Yes, this OptiPix SP3200 32-inch HD "Digital Photo Frame" will set you back $840, which is more than many 32-inch HDTVs from brands such as Sony, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba. And you can even watch video on it, albeit only when its loaded on from an SD card, making it the most tedious and annoying TV ever. But guys, it has a frame around it! A frame!

But hey, your grandparents like these things, right? Isn't that how you justify their existence? This is just the logical extreme of the complete ludicrousness of this entire genre of products. If you buy one of these things, you deserve to have your credit cards taken away from you for your own good. [Product Page via TFTS]

The $180 M820 and $230 M1020 support all of the major memory card formats and USB drives, as well as make with the MP3 and MPEG (1 and 4) video playback. The $120 P720 is more basic, dropping the multimedia and CF card support. Can we get some Wi-Fi syncing, at least in the higher end model, please? [Kodak]

I will admit it's kind of cool watching the printer add layers of dye sublimation to add build one full picture, but the novelty quickly wears off. It takes about a minute to print, and it's instantly touchable. But the photos suck. This is a pre-production model, so it could get better, but the sample I printed removed all subtlety from the photo—shadow detail lost, whites blown out and noticeable bleed.

The paper stock is mediocre and you can't even upgrade—you buy proprietary cartridges for $20 that have 36 sheets, with dye cartridge to match. Then you've gotta buy a new one. The printer, as you can imagine, adds a little lot of heft. This hunchbacked mess is not the digital photo frame you were looking for. [Giz @ PMA]

The top line DPF-V900 and DPF-V700 also have Bluetooth compatibility with an optional adapter, and HDMI outputs. The frames do red eye correction using face detection and exposure adjustment. Given the quality of Sony LCD TVs, I'd say these would probably be as nice as those from Philips. $250, $190 and $140. Oh, did I mention I like those black frames? All business, maximum visual pop from the LCD.

DISPLAY PHOTOS IN STYLE WITH SONY'S NEW DIGITAL PHOTO FRAMES

S-Frame™ Brand Features an Elegant Design, Internal Memory and HDMI Outputs
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 30, 2008 - Sony today unveiled its S-Frame brand of digital photo frames, offering vibrant LCD screens and stylish designs suitable for the living room, bedroom or office.
The new DPF-V900, DPF-V700 and DPF-D70 digital photo frame models have WVGA resolution (800 x 480 pixels) along with 15:9 aspect-ratio screens to showcase your digital pictures with detail and clarity. Inside the black bezels of these thin frames is an advanced image processor that scales and displays images up to 48 megapixels, making the frames capable of handling photos taken with the most advanced digital cameras.
"Digital photo frames are a natural addition to our line of digital imaging products," said Ted Okada, senior vice president of digital imaging for Sony Electronics. "Our new S-Frame brand of digital photo frames takes inspiration from the style and features of our Cyber-shot cameras and BRAVIA LCD televisions. They give consumers a beautiful and technically advanced way to showcase their memories."
The three new frames offer convenient features such as 10 slide show variations, clock and calendar views, and two index modes so you can preview several photos at once. You can also conserve energy by using the auto power on/off setting to program when you want the frame to turn on in the morning and off at night. Functions of the digital photo frame can be managed remotely using the included controller.
The 7-inch DPF-V700 and 9-inch DPF-V900 digital photo frames have 512MB of internal storage, while the 7—inch DPF-D70 model has 256MB of internal flash memory. In order to maximize internal memory, the models all offer an auto-resizing option that downsizes photos so you can store hundreds within the device and then return your memory card back to the camera.
Digital images can be loaded onto the internal memory of the digital photo frames from several types of flash memory cards, including Memory Stick PRO™, Memory Stick PRO Duo™, SD Memory Card, MMC, Compact Flash, Microdrive® and xD-Picture Card. Photos can also be transferred to the frames via the USB cable from a personal computer or digital camera.
The DPF-V900 and DPF-V700 digital photo frames are Bluetooth®-enabled. Using a Bluetooth adaptor, sold separately, the frames can import images wirelessly from a Bluetooth-device such as a mobile phone. Both frames also connect to Sony® BRAVIA and other compatible HDTV sets to display your photos in high definition via an HDMI cable, sold separately.
All three S-Frame models support JPEG and RAW (SRF, SR2, ARW) image file formats. The DPF-V900 and DPF-V700 frames also support TIFF and BMP file formats. These two models also feature Sony's Bionz™ processor with face detection technology for faster processing speeds, as well as in-frame photo correction like focus enhancement, red-eye corrections and exposure adjustment.
The DPF-V900, DPF-V700 and DPF-D70 digital photo frames will be available for $250, $190 and $140, respectively. All three will ship in March and can be purchased online at HYPERLINK "http://www.sonystyle.com" http://www.sonystyle.com, at Sony Style® retail stores, at military base exchanges, and at authorized dealers nationwide.

