{"id":2469,"date":"2022-01-31T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2022-01-31T07:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T07:15:02","slug":"is-the-aura-frame-at-costco-worth-the-steep-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/ideas-regalo\/merece-la-pena-pagar-por-el-marco-de-oro-en-costco\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfMerece la pena pagar la montura Aura en Costco?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1643612773070\"><h2 class=\"schema-faq-question\">\u00bfC\u00f3mo funciona el marco Aura en Costco?<\/h2> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">El marco Aura en Costco es una prima <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/guias-de-compra\/marco-digital\/\">marco digital<\/a> sin almacenamiento interno y sin soporte para tarjetas USB\/SD. Para cargar fotos en el marco Aura, es necesario utilizar la aplicaci\u00f3n m\u00f3vil de Aura. Por desgracia, los marcos de Aura no funcionan sin Wi-Fi. <br\/><br\/>Las fotos se sincronizan con el marco sobre la marcha, directamente desde los servidores de Aura. Esto le deja poco control sobre el orden de reproducci\u00f3n y la frecuencia de las presentaciones. Tambi\u00e9n significa que si su marco pierde la conexi\u00f3n Wi-Fi (o los servidores de Aura se desconectan por alguna raz\u00f3n), no podr\u00e1 utilizar el marco.<br\/><br\/>Los marcos digitales de Aura utilizan pantallas de alta resoluci\u00f3n, que ocupan gran parte del \"presupuesto\" del marco. Esto se produce a costa de perder un mont\u00f3n de funciones como los grupos de control de varios marcos, la importaci\u00f3n de fotos directamente desde las redes sociales y los sitios para compartir fotos, la configuraci\u00f3n remota, el acceso a una interfaz web intuitiva, etc. <br\/><br\/>Si se tiene en cuenta el elevado precio de Aura -comparado con las prestaciones que ofrece-, hay varias opciones con mejor relaci\u00f3n calidad-precio en el mercado. Entre las mejores alternativas se encuentran la montura de Pix-Star, la Dragon Touch, e incluso las monturas por suscripci\u00f3n como Nixplay y Skylight (aunque no recomendamos comprar monturas por suscripci\u00f3n sin una cuidadosa investigaci\u00f3n).<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1643612774355\"><h2 class=\"schema-faq-question\">\u00bfEl marco Aura de Costco puede reproducir v\u00eddeo y audio?<\/h2> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">El marco Aura de Costco es uno de los \u00fanicos marcos digitales de gama alta que no puede reproducir archivos de audio y v\u00eddeo. La mayor\u00eda de los otros marcos superiores como el Pix-Star, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/comparaciones\/pix-star-or-dragon-touch\/\">Toque de Drag\u00f3n<\/a>Nixplay y Skylight ofrecen reproducci\u00f3n de v\u00eddeo y audio, y tanto Skylight como Nixplay cobran una cuota de suscripci\u00f3n por ello. Teniendo en cuenta el elevado precio de Aura, cabr\u00eda esperar al menos alg\u00fan tipo de soporte de v\u00eddeo y audio.<br\/><br\/>Los marcos de Pix-Star te permiten reproducir clips de v\u00eddeo de 2 minutos (en comparaci\u00f3n con los 30 segundos de Dragon Touch), incluirlos en presentaciones de diapositivas, configurarlos para que se reproduzcan en silencio, reproducir m\u00fasica y radio sobre las presentaciones de diapositivas, conectarlos a altavoces y auriculares externos, etc. <br\/><br\/>Los v\u00eddeos pueden enviarse al marco Pix-Star a trav\u00e9s de la app m\u00f3vil Pix-Star directamente desde la galer\u00eda de tu tel\u00e9fono, o transferirse al marco mediante una tarjeta USB\/SD. Los mensajes de audio pueden enviarse a trav\u00e9s de la app m\u00f3vil Pix-Star Snap, y los archivos de m\u00fasica deben reproducirse desde una tarjeta USB\/SD conectada (no los copies en el almacenamiento interno).<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1643612774821\"><h2 class=\"schema-faq-question\">\u00bfC\u00f3mo se compara la montura Aura de Costco con la Pix-Star?<\/h2> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Tanto el marco Aura de Costco como el <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pix-star.com\/\">Marcos de Pix-Star<\/a> son marcos digitales de gama alta y bien construidos. En t\u00e9rminos de resoluci\u00f3n de pantalla y densidad de p\u00edxeles, el marco de Aura es mejor que el Pix-Star. El Pix-Star minimiza esta p\u00e9rdida al utilizar una relaci\u00f3n de aspecto de 4:3 (en comparaci\u00f3n con la de 16:9 del Aura). Es habitual encontrar quejas de que las im\u00e1genes de los smartphones y las c\u00e1maras est\u00e1n rodeadas de barras negras en los marcos de Aura, pero no en los de Pix-Star. Esto se debe a la relaci\u00f3n de aspecto.