Sony Expands Digital Photo Frame Line-Up

NEW YORK (PhotoPlus Expo #1018), Oct. 22, 2008 - Sony Electronics today added two new models to its family of S-Frame digital photo frames-including the company's first 10-inch model here at the PhotoPlus Expo trade show.

The new 10-inch and 8-inch digital photo frames (models DPF-D100 and DPF-D80) have high-quality SVGA resolution (800 x 600 pixels) LCD screens. They are Sony's first digital photo frames that offer a 4:3 aspect ratio. This aspect ratio eliminates borders around the digital photos and allows pictures to fill up the screen. Photos appear larger on theses frames' displays than digital photo frames with the 16:9 aspect ratio.

In addition to providing high-quality LCD screens, these models have an advanced image processing feature that quickly decodes and displays images. The digital photo frames will display images that are up to 48 megapixels or files that are up to 100MB. The digital photo frames have 200MB of available capacity, so you can store hundreds of photos to the device and then return your memory card back to the camera.

Digital images can be loaded onto the internal memory of the digital photo frames from several types of flash memory cards, including Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SD Memory Card, MMC, Compact Flash, Microdrive and xD-Picture Card. Photos can also be transferred to the frames via a USB cable (not included) from a personal computer or digital camera. These two new S-Frame models support JPEG and RAW (SRF, SR2, ARW) image file formats.

The DPF-D80 digital photo frame is now available for about and the DPF-D100 model will be available in November for about . Both will be offered direct at sonystyle.com, at 43 Sony Style® retail stores around the country, and at hundreds of authorized dealers nationwide. Pre-orders are now being accepted for the DPF-D100 unit at sonystyle.com.