INTRODUCING THE WORLD'S FIRST TOUCH-SCREEN WIFI-INTEGRATED DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME

Shogo Poised To Revolutionize The Digital Picture Frame Market

January 07, 2008—2008 International Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas— Global technology company RealEase today announced the availability of Shogo, its revolutionary flagship product that is the world's first touch-screen WiFi-integrated digital picture frame. A unique lifestyle device, Shogo brings digital content such as pictures, music, Internet radio, weather forecast and data directly to you— without the need of a PC or any technical knowledge.

"It's our goal to bring digital content to everyone in the family in the comfort of their home anywhere around the world without the hassle and limitations of today's digital photo frame products," explains Daniel Schneersohn, RealEase CEO. "Our design point was to make a digital picture frame product easy enough for grandparents and parents to automatically share family pictures and a product flexible enough for teenagers to be able to access and broadcast their favorite Internet content to friends. Shogo is a living digital photo frame that packs all this and more capabilities into a simple, stylish, easy-to-operate mobile form factor."

Introducing Shogo and the myshogo.com service

Shogo is the world's first touch-screen WiFi-integrated lifestyle digital picture frame with a number of groundbreaking category-first features. Its touch-screen and simple user interface makes it very easy to use and navigate its menus to select various photo albums and other content for viewing. The integrated battery means no more wires and makes it easy to use your Shogo as a portable digital photo album that can be shared with family and friends anywhere around the house. Shogo's high-resolution digital panels provide superior picture quality and its large internal memory offers unsurpassed storage that can hold up to thousands of pictures.

For the first time, the new Shogo digital frame makes it possible for everyone to easily receive and share pictures as well as content remotely frame to frame. With its Shogo Friend capability, you can share your favorite shots from your Shogo, instantly and with one or multiple friends without a PC.

Every Shogo frame is easily managed from the free myshogo.com portal, an internet-based portal that is fully integrated with major photo portal sites such as Flickr, Picasa, SmugMug and .Mac.

From an industry perspective, myshogo.com is a fully functional Internet-based content provisioning service that provides back end web-based services that automatically "update" each frame with pictures and other digital content such as weather forecasts and RSS feeds. From the user's perspective, it's like magic: with myshogo.com, you can manage your mother or grandmother's Shogo frame remotely. And with the "Shogo Friend" capability, you can share your favorite shots from your Shogo, instantly and with one or multiple friends without a PC.

With the Shogo digital frame and the myshogo.com subscription service, managing content and getting connected to people around you has never been so easy.

The global market for digital picture frames is expected to explode, going from 2.8 million units in 2006 up to 42.3 million units by 2011 (according to IDC)***. Shogo is well-positioned in the market, especially as WiFi connectivity becomes more pervasive and it offers valuable functionality and sex appeal that has been missing in existing products available in the market today.

"To date, the digital picture frame has been a decorative gift with limited functionality that is soon stored away in the family closet," said Schneersohn. "We believe Shogo is well placed to do for digital picture frames what the iPod* did for the pervasiveness of the mp3 world."

Shogo is expected to be available in US retail outlets in spring 2008 at an MSRP of $299 for a touch-screen, WiFi version.

About RealEase

Shogo developer RealEase was founded in 2005 by an international team of experienced senior management, technology engineers and marketers to design, manufacture and market innovative tech-products with unique applications for both the home and enterprise. RealEase has centred its Design and Research & Development division for software and web services in France. Its manufacturing base and hardware development centres are in Shenzhen, China and headquarters are in Hong Kong. For more information about Shogo or RealEase please visit www.realease.com / www.myshogo.com

Las Vegas NV - January 2008 - Audiovox Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX) today announced two new Digital Message Centers that are designed to completely shake up the digital picture frame market. You can display up to 100 pictures on the built in 512mb memory and go as high as 500 pictures with optional additional memory cards but that is where the similarity to the competition ends.

