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Product Category: Digital Media Frame

Manufacturer: HP

Where to Buy: Amazon.com [Affiliate]

Price: $208.82 USD

Specifications: 10.1 inch LCD screen, 2 GB on-board storage, 802.11b/g WiFi, 10/100 megabit Ethernet, memory card slot (SD, CF, MS, XD), infrared remote control.

Pros:

• Gorgeous screen and overall design;
• Easy to use user interface unites social networking, media playback, and more;
• Handy remote that stores in a compartment in the frame.

Cons:

• Sluggish performance;
• Incredibly limited video support (no HD!);
• Unintelligent software design.

Summary: HP describes the DreamScreen 100 as a "wireless connected screen", and in some ways the vague nature of the product name defines the experience using the product. Even HP is a bit confused, because they don't list the DreamScreen with the rest of their digital photo frames. The DreamScreen, available in 10.2 inch and 13.3 inch screen sizes, is a device that, while ambitiously trying to do more than any digital media frame before it, manages to fail at pretty much everything. It's a shame because the product looks fantastic and has a beautiful screen. That, however, is not enough to save it. Read more...

"JOBO AG announces the addition of an affordable new ultra-thin and very stylish digital picture frame to the growing JOBO family of digital picture frames.The new .35-inch thick JOBO NANO 7 is the first in a series of three new NANO digital picture frames to be introduced this year. The JOBO NANO 7 digital picture frame will be available in three different versions - Basic, Pro and Media. The new NANO 7 is less than half an inch thick and features a 7" high resolution TFT-Color-LCD display designed to beautifully showcase digital images and many user friendly functions. This ultra-slim frame can be conveniently operated with its versatile remote control."

You wouldn't want a frame with all those buttons on it, would you? No, of course not - which is why the buttons vanish when you stop interacting with them. Slick! I like the fact that the frames are quite thin. I'm less convinced by the 16:10 aspect ratio - unless you want a video frame, why would you want to have your 4:3 images zoomed/cropped to 16:10? This seems like a real miss to me with this product...