Smartparts' DPF56N 5.6-inch digital photo frame

With a name like Smartparts, it's gotta be good, right? While we can't judge the quality per se, the intriguingly-named company has crafted a sleek, classy digital picture display that looks more like a frame and less like a futuristic decoration. Sure to garner grandmother's approval, the DPF56N sports a 5.6-inch LCD, wireless remote, and slots for SD, MMC, and CF cards. After popping in any supported flavor of flash media (since there's no integrated storage), it automatically strikes up a slideshow for the whole family to enjoy, and can channel the fun to your TV set via the video out port. Smartpants also throws in two colored frames (black or silver) to suit those swinging moods, while offering a walnut wood alternative (DPF56E) for the naturalists; these digiframes are priced to move, too -- just $129.99 for the colorful duo or $99.99 for the woody.

[Via Photography Blog]

[Steven @ Sep 23rd 2006 11:31AM]

That's Smartparts, not "Smartpants."

[Christian @ Sep 23rd 2006 11:49AM]

Pretty cool

[allyn @ Sep 23rd 2006 12:21PM]

that was a typo (since corrected) on photography blog. i'm always writing smartpants when i mean smartparts too. but i like the name smartpants better anyway. when i start a company i'm going to call it smartpants.

[Jeff @ Sep 23rd 2006 1:44PM]

What the hell is that thing in the top middle? It looks like a camera or something.

[jjd @ Sep 23rd 2006 2:25PM]

My guess is that the thing in the middle is a light sensor to change the backlight level. But that's just a guess.

[jjd @ Sep 23rd 2006 2:27PM]

Actually, looking at the spec sheet, the thing has a remote control so that is probably an IR sensor.

[Hannes @ Apr 30th 2007 2:09AM]

You are right. That's the sensor for the remote control.

There are some digital photo frame which have a sensor for changing the backlight, but this not.

http://www.digital-photo-frame-market.info

[Craig @ Sep 23rd 2006 3:14PM]

I'd love to have one of these pictures frames, but they are so darn expensive and I 'wasted' all my money on a MacBook...

[Bryan Steffen @ Sep 25th 2006 11:33AM]

I got one for father's day this summer. I love it. Although it doesn't have wireless connectivity, on board storage, digital memory cards are getting cheap enough now that I can upgrade my camera and use the replaced card for the picture frame.

I am very happy for the price.

Features that would be nice (in no particular order):
1) slower time delay for slide show
2) random shuffle slide show
3) wireless capability
4) onboard memory

[John Sununu @ Sep 25th 2006 12:31PM]

That Santa looks creepy.

[tiuk @ Sep 27th 2006 9:49AM]

Interesting, Smart Parts is a paintball company.

http://www.smartparts.com/

Anyway, until digital pictures frames cost the same as regular ones, I won't be buying. I got an old IBM Thinkpad for $75 Canadian with a 13" screen that would make a great picture frame, there's just no way these digital frames can compete with old laptops for the time being.

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