Sony enters the market with a line of picture frames S-Frame

Sony has not remained indifferent to the rapidly growing industry of digital photo frames (Digital Photo Frame). Japanese electronics giant has officially announced the release of this promising market with the debut line, called S-Frame. Currently in its membership includes three models: DPF-V900, DPF-V700 and DPF-D70. They all work in the same resolution of 800x480 (WVGA) with an aspect ratio of 15:9. In the list of the main differences appears the screen size, the presence of Bluetooth controller and the amount of internal flash memory.

The eldest in the line of photo frame DPF-V900 is equipped with an LCD screen with a 9-inch diagonal. The other two are 7- inch models. Support for Bluetooth wireless network interface is implemented in versions DPF-V900 and DPF-V700. They are equipped with 512 MB of internal memory. At the disposal of the owners of DPF-D70 it would be half the size - 256 MB. To avoid depending on the internal buffer when working with a large gallery of pictures, the developers have equipped the new frame multiformat card reader. Declared compatible with memory cards Memory Stick PRO / PRO Duo, SD Memory Card, MMC, Compact Flash, Microdrive and xD-Picture Card.

With an integrated USB-interface loading images into digital photo frames can be made directly from your computer, laptop or digital camera. Two older models with the Bluetooth controller can be operated wirelessly with mobile phones or other devices with the appropriate adapter.

E-filling of new photo frames Sony S-Frame can take pictures of almost any resolution and adapt to show on its own LCD display. The deadline is the 48- megapixel resolution. It supports common image formats: JPEG and RAW (SRF, SR2, ARW). Two older models DPF-V900 and DPF-V700 understand files with TIFF and BMP. ' Heart ' of all three Frame is a high speed processor Sony Bionz, able to recognize people's faces, adjust sharpness, remove red-eye.

Frames have many preset modes, including 10 options for the slideshow, clock, calendar, two preview modes. In addition, the device can be made to automatically turn off at night and turn on the morning. The remote control is much easier to manage the basic functions. Equipment should also be noted senior models DPF-V900 and DPF-V700 Interface HDMI, which will be useful if you want to display images on TV screen with the same port.

The first digital photo frames by Sony are expected to be available next month. On the issue of pricing is known that the recommended price of the flagship model DPF-V900 is set at $ 250, the average in the line model DPF-V700 is estimated at $ 190, and junior model DPF-D70 - $ 140.