PhotoVu Digital Picture Frames


Why are the PhotoVu wireless digital picture frames so expensive? Do people really buy these?

Yes, our PhotoVu wireless digital photo frames are expensive, but as most things in life, you truly do get what you pay for! We sell to consumers, all over the world, every day. And many people come back and buy more PhotoVus after they get their first one. Our repeat business is exceptionally high because our customers “get it.” The reason is simple: Ask yourself how much money you have spent in a lifetime of taking photos including earlier film developing costs and recent digital camera purchases. You will be surprised how much it all adds up. Then think about how nice it would be to have your lifetime investment in photos enjoyed silently on your wall in a never ending stream of your life’s special moments, from the world’s best digital picture frame.

First, each PhotoVu is a unique product manufactured and customized just for you. Our large digital photo frames are not made in a high volume electronics factory in China so we cannot take advantage of the cost savings that higher volumes and cheap labor would bring. Instead, PhotoVu is a boutique high-end custom electronics designer and manufacturer. You get a high quality, custom crafted, “Made in the USA” product from a company that only makes wireless digital picture frames and nothing else.

We don’t skimp on anything when it comes to building the world’s best and largest digital picture frames. For example, we could use a cheap plastic housing to hold the electronics, but instead we use an all aluminum enclosure (costs us about $80 alone!). This allows for greater heat dissipation so we don’t have to use internal fans (the last thing you want on your wall is a noisy fan blowing around a bunch of dust). We could also use steel at a third the price, but we use aluminum so that it weighs the least possible. All our frames are real wood from high quality manufacturers such as Larson-Juhl and Picture Woods. We could use plastic cheap molded frames, and the price would be lower, but then all you wold have is a cheap ugly frame at a cheap price. Internally, we use the best electronics, LCD panels and power supplies we can find. Our dedicated internal computers are also fanless which cost considerably more and our memory is large enough to display today’s largest digital camera images today and beyond. Our powerful internal computer and memory allow for such things as real time auto-scaling, cropping and auto-rotation of images that simply cannot be done with cheaper, underpowered electronic components found in cheaper table top frames. All our hardware then comes together with four years of software development to bring the best features and capabilities on the market today that doesn’t crash, lockup, or need constant rebooting.

Everything detailed above costs real money. In the end, you would be surprised what little profit is left in the end for us to run a business and pay people so they can earn a living wage.