end. I don't think digital frames are all that great. Not worth their setup and hassle.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015XVAKG4/?tag=pfamazon01-20