This past Christmas, my mother told me that my brother gave her a digital photo frame with a bunch of cool pictures from the year’s past events. While I did not admit it to her, I had no idea what a digital photo frame was. This prompted me to learn more about digital photo frames. By the end of the process, I was — and continue to be — impressed!
The Old Days of Digital Photos
When we first started using our digital cameras, we’d share photos with family and friends by giving them a CD full of pictures, or else sending them by email. Printing digital photos can get expensive, so the pictures generally remained in some obscure electronic file instead of in an album. Typically, the CDs ended up in a junk drawer somewhere and the emails eventually got deleted. The more ambitious of us uploaded the photos to a file sharing area, blog or web page but again, if Grandma didn’t have a computer, she never got to enjoy the pictures unless they were printed out.
Finally, there’s a solution that makes digital photos fun and engaging — and even Grandma can look at them because computer access is not necessary and they don’t have to be printed out for non-computer users.
Digital Picture Frames Will Let You Share Your Photos Easily
A digital picture frame is something that’s physical. You can touch it. You can place it where ever you want in your home. Other people can look at it and enjoy your images.
The digital photo viewer presents pictures that are stored on a memory card that you plug into your viewer. Since it does not read pictures on a “hard drive,” per se, you can easily switch out what you want to display by simply replacing the memory card with another one that has new material. Of course, if you just have one memory card, you can always update or replace the material that is on it.
It Gets Better - Share Your Movie Clips, Too!
Sharing pictures is a great feature, but a digital photo frame lets you share movies. JPEG, MP4, DivX, AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, MP3, WMA, WAV formats are all supported in the viewer. As you know, most of the formats I just mentioned have sound with them. A fantastic feature is that it can play music in the background -or- it can play the sound that you recorded in your movie.
Digital photo frames come with built-in speakers, but you can also amplify the sound by plugging in external speakers. If privacy is an issue, plug in your headphone set.
Powering Your Unit
Obviously, your memory card will only give your digital photo frame something to view. It’ll need some “juice.” Each frame comes with a 9v adapter. Just plug it into your power outlet and your digital image viewer and you’re on your way!
Other Features
Digital picture frames area available in 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 15 inch screens. Choose the “look” of your frame from a variety of materials (like wood or metal), colors and textures so that you can coordinate the frame with your home decor. Digital picture frames also comes with a remote control that you can use to adjust your settings or use to browse through your pictures or movies.
Conclusion: Digital Picture Frames Bring Life to Family Memories
Forget about dusty old scrapbooks or photo albums that are buried somewhere in a closet. Toss those CDs away and don’t worry about burning through $30 in ink this weekend because you have to print out your digital images. With their audio capability, ability to store huge amounts of images (that you can set to scroll automatically), their movie-playing ability and sleek appearance, digital photo frames will bring life to your family memories.
Learn more about a digital picture frame at DigitalFramez.com.
~~~Urbain Beck