The Audiovox Digital Message Center features audio or audio/video-messaging capability through built-in camera and recorders. Family members can leave messages for audio and or video playback and can even tag them to the built in calendar so they play back on a specific date. In addition the company has designed their digital message frames to be displayed in the kitchen with refrigerator mounting systems that include unique flat wire in three finishes to match most appliances.

The system has 7-inch LCD with 16:9 aspect ratio and 480 x 234 pixels. A digital clock and LED message indicator are also built in and the magnetic border makes posting notes and coupons a breeze. There are even Post-it® pads for anyone needing to scribble a quick note.

The systems are designed to mount either on a refrigerator, wall mount or stand on a counter and include the brackets for all three options. In addition, flat wire in white, silver and black finishes that match most appliances are also included.

The DPF711K Video Message center carries a MSRP: $199.99.

The DPF710K Audio Message center carries a MSRP: $159.99.

ViewSonic didn't provide an exact storage capacity for the frames, but did say that the internal memory will be enough for about 400 5-megapixel photos. Photos will be transferred to the frame via USB or via memory card from the camera. ViewSonic will be making a formal announcement of its new line of digital photo frames in a few weeks so expect more information then. Viewsonic says when the complete line is rolled out it will have about ten digital frames in all. I hope that some of the future frames will integrate WiFi and MMS support similar to the new Parrot digital frame. Now you will have more ways to display all those pictures of your dog, kids, or really hot girlfriend/wife you take and stash on your hard drive. - Shane McGlaun

Connected to a Pandigital frame, the Bluetooth connector/adapter pairs with any Bluetooth device, letting you send pictures to the frame and display them in all their glory. The company says the $40 adaptor will be available this month.

Pandigital's Wi-Fi accessory lets the frame connect to a wireless network, letting you transmit pictures to the frame from other computers on the network. Pandigital wasn't specific about whether you'd be able to grab photos from a Flickr account, or email pictures to the frame as you can with the eStarling digital photo frame. The Wi-Fi adapter works with 802.11a/b/g networks, and will be available for $50 in August.

Also rolling out in August is a $50 battery pack that powers the frame for three hours on a charge. The company didn't say which size frame would give you this three-hour battery life, but we're thinking that's not quite long enough to actually be practical. At least it includes a charger, so you won't be needing to buy boatloads of batteries to keep this thing going.

The picture frames have new features added, too. There's a clock function now built in that lets you display your chosen pictures, videos or MP3 files at specified times, and can also be used as an alarm clock (imagine a video of the forest with sounds of chirping birds waking you gently at 6 a.m.). The company also added PictBridge capabilities to the frames, letting you wirelessly transmit a picture in the frame to a PictBridge-capable printer nearby.

Here's a list of the new frames, along with resolutions and pricing:

•15-inch (model PAN150-B) has 256MB of integrated memory, 1024x768 resolution and has a suggested retail price of $299.99.

•11-inch (model PAN111-B) has 256MB of integrated memory, 800x480 resolution and has a suggested retail price of $229.99.

•10.4-inch (model PAN104-B) has 256MB of integrated memory, 800x600 resolution and a suggested retail price of $249.99.

•9-inch (model PAN90-2) has 256MB of integrated memory, 800x480 resolution, and has a suggested retail price of $179.99.

•8-inch (model PAN80-2) has 128MB of integrated memory, 800x480 resolution and has a suggested retail price of $149.99.

•7-inch (model PAN70-1) 128MB of integrated memory, 480x234 resolution and has a suggested retail price of $129.99.

•6-inch (model PAN-602B) has 128MB of integrated memory, 410x234 resolution and has a suggested retail price of $119.99.

Product Site [Pandigital]

Hey, this is looking good! Are there any drawbacks?

The only drawback we can see so far is its steep $350 price. But it looks like its 800x600 resolution is enough to get the job done, and it's just the right size to accommodate standard 8x10 picture frames, giving you the option of enclosing it in your choice of off-the-shelf frames can get anywhere. That's a good idea.

The feature set looks right and the frame is now shipping; now we just need to try it out and see how it looks. It certainly can't be any worse than that dreadful eStarling digital picture frame we just finished reviewing. – Charlie White

Product Page [Digital Spectrum Solutions, Inc.]

