Thursday, November 12, 2009

HP DreamScreen 130 digital photo frame


Photo frames have come a long way since the days of the old wood or metal ones. And the classical photo album is almost obsolete in these high tech days we're living. These days if you want to view your vacation or wedding photos you would get a digital photo frame that's capable to store all of them in one small place and you can view them on a sleek and small LCD screen or you can leave them play as a slide show.

HP's DreamScreen 130 is one of those cool digital lcd photo frames that has a lot more features packed in it's small box Some of those features, aside from storing and displaying photos, are: Internet radio, Facebook updates, music and photo streaming from a PC, a calendar and a built-in alarm clock. All in all HP DreamScreen 130 is a sleek stand-alone "smart screen" you can place on your kitchen counter or take from room to room because it even works with your existing home wireless network.

The DreamScreen 130 digital photo frame gives you the possibility to easily access content on your PCs and the Web via a simple menu, enjoy music, photos, and videos with HP MediaSmart software, control entertainment via an intuitive handheld remote control. For even more usability you can turn it to landscape or portrait orientation with the included stand.

If you are on Facebook, and a lot of people certainly are, with DreamScreen 130 you have easy access to your account so you can view and stay current on Facebook. You can also view slide shows of photos uploaded to Snapfish, stream music and photos from your PC, listen to Internet radio from Pandora or HP SmartRadio and stay organized with the calendar and be on time with the built-in alarm clock

The design of the DreamScreen 130 digital picture frame is pleasing and elegant, complementing your home decor. The speakers are concealed and offer a superb sound quality. If you need to, you can mount the lcd screen on a wall, because holes have been pre-drilled on the back.

For touchscreen capabilities is equipped with capacitive touch navigation buttons. Unlike the more classical 7 inch digital photo frame, the HP's DreamScreen 130 has a 13.3" wide screen display, with a 16:9 aspect ratio and 800x480px screen resolution. It's equipped with built-in Line Out for headphones or external speakers and 10/100 LAN & wireless 802.11 b/g for networking. It has 2 USB ports and a 6-in-2 Card Reader for your data transfer needs. The built in memory is 2GB, out of which 1.5GB is usable space.

For more information related to the HP DreamScreen 130 you can visit the official page on the HP Shopping site here