Viewsonic busts out a bevy of customizable digital photo frames

There's nothing like an impending holiday to get companies rushing to get their appropriately-themed products out the door, and Viewsonic's now following Memorex's lead with a slew of new digital photo frames aimed at Mother's Day shoppers. This latest batch includes ten frames in all, including 7-, 8-, and 10-inch varieties (both widescreen and 4:3), each of which boast interchangeable bezels to suit your decor. At the head of the pack is the 10-inch DPX1002 model (pictured above), which packs a decent 1024x600 resolution, along with 400 cd/m2 of brightness, a 400:1 contrast ratio, and the usual video and MP3 playback features. If that's a bit more than you're looking for, you can opt for one of three variations of the 8-inch DPX802 model, which packs an 800x600 resolution and drops the video playback, or one of three incarnations of the 7-inch DPX702 model, which offers up a 800x480 resolution and drops the MP3 playback as well. Rounding things out are the 7-inch widescreen DPX704WH, 8-inch 4:3 DPX804WH and 10-inch widescreen DPX1004WH, each of which boast white finishes, and include 128MB of memory, along with some basic media-playing features. According to Viewsonic, the whole lot is available now, with prices ranging from $130 to $209.

[Chimei @ Apr 9th 2008 1:29PM]

No wifi? No deal, how 2nd millenium. I'm not giving my mother a gift for which i'll have to give her step by step instructions each time i want her to have new photos. I email them to her, she carries the frame to the PC, connects the USB... No way.

[John @ Apr 9th 2008 2:08PM]

EXACTLY! I thought I was the only one looking for WiFi enabled photo frames. There are WAY too many digital photo frames on the market without WiFi. COME ON!

[phanbouy @ Apr 9th 2008 2:54PM]

Yeah, like I'm going to take a whiz through this $5,000 suit. Come on!!!

[Ryan @ Apr 9th 2008 9:32PM]

I think I'm the only one who got the A.D. reference. :)

[koz @ Apr 9th 2008 2:14PM]

Speaking of wifi frames, does anyone make a frame that will let me PUSH stuff to the frame? Yeah, picking images off of flickr/picasa/snapfish/etc is nice and all, but if I had a frame that would let me shove webcam images, weather maps, real-time info to the frame, THAT'S what I could use.

[Kira @ Apr 9th 2008 6:39PM]

Ceiva is the best they've got at this point. I've got one for my dad, but I would love it if he didn't have to wait until the middle of the night when that puppy dials up and downloads my pictures. And I despise the monthly fee, but there's no way he would do it himself.

[Simgamer @ Apr 9th 2008 9:45PM]

Do they come with or without embedded Chicom spyware and viruses?