Philips AJL308 Reviews

The Philips AJL308 is both a clock radio and a digital photo frame, and it's got a fairly sleek l... (cnet.com)

Sleek look; MP3 and WMA playback; MPEG-4 and DivX video files playable from thumbdrives and SD/MM... (cnet.co.uk)

alaTest Review Summary

We have collected and analysed 7 expert reviews and 46 user reviews from international sources. The alaScore™ for this product is 86/100 = Very good. Experts rate this product 65/100 and users rate it 62/100. The average review date is December 20, 2007. We have compared these reviews to 3011 reviews from other Other Home Video. Last update: December 2, 2008.

53 reviews

December, 2008

65 / 100

7 Experts

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62 / 100

46 Users

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Key Features

Digital AV player - 7"

Expert Reviews (7)

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Philips AJL308 Digital Clock and Photo Frame (7 inch)

By (cnet.com)

The Philips AJL308 is both a clock radio and a digital photo frame, and it's got a fairly sleek look to it. It plays back MP3 and WMA audio files, as well as MPEG4 and DivX video files from thumbdrives and SD/MMC memory cards. Some users may apprecia

The image is low resolution, the sound is tinny, some of the user controls aren't as intuitive as they should be, images load slowly, and not all MPEG4 files are recognized.

Marrying a clock radio with a digital photo frame is an awesome concept, but the Philips AJL308 needs to be improved upon before it becomes the perfect union.

What makes it tough is that on one level the idea of combining a clock radio ...

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Philips AJL308 digital clock and photo frame

By David Carnoy (cnet.co.uk)

The Philips AJL308 digital clock and photo frame is a really cool concept. You can choose to display photos in a slide show or have them appear next to the time and date in 'clock' mode. It certainly makes a decent gift for someone looking for a basic clo...

Sleek look; MP3 and WMA playback; MPEG-4 and DivX video files playable from thumbdrives and SD/MMC memory cards; novelty alarms and "relaxation" sleep modes

Low resolution images; tinny sound; less intuitive user controls; images load slowly; not all MPEG-4 files are recognised

Marrying a clock radio with a digital photo frame is an awesome concept, but the Philips AJL308 needs to be improved upon before it becomes the perfect union

Silicon isn't as effective as foam for blocking out sound, and you'll still h...

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Philips AJL308 Bedside Companion

By (ubergizmo.com)

The Philips AJL308 Clock Radio & Digital Photo Frame wants to be adept in a many functions, being primarily an alarm clock that wakes you up gently using sounds of nature. In addition, it has pre-loaded relaxation music that eases you into dreamland,

User Reviews (46)

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"A combination digital frame and clock radio that does a poor job of both"

By sfauvelle (cnet.com)

Great concept, but poor execution. Problems ... 

good looking,

poor image quality, no battery backup

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"Great idea, still has some kinks"

By vcirmia (cnet.com)

everyone now a days has a ipod which works wi... 

great space saver, looks great, wakes me up nice and slow :)

won't recognize mpg4 files, horrible tone

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"Okay but not the greatest"

By newzac (cnet.com)

I had been looking for a clock radio/alarm th... 

Clock, alarm and radio work fine.

USB connection but it doesn't play ipod. Also the slideshow doesn't play while the time is visable and when the time is displayed only one image displays.

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