Sony's new digital photo frame prints, has a 7-inch screen

Joshua Goldman | Oct 26, 2009

(Credit: Joshua Goldman/CNET)

Sony will be bringing its S-Frame DPP-F700 printer to the U.S. in January, the company announced Thursday. It's basically a dye-sub snapshot printer, but with a 7-inch LCD. The screen can be tilted up when the printer is in use and then folded flat against the printer so that when you remove the paper tray, you can stand the unit up horizontally or vertically.

Update: Consumers in Asia can expect the DPP-F700 earlier. It will be available come November with pricing announced closer to launch date.

I had a chance to play around with one and, well, it's a photo printer with a larger-than-usual LCD on top. The extra screen real estate is nice, though, especially when using the F700's editing options such as cropping and adjusting brightness, contrast, hue, and sharpness. And, of course, it's better than looking at just a photo printer.

Check out the pictures below for more details.

It's a digital photo frame. No, it's a photo printer. Wrong, it's both! Sony's S-frame DPP-F700 is a dye-sub photo printer with a 7-inch wide-screen 800x480-resolution LCD. (Credit: Joshua Goldman/CNET)

If you don't want to touch the onboard controls, there's a small remote control that can access all features. (Credit: Joshua Goldman/CNET)

Prints are 4x6 inches at 300dpi. It's a three-step process that requires clearance for the tray out front and nearly the same amount of space for the print to go out the back and then back through and out the front. A single print took under a minute and the results were decent. (Credit: Joshua Goldman/CNET)

Also, quick poll, how long till point-and-shoot cameras are primarily set to shoot in wide-screen resolutions? Has anyone stopped shooting 4:3 in favor of 16:9?

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