Bargain Panasonic High Def Photo Player

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This looks a bit of a bargain for £17.99 delivered if you are in the market for such a thing. Considering shop@panasonic has them for £99.99, Amazon for £52.

http://www.play.com:80/Electronics/E...searchsource=0


See Panasonic for details

View photos from SD in High Definition
HD component supplied
1080i quality
Compact and light weight
Venus Engine III
Quick start up of 1 second
Wide variety of playback modes
Supports JPEG playback (Lumix images only)
Includes remote control
New MPEG2 Engine (Variable Bit Rate)

I did wonder if that reference to "Lumix images only" might need some lumix specific EXIF data, but the following press release seems to suggest other cameras would be OK.

From http://www.cameratown.com/news/news.cfm/hurl/id%7C2832

Panasonic today introduced the new HDTV Photo Player DMW-SDP1 that allows users to view photos taken by a LUMIX or other SD-enabled digital camera in High Definition quality on a large screen TV... Among the other features offered on the DMW-SDP1 are a wide variety of playback options including three special transition effects to lend greater creativity to on-screen slideshows. Furthermore, in preview mode, the DMW-SDP1 provides for rapid image search, displaying up to 25 thumbnails on an index screen or calendar time-series screen. Images taken vertically are automatically rotated.

The DMW-SDP1 also supports motion JPEG playback, regardless of TV system. In addition to the normal VGA (640 x 480), wide aspect VGA (848 x 480) motion images, which can be recorded with LUMIX, the SDP1 offers dynamic motion image playback which especially benefits viewing on wide aspect HDTVs. The player also offers high definition motion image (1280 x 720, at 15 fps) with natural detail reproduction that is recordable with the LUMIX new model DMC-LX2.

The included remote control allows the user to enjoy smooth playback of high definition images from the comfort of their easy chair and simultaneously get quick printouts by connecting the DMW-SDP1 to a Pictbridge-corresponding printer via the included USB cable.