iRiver's Siren Brand Rolls Out Entry-Level 5.6-Inch Digital Photo Frame

It seems that the market of digital photo frames is constantly on the rise, as a higher number of manufacturers are rolling out such products, providing the consumers quite a wide range of choices either from the pricing or the technical specs' points of view. And the latest company to join this growing market is Siren (recently purchased by iRiver), who has just launched its DF150 digital photo frame, an entry-level model that provides the basic features one might expect from such a device, at quite an affordable price tag.

Thus, the digital photo frame sports a 5.6-inch TFT display which provides an actual viewing area of around 113 mm x 84 mm, as well as a 320 x 240 (QVGA) resolution. Moreover, the display sports a brightness level of around 350 cd/m?, a contrast ratio of 300:1, as well as some pretty good angles of visibility (up to 130 degrees horizontal and 110 degrees vertical).

Although it's just an entry-level model, the device from Siren does provide a few interesting viewing options. Thus, beside the normal viewing mode, the digital photo frame also provides a slide show function (the device sports 4 pre-set sliding time intervals) and the users can also rotate/enlarge or delete certain photos by using directly the frame's control system.

However, the fact that we're talking about an entry-level device becomes quite clear when we take a look at the frame's connectivity options and storage capacity. Thus, the DF150 provides just 512 MB of internal memory (quite a low value according to today's standards) and can receive data (just JPEG files!) either via the USB 2.0 connector or from the built-in card reader, which supports only the SD/MMC formats.

The best thing about this device is actually its price tag. Thus, the Siren DF150 retails, for now just in Japan, for around 14800 Yen (the equivalent of 124 US dollars) which is a relatively OK price to pay for this digital photo frame, considering the fact that it's far from being "featured-packed".

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