<br\/><br\/>En t\u00e9rminos de intercambio de fotos e interconexi\u00f3n, los marcos de Pix-Star son mucho mejores que los de Aura. Los marcos de Pix-Star ofrecen almacenamiento gratuito de por vida en la nube, grupos de control de varios marcos con hasta 25 marcos conectados, reproducci\u00f3n de v\u00eddeo y audio, una gran aplicaci\u00f3n m\u00f3vil que permite enviar hasta 250 fotos al mismo tiempo a varios marcos, y mucho m\u00e1s.<br\/><br\/>Pix-Star ofrece un s\u00f3lido conjunto de funciones con el que Aura no puede competir. Gran parte de esto se debe a que gran parte del coste del marco Aura se destina a la pantalla, lo que deja poco espacio para compartir fotos y otras funciones. Los marcos de Pix-Star ofrecen funciones que los marcos de Aura no ofrecen (tarjeta USB\/SD, v\u00eddeo y audio, funcionamiento sin conexi\u00f3n, etc.) y cuestan mucho menos.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1643612775342\"><h2 class=\"schema-faq-question\">\u00bfPuede el marco Aura de Costco funcionar sin Wi-Fi?<\/h2> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">El marco Aura de Costco es uno de los pocos marcos digitales premium que no pueden funcionar sin conexi\u00f3n. No tienen almacenamiento interno ni soporte para tarjetas USB\/SD, sino que dependen de una conexi\u00f3n constante con los servidores de Aura para sincronizar y mostrar las fotos. No recomendamos comprar marcos que funcionen as\u00ed, ya que hay mucho m\u00e1s riesgo.<br\/><br\/>Si el Wi-Fi se cae, o los servidores de Aura se desconectan por alguna raz\u00f3n (hemos visto que esto sucede con algunos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/hogares-inteligentes\/marcos-de-arte-digital\/\">marcos de arte digital<\/a> en el pasado cuando la empresa se hundi\u00f3), no podr\u00e1s utilizar el marco. Tambi\u00e9n significa que hay que ser un poco m\u00e1s experto en tecnolog\u00eda y dificulta un poco la participaci\u00f3n de los usuarios mayores.<br\/><br\/>A modo de comparaci\u00f3n, el marco digital de Pix-Star -uno de los m\u00e1s populares del mercado- ofrece una amplia funcionalidad offline. Tiene 8 GB de almacenamiento interno, no depende de una conexi\u00f3n constante con la nube y admite tarjetas USB\/SD. La tarjeta USB\/SD conectada no est\u00e1 restringida por el tama\u00f1o m\u00e1ximo, por lo que el espacio de almacenamiento es pr\u00e1cticamente ilimitado. La funci\u00f3n plug & play de Pix-Star te permite reproducir presentaciones directamente desde la tarjeta USB\/SD sin tener que copiar nada en el almacenamiento interno primero. Son ideales para las familias y los usuarios mayores que no est\u00e1n constantemente conectados a la Wi-Fi, o que no se ven muy a menudo.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1643612775967\"><h2 class=\"schema-faq-question\">\u00bfEs la montura Aura de Costco una buena opci\u00f3n para las familias?<\/h2> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Aunque el marco Aura de Costco es un marco de primera calidad, esto no significa que sea autom\u00e1ticamente ideal para familias o usuarios de edad avanzada. En un marco digital hay mucho m\u00e1s que la resoluci\u00f3n de la pantalla para que sea lo suficientemente vers\u00e1til para el hogar y la familia modernos. La resoluci\u00f3n de la pantalla ni siquiera es la caracter\u00edstica m\u00e1s importante que hay que buscar, ya que a menudo se ver\u00e1 como una pantalla de menor resoluci\u00f3n cuando se ve desde el otro lado de la habitaci\u00f3n.<br\/><br\/>El marco digital de Aura (Aura Gallerie en este caso) carece de varias caracter\u00edsticas clave centradas en la familia, como los grupos de control de varios marcos, una s\u00f3lida configuraci\u00f3n remota, utilizan una relaci\u00f3n de aspecto de 16:9 (en lugar de 4:3), no ofrecen soporte de v\u00eddeo y audio, y no pueden funcionar sin Wi-Fi. <br\/><br\/>Estas funciones que faltan se combinan con el elevado precio de Aura, lo que hace que el marco ofrezca una escasa relaci\u00f3n calidad-precio, sobre todo si se compara con lo que ofrecen marcos de la competencia como el Pix-Star (almacenamiento gratuito en la nube para toda la vida, importaci\u00f3n desde redes sociales y sitios para compartir fotos), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/como-se-hace\/como-controlar-remotamente-un-fotograma-digital\/\">funcionalidad del control remoto<\/a>(grupos de control de varios fotogramas, funciona muy bien sin conexi\u00f3n, y mucho m\u00e1s).<br\/><br\/>En resumen, los marcos de Aura de Costco no son grandes opciones para los usuarios familiares o de edad avanzada. Aunque estos marcos tienen una gran resoluci\u00f3n de pantalla, se ven defraudados por la falta de caracter\u00edsticas clave para las familias, una relaci\u00f3n de aspecto inc\u00f3moda y un marco que no \"juega\" bien con otros. Hay muchos otros marcos digitales enfocados a la familia, como el Pix-Star, el Nixplay y el Dragon Touch, que ofrecen una mejor relaci\u00f3n calidad-precio sin dejar de ofrecer una experiencia de visualizaci\u00f3n inmersiva y memorable.