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Insignia NS-DPF8PR 8" LCD Digital Photo Frame

 & PJ Jacobowitz Analyst, Digital Cameras

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Available exclusively at Best Buy, the $129.99 (direct) Insignia NS-DPF8PR 8" LCD Digital Photo Frame won't wow you with slick looks or cutting-edge features, but its no-fuss navigation, good image quality and competitive price won't disappoint you either. If affordability is a top priority, and you don't mind a dull design and forgoing top-of-the-line features, such as Wi-Fi connectivity or remote photo streaming, the NS-DPF8PR is worth a look.

Design and Features
Very traditional looking, the frame's 8-inch LCD is surrounded by a chunky 1.8-inch-wide border; and you get both black and red inserts so you can change the border's color. The LCD is not flush with the border, it sits .16 inches beneath, with a thin layer of glass protecting the display. The less-expensive Sony DPF-D70 7" Digital Photo Frame ($120) features a much-more-elegant design, with a glass-covered LCD that's flush with its black border. Despite not having the slick looks of the Sony frame, the Insignia might be more appealing to some since its 800-by-600-pixel LCD has a 4:3 aspect ratio—most point-and-shoot cameras capture images in this aspect ratio, so your photos will always fill the display. The Sony frame looks more like a widescreen mini-HDTV with its 15:9 LCD, which is better suited to video playback (which the Sony frame does not support) than displaying digital photos.

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PJ Jacobowitz

PJ Jacobowitz

Analyst, Digital Cameras

PJ Jacobowitz is PCMag.com's Analyst for Digital Cameras. He has been with PCMag.com since September of 2006 and has appeared on MSNBC, CW11, ABCNY, XM Satellite Radio and CNN Radio as a correspondent for PCMag.com. PJ graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications and a minor in Business in 2004 from Indiana University at Bloomington. For more information on the photography lab, see "How We Test Digital Cameras."

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