Digital Home Thoughts - News & Reviews for the Digital Home

"ACDSee Picture Frame Manager software for Mac and PC allows you to conveniently manage images for any type of display device. Whether it's a photo frame or a large screen 1080p TV, this application will optimize your images to the resolution of your frame so you can fit many more images into the frame's memory with ease."

I think you can file this under the "for n00bs" only category, but if you know someone that has a digital photo frame and they struggle with getting their images re-sized, this might be a good solution - albeit an expensive one at $39.99 USD. There's not a lot of descriptive text, so maybe it's smarter than I'm giving it credit for. If it could detect (or be told) the aspect ratio and resolution of your frame, it would be slick to have it not only resize the images but also automatically crop them to the right aspect ratio. Point and shoot digital cameras typically take pictures in a 4:3 aspect ratio, while most DSLR cameras capture images in a 3:2 aspect ratio. Nobody likes to see black bars on their digital picture frame, so this might be a solution.

"JOBO AG announces the addition of a new ultra stylish and very portable digital picture frame to the growing JOBO family of digital picture frames. Featuring a 3.5-inch screen, the new pocket-sized JOBO S4 Mobile photo Display is the most compact and lightweight JOBO model to date. The new JOBO S4 Mobile Photo Display fits nicely in a pocket or handbag and is especially designed for consumers to use anywhere anytime. It is also available in two popular color choices - black or white."

This product seems a bit...curious to me. Carrying a picture frame in your jacket pocket or purse? You'd have to be really hard-core about your photos to want to carry a frame with you. Most people would just load up images on their mobile phones, or MP3 player, and it would probably be classified as "good enough". There's no word on the pricing either - I suppose it it were quite cheap (perhaps $49?) it might be a fun gadget to use now and then...but I suspect it's not going to be that cheap. Would you use a gadget like this?

"Sony introduced its new S-Frame brand of digital photo frames that comprises of DPF-V900, DPF-V700, and DPF-D70. Common features include : WVGA resolution (800 x 480 pixels), 15:9 aspect-ratio screens, advanced image processor, 10 slide show variations, clock and calendar views, and two index modes to preview a bunch of photos simultaneously."



The higher end models also feature Bluetooth and an HDTV connection. Overall, these are rather nice looking except for the Sony logo. As much as most companies want to slap their logos on stuff, I think they really need to show some restraint with digital picture frames since I find it distracting from the experience.