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bfDeber\u00eda comprar la montura Aura en Costco? \u00bfMerece la pena su elevado precio? \u00bfC\u00f3mo se compara con las mejores monturas? \u00a1Aprenda todo aqu\u00ed!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here&#039;s what you need to know about the Aura frame Costco offers before buying. 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To load photos to the Aura frame, you need to use Aura\\u2019s mobile app. Unfortunately, Aura\\u2019s frames don\\u2019t work without Wi-Fi. <br\/><br\/>Photos are synced to the frame on the go, directly from Aura\\u2019s servers. This leaves you little control over the play order and frequency of slideshows. It also means that if your frame loses its Wi-Fi connection (or Aura\\u2019s servers go offline for some reason), you won\\u2019t be able to use the frame.<br\/><br\/>Aura\\u2019s digital picture frames use high-resolution screens, which take up a lot of the frame\\u2019s \\u201cbudget\\u201d. This comes at the cost of losing a lot of features like multi-frame control groups, importing photos directly from social media and photo-sharing sites, remote configuration, access to an intuitive web interface, and more. <br\/><br\/>When you consider Aura\\u2019s high price tag \\u2013 compare this is the features it offers \\u2013 there are several better value for money options on the market. Great alternatives include Pix-Star\\u2019s frame, the Dragon Touch, and even subscription-based frames like Nixplay and Skylight (though we don\\u2019t recommend buying subscription-based frames without careful research).\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/de\/geschenk-ideen\/ist-der-aura-rahmen-bei-costco-den-steilen-aufwand-wert\/#faq-question-1643612774355\",\"position\":2,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/de\/geschenk-ideen\/ist-der-aura-rahmen-bei-costco-den-steilen-aufwand-wert\/#faq-question-1643612774355\",\"name\":\"Can the Aura frame at Costco play video and audio?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"The Aura frame at Costco is one of the only premium digital frames that can\\u2019t play audio and video files. Most other top frames like the Pix-Star, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/comparisons\/pix-star-or-dragon-touch\/\\\">Dragon Touch<\/a>, Nixplay, and Skylight offer video and audio playback \\u2013both Skylight and Nixplay charge a subscription fee to do so. Considering Aura\\u2019s high price tag, you\\u2019d expect at least some video &amp; audio support.<br\/><br\/>Pix-Star\\u2019s frames let you play 2-minute video clips (compared to only 30-seconds with Dragon Touch), include them in slideshows, set them to play muted, play music and radio over slideshows, connect to external speakers &amp; headphones, and more. <br\/><br\/>Videos can be sent to the Pix-Star frame via the Pix-Star mobile app directly from your phone\\u2019s gallery, or transferred to the frame by USB\/SD card. Audio messages can be sent via the Pix-Star Snap mobile app, and music files need to be played from a connected USB\/SD card (don\\u2019t copy them to internal storage).\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/de\/geschenk-ideen\/ist-der-aura-rahmen-bei-costco-den-steilen-aufwand-wert\/#faq-question-1643612774821\",\"position\":3,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/de\/geschenk-ideen\/ist-der-aura-rahmen-bei-costco-den-steilen-aufwand-wert\/#faq-question-1643612774821\",\"name\":\"How does the Aura frame at Costco compare with the Pix-Star?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Both the Aura frame from Costco and <a href=\\\"https:\/\/shop.pix-star.com\/\\\">Pix-Star\\u2019s frames<\/a> are high-end, well-built digital picture frames. In terms of screen resolution and pixel density, Aura\\u2019s frame is better than the Pix-Star. Pix-Star minimizes this loss by using a 4:3 aspect ratio (compared to Aura\\u2019s 16:9). It\\u2019s common to find complaints that pictures from smartphones and cameras are surrounded by black bars on Aura\\u2019s frames, but not on the Pix-Star. This is due to the aspect ratio.<br\/><br\/>In terms of photo-sharing and interconnectedness, Pix-Star\\u2019s frames are far better than Aura\\u2019s. Pix-Star\\u2019s frames offer free-for-life cloud storage, multi-frame control groups with up to 25 connected frames, video &amp; audio playback, a great mobile app that lets you send up to 250 photos at the same time to multiple frames, and much more.