A digital photo frame is a logical gift or addition to anyone with a digital camera. Most consumers in the digital photography markets have made the transition to digital cameras and digital imaging. Digital cameras, like all consumer electronics, have come down significantly in price, improved in things like megapixels, optical zoom, and internal storage, and have virtually eliminated the need to develop images. Since anyone with a digital camera collects a large number of digital images, a digital photo frame that allows them to display them immediately makes a lot of sense.
Digital cameras created a freedom in taking pictures that didn’t exist with traditional film. With the ever increasing storage capacity of memory cards, most of us with a digital camera can happily take endless amounts of digital photos and not worry about running out of film or how much it will cost to develop them all. Digital cameras make us all happy.
The downside to this, of course, is that most of us collect a large number of digital images. Go on vacation to Europe and you might come home with a couple hundred digital photos. These are usually transferred to a computer or laptop, where they remain forever and are rarely seen. Sure we can print a couple (photo printers are now much cheaper too) and put them in a few frames around the house, but the hundreds or thousands of others are stored away in oblivion.
That’s why digital photo frames are predicted to be on such a steep growth trajectory. A digital frame allows you to upload digital photos and display them in what looks like a traditional frame, but with an LCD display instead of glass. You can easily transfer your digital camera’s memory card to the frame, or transfer photos from the camera to a memory card in the digital frame and start displaying photos. Some digital photo frames also have internal memory (no memory card needed) and you can download them directly from your computer, very flexible.
The main difference between a digital frame and a normal photo frame is its dynamic nature. A digital photo frame can display many photos in a slideshow format. They also come with many display mode features to define how many photos to display, transition type, multiple images on the screen and can also display videos and play music. Digital frames are consumer electronics that take photo frames to another level.
Digital photo frames are great for the home or office, and they also make wonderful gifts, especially if you pre-load them with photos from your photo collection. Your gift recipient will open the frame and immediately begin to see images they recognize. Plus, as your digital image collection grows, you can keep new images on your screen, or in a friend’s or family member’s frame, so you’re always showing new images in the frame. Many digital photo frames now have wireless capabilities that make it even easier to send new photos from your PC to the digital frame.
So if you have a digital camera (and who doesn’t these days), pay attention because a digital photo frame is probably an accessory that makes sense for you. It’s time to start displaying all those digital photos you’ve taken, and a digital photo frame is the best way to do it.
