Memory Frame USB Digital Photo Frame

Digital Picture Frame Memory

The original Pacific Digital Memory Frame was okay — we gave it a good review after all. The basic Pacific Digital MemoryFrame is comprised of an Active Matrix TFT LCD screen measuring about 4.5″ wide by 3.5″ high (5.6″ diagonal). The back of the device has controls for power, slide show display, single image display, a stop/start button and a USB 1.1 connection which allows you to load MemoryFrame’s built-in storage media either directly from a camera or card reader, or from a computer.

It displays images at 640×480 pixels at the original color depth of each image. The MemoryFrame will work with JPG, TIF, PNG, GIF and BMP image files. The DirectConnect feature allows you to directly attach a USB Mass Storage Compliant memory-card-reader to MemoryFrame without the need for a PC.

In addition to the MemoryFrame and decorative holder/frame, Pacific Digital also supplies an image management program called Digital PixMaster. It has features for organizing a personalized photo show and uploading it to the MemoryFrame via a USB connection. Vacation photos, drawings by the kids, portraits. Once loaded, the internal menu on the MemoryFrame has settings for slide duration, transition duration, background color and which images should be included in the slide show. There are also controls for loading images from camera or computer.

Using Memory Frame is simple. Turn the device on, then connect a card reader or camera with a USB cable or connect MemoryFrame to a USB port on your PC. If you use your PC, the PixMaster software provides selection and sorting features which let you pick and choose from any compatible image formats on your hard drive(s). Once MemoryFrame is loaded, press the slide show button on the back of the device.

The MemoryFrame is priced at the lower end of this market.

Compare it to the ultra high-end 17″ monster from DigiFrame at $799.00 or the mid-market Sony CyberFrame at $499.00 or the low-end Ceiva Digital Photo Receiver at $99.00.