Why give someone a single still framed picture when you can give them an entire slide show? The MF-575 is an inexpensive hi-tech digital photo, MP3, and video player with a bright, high-resolution 5.6-inch color TFT screen.

When I bought my first MF-575 picture frame , I got it as a gift for a family member who liked to complain that I never send them pictures anymore. The problem is, I have a digital camera and haven't gotten any pictures developed in several years. So now, whenever I go over to their house for a visit, I just bring an extra memory card from my digital camera full of new pictures. If you don't have an extra memory card, the MF-575 has an easy-to-use MD/SD/MMC memory card reader that plugs into any computer with a USB port. So you can just plug the entire picture frame into your computer and copy the pictures onto the card that way if necessary.

This year on Christmas morning I was thinking about snapping a series of pictures while everyone is opening their gifts. Then I'll take the memory card out of my digital camera and pop it into the MF-575 picture frame for an instant slide show for everyone to enjoy on Christmas afternoon. Good idea right? The number of images you can put into your MF-575 slide show is only limited by the capacity of the memory card being used.

If you like to make a lot of goofy family movies in video editing applications like Avid DV Xpress or iMovie, just save them out as either a MPEG1, 2, or 4 movie formats and copy them onto a memory card. The next time you put your memory card into the MF-575, you'll have a fancy video slide show. During the series of tests I ran on the unit, I copied cell phone pictures, digital camera images and even music from a CD onto a SanDisk memory card to check out the MF-575's capabilities. I'm pretty impressed. One piece of advice: if you usually take hi-resolution photos with your digital camera, you might want to reduce some of the larger pictures in Adobe Photoshop so they don't look distorted when displayed on the MF-575. A 30in x 20in digital picture at 300dpi is a little overkill for a small 5x7 picture frame.

The MF-575 picture frame is light, portable and very easy to use. I had my first slide show up and running within 5 minutes of opening the box (it was so easy to set up, I didn't even need the manual). As soon as you turn on the MF-575, it starts playing your slide show without any other interaction and it will even continuously loop through your pictures with random fade in/out effects. So easy your grandparents might even be able to work it.

Overall, the MF-575 is a great companion to your digital camera and an excellent way of showing off your pictures and video clips to family and friends. It's a great digital picture frame, but keep your expectations low as far as the background music capability goes. This tiny picture frame doesn't exactly have an amazing sound system hidden inside.

The MF-575 Digital Picture Frame makes a great gift for friends, family and even your corporate clients.

Product Features:

• 5.6-inch high-quality TFT LCD display
• MPEG1/2/4 resolution up to 320 x 240
• Desktop or wall mount
• Built-in MD/SD/MMC/MS memory card slot

This item is available for purchase from Amazon.com Digital Spectrum Solutions Inc. is dedicated to bringing cutting edge digital picture frames to the consumer at affordable pricing. Drawing on over 5 years experience in research and development of Digital Picture technology DSI is a pioneer in the field. For more information, check out: http://www.dsicentral.com Rating: Requirements: A MD, SD, or MMC memory card Manufacturer: Digital Spectrum Solutions Inc.