Aluratek's 10.5-inch ADMPF110 digiframe does HD movies, too

Since the medium-sized digiframe market is getting so crowded these days, it's leaving manufacturers with little choice but to spruce up their offerings or get left in the crowd. Thankfully for us all, Aluratek has decided to bolster its stance by throwing down a 10.5-inch digital photo frame that not only sports a sleek, classy design, but also ups the ante in the specs department. The 1,024 x 768 resolution seen here has definitely made an appearance on another (albeit larger) frame before, but it touts 256MB of built-in memory, USB 2.0, compatibility with CF, MS, SD, MMC, and xD flash cards, and support for JPEG, Motion JPEG, AVI, and MP3 file formats. Additionally, a bundled wireless remote allows you to control the still / video slideshows from afar, and the audio output enables users to crank things on the home stereo whilst utilizing the integrated display. Best of all, the pricetag isn't one to balk at, as the $199 Aluratek is asking for here isn't too greedy at all when compared to the (mostly lacking) competition.

[Via PopGadget]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2007 10:05PM]

I'd only have two major questions before buying this thing:

#1 What is the lifetime of the screen?

#2 How much electricity does this thing suck down?

Only when the answers to both of these questions are excellent could I consider one.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2007 10:17PM]

I would also appreciate it, if somebody could tell us how much electricity digital photo frames use.

As for the screen lifetime: I would not so much worry about the screen. They are usually of good quality and are also used in other products. Before the screen will be broken, the remote is broken. Usually, the remote control is really sh... Just look at the picture. That's the cheapest, standard remote control for digital picture frames. Better learn from the beginning how to use the frame without remote, you sooner or later will need it.

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

[PEZ Posted Apr 29th 2007 9:41PM]

The next thing you know, they will put in a hard drive and windows and call it something like tha laptop. Yeah thats a good name for it.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2007 10:12PM]

You are right, digital picture frames are more and more going in the direction of laptops. I personally think this is wrong. The main advantage of a digital photo frame compared with a laptop is that it is simple to use and therefore also appropriate for persons, who are not that familiar with modern technology. In my view, they should concentrate on displaying photos (if some want, maybe some mp3), but I think nobody will watch a movie on a digital photo frame. So why offer these additional and costly frills?

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

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2007 10:07PM]

If I had one of these, I'd only turn it on when family/friends came over.

I do think this thing would be cool if it had HDMI in.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2007 12:10AM]

It's interesting to see that even the new generation of picture frames still has the old crappy stand. Remember those old things? You probabley have one on your desk right now and every time you look at it the wrong way it falls over.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2007 1:52AM]

The thing is that many digital photo frames are quite inconsistent. They put the newest technology in it, put more and more features on it, but on the other hand, they provide low quality stands and remote controls.

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

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2007 1:42AM]

There's certainly a plethora of these things flooding the market... and I agree the stand on these things sometimes leaves a bit to be desired. I have a similar sized one (10.4 inch), which has a decent stand...
http://www.digivista.com.au/product_digivista_clearview_10.html
Cheers,
Henry

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2007 2:09AM]

i can already picture it, family reunion all gathered around the table to look at the family photo's..BUT.. little Jimmy forgot to delete that porn video he had been watching on the picture frame earlier that evening...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2007 2:31AM]

but at least it is in HD quality ;-)

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

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2007 4:54AM]

I like those frames from Philips much more...
http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/7/7ff1cwo_00/7ff1cwo_00_rtp_.jpg
http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/9/9ff2m4_00/9ff2m4_00_rtp_.jpg
:o)

[McHoffa Posted Apr 30th 2007 10:08AM]

I thought those flat rectangles hanging on the wall to watch movies on were called TVs... and I thought they were a lot bigger too...

/sarcasm

seriously all I would want out of a picture frame is viewing pictures... a simple slideshow.... and a lot cheaper for such a small screen

[(Unverified) Posted May 1st 2007 11:04PM]

I like this frame. Just wish it had an option to automatically shut off at night and then turn back on in the morning, without having to manually flick the switch twice a day, every day. It would be one less thing to have to mess with each day.

[(Unverified) Posted May 11th 2007 5:19PM]

This frame DOES NOT do HD movies! The max video resolution is 350x260! Don't buy this frame.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 10th 2007 11:11PM]

350x260 resolution? surely not - that's possibly one of their 7 inch models. Most 10 inch models are 640x480 like this one for example...
http://www.digivista.com.au/product_kaiser_baas_10_inch_digital_photo_frame.html

Cheers,
Henry