Digital Picture Frame Reviews

As everyone has now made to switch from old cartridge-film type cameras to digital cameras, we need a way to view our images. The obvious choice to view our digital images is through a PC but this is often impractical and impossible in some cases where a PC is simply unavailable. Of course we could print out our pictures – but this can get very expensive, especially if you have hundreds of photos. So what is the best portable and convenient way to view digital photos?

By using a digital picture frame you can view your digital pictures anywhere. The digital photo frame has become a modern day household necessity to that pictures can be viewed easily and conveniently. We have reviewed a popular Smartparts digital picture frame which claims to be one of the best available on the market today.

This frame has been designed with thought as it boosts a genuine dark-wood frame that would compliment any room in your home or office. There is a removable and adjustable stand that makes viewing so much easier. The large 8 inch photo display screen displays the pictures with the same crisp high quality that you would expect from high quality prints. The amazing vibrant bright colors allow you to view the pictures in near-real natural state.

To display your pictures in the SP8EM simply take out the memory card from your camera and insert it directly into the frame – then view your pictures. It is that easy. You don’t need to upload and edit your pictures on a PC first.

When viewing the pictures you will have a choice of normal view or cropped view. Normal view attempts to fit the pictures on to the screen without any cropping or stretching whereas crop view pictures will automatically enlarged to fill the screen without having to stretch them. It is possible to play videos on this frame too.

It will take virtually every memory card type you would possibly imagine and includes SD, SDHC, compact flash, XD, MMC as well as a flash drive memory stick. There are two USB ports on the frame, one for host and one for slave. The host port is for USB flash drives and the slave port allows connectivity to your PC. The amount of pictures that can be displayed can be increased by using larger size memory cards.

The frame comes complete with the very excellent OptiPix Pro software which you load into your PC. It allows you to find, optimise and transfer all of your pictures onto your frame. The software will allow you to view your vertical photos the correct way as well as sharpen them up. It will also allow you to transfer photos to your frame and even try to fit more on your frame.

This is an excellent digital device and one that needs strong consideration when looking around to purchase a digital picture frame. It’s strong points are it’s crisp, high quality and ease of use with great functions.