<br\/><br\/>Pix-Star offers a robust feature set that Aura can\\u2019t compete with. Much of this is due to how much of the Aura frame\\u2019s cost goes into the display \\u2013 leaving little room for photo-sharing and other features. Pix-Star\\u2019s frames offer features that Aura\\u2019s frames don\\u2019t (USB\/SD card, video &amp; audio, working while offline, etc.) while costing a lot less.\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/de\/geschenk-ideen\/ist-der-aura-rahmen-bei-costco-den-steilen-aufwand-wert\/#faq-question-1643612775342\",\"position\":4,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/de\/geschenk-ideen\/ist-der-aura-rahmen-bei-costco-den-steilen-aufwand-wert\/#faq-question-1643612775342\",\"name\":\"Can Costco\\u2019s Aura frame work without Wi-Fi?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Costco\\u2019s Aura frame is one of the few premium digital frames that cannot work offline. They don\\u2019t have internal storage or USB\/SD card support, instead of relying on a constant connection to the Aura servers to sync and display photos. We don\\u2019t recommend buying frames that operate like this as there is far more risk involved.<br\/><br\/>If Wi-Fi goes down, or Aura\\u2019s servers are taken offline for some reason (we\\u2019ve seen this happen with some <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/smart-homes\/digital-art-frames\/\\\">digital art frames<\/a> in the past when the company tanked), you won\\u2019t be able to use the frame. It also means you need to be a little more tech-savvy and makes it a bit hard to get elderly users involved.<br\/><br\/>For comparison, Pix-Star\\u2019s digital frame \\u2013 one of the most popular on the market \\u2013 offers extensive offline functionality. They have 8GB of internal storage, don\\u2019t rely on a constant connection with the cloud, and support USB\/SD cards. The connected USB\/SD card isn\\u2019t restricted by maximum size \\u2013 giving you virtually unlimited storage space. Pix-Star\\u2019s plug &amp; play feature lets you play slideshows directly from the USB\/SD card without having to copy anything to internal storage first. They\\u2019re great for families and elderly users that aren\\u2019t constantly connected to Wi-Fi \\u2013 or that you don\\u2019t see too often!\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/de\/geschenk-ideen\/ist-der-aura-rahmen-bei-costco-den-steilen-aufwand-wert\/#faq-question-1643612775967\",\"position\":5,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/de\/geschenk-ideen\/ist-der-aura-rahmen-bei-costco-den-steilen-aufwand-wert\/#faq-question-1643612775967\",\"name\":\"Is the Aura frame at Costco a good choice for families?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"While the Aura frame at Costco is a premium frame, this doesn\\u2019t mean that it\\u2019s automatically great for families or elderly users. There is a lot more that goes into a digital frame beyond screen resolution to make it versatile enough for the modern home &amp; family. Display resolution isn\\u2019t even the most important feature to look for as it will often look just like a lower resolution display when viewed from across the room.<br\/><br\/>Aura\\u2019s digital frame (Aura Gallerie in this case) is missing several key family-focused features such as multi-frame control groups, robust remote configuration, they use a 16:9 aspect ratio (as opposed to 4:3), offer no video and audio support, and cannot work without Wi-Fi. <br\/><br\/>These missing features combine with Aura\\u2019s very high price tag to deliver a frame that offers little value for money \\u2013 especially when compared to what competing frames like the Pix-Star offer (free-for-life cloud storage, importing from social media &amp; photo-sharing sites, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/how-to-guides\/how-to-remotely-control-a-digital-photo-frame\/\\\">remote control functionality<\/a>, multi-frame control groups, works great offline, and much more).<br\/><br\/>To summarize, Aura\\u2019s frames from Costco are not great choices for family or elderly users. While these frames have great display resolutions, that\\u2019s let down by missing key features for families, an awkward aspect ratio, and a frame that doesn\\u2019t \\u201cplay\\u201d well with others. There are many other great family-focused digital frames like the Pix-Star, Nixplay, and Dragon Touch that offer better value for money while still delivering an immersive and memorable viewing experience!\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471,"href":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions\/2471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pix-star.com\/blog\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}