Product Page [Via Outblush]

We were hoping this would be a cube with screens on more than one side, but no. Even with its meager features, it's still hardly priced for giving away, either, at $51.34 if you're buying between 25-499 of them. Nice piece of swag; maybe these will become more prevalent at the trade shows as display prices continue their freefall. – Charlie White

Product Page [eNecessities, via Oh Gizmo]

As always, the LCD color on these things generally suck when they come from the off brands. You've been warned, mmm-kay?–Brian Lam
UPDATE: Turns out, this thing doesn't even do powerpoint. You have to save your slides as JPGs. Marketing bullshit, at its finest.
[Fidelity Electronics]

Mustek's Ality Digital Photo Frames with Touch screen, Clock and more [Gearlog]

If its 512MB of internal memory isn't enough, you can insert an SD, MMC or MS memory card and be sure it's well-stocked with as many photos as you'd like. You can also use it as an alarm clock, and can play your tunes through its tiny speaker. Still, you'd think for $300 Sharper Image could offer WiFi or Internet connectivity with a product like this. – Charlie White

Product Page [Sharper Image, via Coolest Gadgets]

Finally, this could be the digital frame we've been waiting for. It's bigger than any of its competitors at 10.4 inches, displays photos from Flickr and other photo sharing sites, plays audio/video files and a lot more. Full spec list and a sneak peek at its Vista-esque user interface, after the jump. – Charlie White

Specifications: DigitalSpectrum MemoryFrame MF-8104 Premium
•Windows CE 5.0 Operating System
•Compatible with Windows Vista and Windows XP Home/Pro
•Windows Vista auto detection of the Picture Frame
•Automatic Display from Vista Pictures folder
•Built-in multi function card reader
•USB 2.0 Host and Device Connectivity
•Generous internal memory
•Integrated Wireless 802.11b/g Network Support (WEP/WPA)
•IP addressable for web content access (IPv4/IPv6)
•Displays photos and content from Internet Photo Sharing Sites
•RSS feed configurable
•Plays MP3, WMA and Streaming Audio files
•Integrated Stereo Speakers
•Displays ID3 Tags and album cover
•Plays MPEG, WMV Video and Streaming Video
•Blue Tooth, USB and Wireless support
•Embedded HTTP Web Server
•UPnP Support
•Auto Update - Flash Upgradeable as new features are added
•Wireless remote included
•Desk top and wall mount
•Changeable standard 8x10 frames to suite your d cor

RSS & Photo Sharing Sites:
• Windows Live Spaces
• Flikr
• AOL Pictures
• Webshots
• Configure you own RSS feeds!

File Formats Supported:
Image: .JPG, .PNG, .BMP, .TIFF
Audio: MP3, WMA
Video: WMV, MPEG-4

In The Box
• Wireless Digital Photo Frame
• User Guide
• AC/DC power adapter
• Wireless Remote Control
• USB Cable
• 8x10 Picture Frame - Color and Style may Vary

Product page [DigitalSpectrum Inc.]

They're compatible with the usual array of flash memory cards, and can also play back MP3s with their integrated speakers, along with MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and DivX video files. Take your pick of styles appropriate as gifts for baby showers, weddings and such; all are $239.

Helpful hint from personal experience: digital picture frames are perfect gifts for semi-technical old folks, as long as you help them with setup—they'll love you for it. – Charlie White

Product Page [Storybook Frames]

We're liking the solid construction and clean design of this frame, now available in two styles—Modern like its 7-inch brother and pictured here, and Classic, which we don't have a picture of yet. We have quite a bit hands-on experience with the 7-inch unit, whose user interface is baffling at first but works well nonetheless. We are a bit disappointed that this latest model doesn't include WiFi support, such as the eStarling picture frame, which teased us early this year but then unceremoniously disappeared. If someone would roll out a frame with its features, it could clean up in this market, no doubt.

The next big revelation about this Philips frame will be its price. Will it go the Samsung route and cost well over $300, or will the company further commoditize this hot category and bring it into the $150 range? – Charlie White

Philips new and innovative 9 inch PhotoFrame [Far East Gizmos]

The jaw dropper is its price, $129, or you can get it without the infrared remote control, tabletop and wall mounting hardware, USB cable and earphones for $109. That's $100 less expensive than a comparable model from Philips cost just a couple of months ago, and a full $200 cheaper than Samsung's entry into the LCD picture frame market.

Perhaps these manufacturers are hearing about how you can make LCD picture frames yourself for almost free. Anyway, our favorite is still the WiFi-enabled eStarling picture frame, which only sold a few units before it mysteriously disappeared. Here's hoping there will be another WiFi-enabled LCD frame available soon. – Charlie White

MediaStreet's 128MB Digital Picture Frame [Bios Magazine]