A 15.6-inch Full HD Frameo frame with a quad-core processor, a card slot that takes cards as large as 128GB and a 24-month warranty, light enough at 680 g to hang almost anywhere.
The Thomson 15.6-inch Frameo frame accepts SD cards of up to 128GB, larger than most Frameo frames will read. For a family that has spent a weekend scanning shoeboxes of prints, that means the whole archive can travel to the frame on a single card.
Many Frameo frames advise sticking to 32GB cards. Thomson's higher limit gives more room for an archive that has grown over decades: christenings, holidays, weddings, school plays, all scanned at decent quality.
A good routine for a big archive:
The card is not in the box, so pick one up with the frame. Built-in memory is 32GB, which holds several thousand full-size phone photos and many more smaller scans.
Thomson pairs a 1920x1080 IPS panel with a quoted 180-degree viewing angle, Full HD across the 15.6-inch widescreen face. Old scans often have a soft, faded look, and a bigger, sharper screen gives them room to breathe.
The memory card guide explains card formats and how to prepare one for a Frameo frame.
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Model | 1563-1 |
| Screen size | 15.6 inches |
| Panel | IPS touch screen, 180-degree viewing angle |
| Resolution | 1920x1080 Full HD |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 |
| Processor | Quad-core CPU |
| Built-in storage | 32GB |
| Memory card | SD card, up to 128GB (not included) |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi and USB |
| Photo app | Frameo for iOS and Android |
| App videos | Up to 15 seconds |
| Rotation | Auto-rotate, upright or sideways |
| On-screen tools | Fill-frame crop, brightness, volume, reactions |
| Power saving | Sleep mode |
| Size | 16 x 10 in |
| Weight | 680 g |
| Colour | Black |
| Power | Mains adapter |
| Warranty | 24 months, lifetime technical support |
Thomson names a quad-core processor among the frame's specs, which is unusual for a Frameo frame, where the chip is rarely mentioned. More processing headroom helps a large Full HD screen move between photos, open a big photo library and play short videos without stalling.
It is not a number anyone will notice on day one. It tends to show later, when the frame holds thousands of photos and the menus have more to sort through.
What the touch screen lets them adjust:
Photos and videos reach the frame from any invited phone through the free Frameo app, on iPhone or Android. Videos sent through the app are capped at 15 seconds, so longer clips are better loaded from the card.
Thomson describes the colour as accurate on the IPS panel, and the wide viewing angle keeps skin tones natural when the frame is seen from a chair off to one side, which is where most people end up looking at a sideboard frame.
The frame keeps everything it receives in its own memory, so the slideshow carries on when the Wi-Fi drops and picks up new photos once the connection is back.
Only invited friends and family can send to it. The frame shows a code, the family enters it in the app, and from then on their photos arrive privately. Adding photos to a Frameo frame shows the steps from the phone side.
Thomson points out that the frame can also display work or products, and its light 680 g body makes it easy to set up somewhere other than a lounge. A family bakery, a hairdresser or a small studio can run a slideshow of their own work on the counter while the family sends photos to a second frame at home.
The same features serve both uses:
At home, the measurements matter more than the weight. The frame is about 16 by 10 inches, wider than a large book, so a sideboard, a deep shelf or a stretch of wall suits it better than a narrow windowsill.
Power comes from a mains adapter, and the frame has no battery. Choose a spot near a socket, and keep the cable tidy along the back of the furniture.
If the frame will not wake one morning, the checks in Frameo frame not turning on run from the socket to the sleep timer. For freezes or a stuck loading screen, see Frameo frame not working.
The Thomson frame stands out for its card limit and warranty. FLYRUIT and Pastigio take a different route to the same goal of loading lots of old photos: both copy pictures straight from a computer over USB-C, as well as from full-size SD cards and USB drives.
| Frame | Largest card | Computer transfer | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomson 15.6 | SD up to 128GB | USB connectivity | One big archive card, 24-month warranty |
| FLYRUIT 15.6 | Full-size SD, FAT32 | USB-C cable | Printed instructions in the box |
| Pastigio 15.6 | Full-size SD, FAT32 | Windows PC, USB-C | Windows households |
| BIGASUO 15.6 | SD and USB drives | Not listed | 64GB inside the frame |
How to decide:
The deciding question is where the family's photos live today. If they sit on a stack of camera cards, the Thomson's generous card limit fits. If they sit in a laptop's picture folder, a frame with direct computer transfer saves the step of copying to a card first. If they mostly live on the grandchildren's phones, any of the four works, and warranty and memory settle it.
All four run the same Frameo app, so relatives can send to any of them from the phone they already use.
For more on the 15.6-inch size and its neighbours, see Frameo frame sizes.
An SD card of up to 128GB. The card is sold separately.
24 months, with lifetime technical support.
Yes. Any invited sender can post photos, and a card can load a set of product or work photos prepared on a computer.
About 680 g, and it measures about 16 by 10 inches.