One photo for each picture frame is a thing of the past. Rotate hundreds, even thousand, of photos with digital photo frames that store and rotate images according to your directions. Digital picture frames make family photo displays easy to manage No more switching out each year’s school pictures, for example, or buying a new standard frame for every new grade. Just scan and download school portraits every year and watch the frame screen to see how Junior has grown.
A wide variety of digital frames are found online. Following are some of the coolest.
Kodak Touch Border Digital Frame
Manage photos, videos, and MP3 files with a tap of the finger on the Kodak 8-Inch Quick Touch Border Digital Frame from Target.com (see photo below). The 8-inch viewing screen displays up to 300 photos in the frame’s 128 megabytes of internal memory. Users touch the border, not the center, of the screen to control functions and settings, leaving the viewing screen free of fingerprints. The frame features built-in speakers and two extra card slots to allow for increased video and photo viewing. An AC adapter is included. Dimensions: 10.1 inches wide by 1.3 inches deep by 7.1 inches tall. Price: $109.99. Shipping varies.
Multiple Display Digital Photo Frame
The Digilicious Digital Frame, currently on clearance at Umbra.com and pictured below, displays four different photo slide shows at once with a collection of viewing screens. A remote control and two built-in speakers are included. Two of the frames are horizontally oriented. One frame has a square viewing screen and the last frame has a vertical screen. Size: about 14-inch square. Available in black and nickel. Price: $100. Shipping varies.
Rotating Wireless Digital Frame
The sleek IPEVO Kaleido R7 features a moveable 800-by-480 resolution screen for viewing at any angle. The frame rotates to display vertical and horizontal photos and also swivels to direct the screen toward viewers. Available at store.ipevo.com, the IPEVO digital frame (see photo below) lets users stream photos live from their computers via included software. Dimensions: 11.5 inches by 9.5 inches by 4.5 inches. Remote control included. Price: $149.99. Ships via Amazon.com.
Round Photosphere Digital Picture Frame
Cute as a button and thrifty to boot, the Senario Photosphere Digital Photo frame from Ritzcamera.com sports a 1.5-inch screen in a spherical wood tone frame. At $19.99, the frame offers the basics: storage capacity to display up to 50 photos, slideshow capabilities, and auto off. Software and a USB cable are included. Shipping is $6.95.
Photo Sharing Ceiva Digital Frame
Ceiva photo frames allow users to transfer images to a remote picture frame. Perfect for sending family photos to long-distance relatives, the Ceiva photo sharing digital frames display new images automatically after they are sent to the frame through a phone line, wireless connection, or broadband hook-up. Ceiva users buy a frame and subscribe to the PicturePlan service to receive photos from others. The frames have an 8-inch screen and black and wood tone face plates. One frame with a one-year subscription to PicturePlan starts at $127.99. Free shipping on all orders over $99.
If a digital photo frame does not come with an energy-saving automatic shut-off, unplug the device when no one will be in the room to see the photos for a significant period of time.
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