Polaroid unveils 7-inch XSJ-00750M digital photo frame

Just as soon as Digital Foci introduced a trio of digital photo frames, along comes Polaroid with a 7-incher of its own. The XSJ-00750M rocks a 480 x 234 widescreen panel, 400:1 contrast ratio, 250 cd/m2 brightness, USB 2.0 connectivity and a multicard reader that handles SD, MMC, CF, MS, MSPro and MSDuo. Aside from sifting through your JPEG collection, it also plays back MP3 files, and just in case you've got a thing for varying colors, you'll be delighted to know that this one comes with black, white and wood colored frames. Grab one next month (if you're in Japan, that is) for ¥17,000 ($149).

[Via FarEastGizmos]

[Chris Rhein @ Dec 27th 2007 8:40PM]

It looks realy nice, except that at least around me it seemed to have been the "gift of the year" and they should have relased it a month ago. I know I would have gotten a nice branded photo frame like that instead of the cheapo ones I see everyone getting.

[roach @ Dec 27th 2007 8:48PM]

how bad does the 480 x 234 resolution look?

[silverblackvoid @ Dec 28th 2007 11:33AM]

pretty bad.

[Hannes @ Jan 2nd 2008 12:27PM]

Most 7inch frames have this resolution as it is simply the cheapest panel and you know what this means for the quality.

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

[Macona @ Dec 27th 2007 9:00PM]

480x234? Ugh... Thats less than my iPhone and the screen is twice the size diagonally. Thats pretty terrible for a screen that size.

But then again "Polaroid" is pretty much a name you can stamp on any product you like as long as you pay the licensing fee. So no expectations of quality there.

[Tim Rosencrans @ Dec 27th 2007 10:04PM]

I bought a smartparts 7 inch frame with a 480x234 screen... returned it the same night...nuff said

[AJ in the East Bay @ Dec 27th 2007 11:35PM]

I'm so sick of those freakin' digital frames. It's like a new one comes out every four hours. The one that came the closest to get my interest was one that had a built-in alarm clock, but it couldn't show the time and a slideshow simultaneously.

[Naegling @ Dec 28th 2007 12:16AM]

Digital frames would be so nuch cooler if they would use Sideshow...

[fred @ Dec 28th 2007 3:15AM]

still spamming out low resolution junk i see. its like they are just using left over dvd player screens. yes those also have the horrible resolution.

[Matt @ Dec 28th 2007 8:05AM]

Yippie yay...another crappy frame. What makes me wonder is WHY are the prices so different anong these frames. Here we have Polaroid 400x234 with 7 in screen for $149 yet if searched online for the same specs from another manufacturer (as shitty as Polaroid) you end up paying half the price. I'm tired of junk flooding the market. Like earlier posts mentioned...give us damn side show or RSS / e-mail feed with WiFi instead of OOGLEEE looking frames and we'll be happy. Look at Chumby as an example...smack larger screen into it and we have a winner.

Maciek
www.symbiosis60.com

[Luke @ Dec 28th 2007 8:55AM]

I really think they got caried away with the actual FRAME itself....

Look at that HUGE thing!

It's like, a good 3 times the size of the ACTUAL PICTURE... which in itself will be grainy.

[Whiplash @ Dec 28th 2007 9:52AM]

Can somebody tell me why every photo frame has a little dot (sensor?) below the display? What's it for? Do these things dim themselves in the dark or something?

[Phil @ Dec 28th 2007 11:06AM]

My guess is it's for the remote?

And I agree, these things are crap. I got one for Christmas and the quality is just terrible. I feel back too, cause they probably paid $70 for it. It looks and feels like a $20 product.

Interesting thing is, it does play avi files so I have a portable video screen!

[silverblackvoid @ Dec 28th 2007 11:35AM]

i think its the light sensor. not sure though.

[Sid @ Dec 28th 2007 11:33AM]

thinkgeek.com has a better selection of digital photo frames, one of them supports 1024x768 resolution for about $50 more plus it's bigger. Just my two-bits.

[silverblackvoid @ Dec 28th 2007 11:40AM]

how many people actually but these digital photo frames? and dont they consume power all the time? if they really wanna increase the sales and improve efficiency, shouldn't they be using e-ink technology. just my thoughts.

[Jon @ Dec 28th 2007 12:47PM]

Slow news day, guys?