Unfortunately, I have the same begin with the negatives: As with a number of customers in front of me - the cable supplied was defective. Clearly one can not ask the non-plus-ultra quality of the cable at the reasonable price. However, one can expect that the delivered works ... Good thing I still had such a cable at home, otherwise that would not have worked with the gift.
To the device itself:
The quality of the displayed photo is good, brightness absolutely fine. The controls are simple and straightforward. The transfer of photos to the digital photo frame is because no challenge is clear.
All in all, the gift of a great success - despite initial difficulties ;-)
4 stars - for the defective cable ... otherwise you get what you pay :-)