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DIGI TAL FOCI SHIPS PICTURE PORTER ELITE PORTABLE DIGITAL PHOTO ALBUM WITH LARGE 3.6Â LCD
40GB & 80GB Portable Hard Drive Securely Saves Photos on the Road Prints Photos without a Computer  Plays MP3s, Records Voice & Video! July 28, 2006  Los Angeles, CA  Digital Foci (pronounced digital foe-sighwww.digitalfoci.com) announced today that it is shipping the highly anticipatedPicture Porter Elite 40GB and 80GB portable digital photo albums with built-in harddrive and memory card reader. Featuring a large 3.6" LCD for easy viewing, PicturePorter Elite lets you instantly and securely save and view digital photos and videoon its hard drive wherever you go, so you can keep snapping away and stop worryingabout limited memory card space on your digital camera. Portable Digital Photo Album With its high-capacity hard drive, you can now carry your collection of digitalphotos and video with you all the time right in your pocket and relive your memoriesanytime, anywhere. While viewing photos on Picture Porter EliteÂ's bright LCD, youcan rotate, zoom, pan, view EXIF and histogram information, and play slideshows. Youcan also connect Picture Porter Elite to a TV and share your video, photos and musicwith family and friends on a big screen in the comfort of your living room.Especially valuable for vacations, trade shows, special events, parties, businesspresentations, and for pro photographers who take and show a large number of photos,Picture Porter Elite saves photos on its hard drive, so you donÂ't have to lug arounda heavy laptop on the road. Picture Porter Elite takes the worry out of losingprecious photos stored on easily damaged memory cards. On its large LCD viewingscreen, you can clearly inspect the photos before deciding which are keepers andwhich need to be re-shot. Its built-in memory card slot lets you copy and archivephotos without the need for cumbersome peripheral attachments or cabling.
Print Directly without a Computer or SoftwarePicture Porter Elite supports the PictBridge standard so you can print directly toany PictBridge compliant printer without a computer. Just connect Picture PorterElite by USB to a PictBridge compliant printer and print photos as you view them onthe Picture Porter Elite screen. Imagine the convenience of printing photosdirectly to your printer without the hassle of using a PC or complicatedimage-editing software!Works with All Popular Media Formats Picture Porter Elite works with all popular media card formats, including CF I/II,MD, MMC, SD Card, Memory Stick, MS PRO, and MS Duo, and MS PRO Duo, so you can copyand save your precious pictures directly from just about any digital camera memorycard format. While traveling with a group, you will be able to copy everybodyÂ'sdigital photos onto Picture Porter Elite, regardless of the digital camera brand ormodel. Keep Entire Collection of Content in One Place - Plays MP3s & Video Picture Porter Elite is also perfect as a portable MP3 and video player -- keep yourentire collection of content in one place for easy access. Picture Porter Elitesupports MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV music formats, and MPEG-1, MPEG-4, WMV9, and MJPEG videoformats. Digital Voice/Video Recorder With a built-in microphone and recording capability, you can use Picture PorterElite as a voice recorder to record lectures, interviews, or conferences. PicturePorter Elite also records video straight from TV or any other video source with ascheduled recording function. Using high-compression MPEG-4 encoding, PicturePorter Elite keeps the file sizes small for easy sharing while maintaining a highlevel of picture and sound quality.Data Bridge between Windows & MacCompatible with Windows and Mac, Picture Porter Elite lets you easily transfer filesto and from your computer and between computers with different operating systemsthrough its high-speed USB 2 connection. Moreover, bi-directional data transferlets you copy files directly from any memory card to the Picture Porter Elite harddrive and vice versa.
Picture Porter Elite Features: Photo, video and MP3 player Large 3.6" Color LCD screen for viewing pictures and videos Built-in card slots for instant photo backup from memory cards Memory card format support of CF I/II, MD, MMC, SD Card, Memory Stick, andMS PRO (xD-Picture card, miniSD, RS-MMC, MS Duo, and MS PRO Duo with adapter) Bi-directional data transfer that allows direct transfer to and from memorycards Output to TV or projector Directly print to PictBridge compliant printers Archives and backs up files Built-in speaker Digital audio recorder with built-in mic or line-in input Digital video recorder with scheduled recording function FM radio tuner with 18 preset channels available Image format support for JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, RAW Music format support for MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV Video format support for MPEG-1, MPEG-4, WMV9, MJPEG Hi-Speed USB 2.0 for fast uploads and downloads to and from your computer Long-lasting user-replaceable rechargeable Li-Ion battery for up to 4 hoursof video and 12 hours of music Transfers files between multiple computers running different operating systemsPicture Porter Elite is compact and light-weight, weighing only 11 oz. (with harddrive and battery included) with dimensions of 5.3" (W) x 3.1" (L) x 1.1" (H). Itcomes in stylish black metallic and has 2 storage capacities: 40GB and 80GB. PicturePorter Elite comes complete with USB cable, audio cable for stereo RCA audio output,video cable for RCA video output, audio/video bus cable for A/V input, earphones, ACpower adapter, user-replaceable rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery, remote control,custom designed carrying case, wrist strap, and userÂ's guide. Picture Porter Eliteis available August 7, 2006 with pricing starting at $449. For more information,see the website: http://www.digitalfoci.com. # # #
PICTURE PORTER ELITE SPEC SHEETModel no. PPE-360Memory card supported CompactFlash I & II, MicroDrive, MultiMedia Card, SD Card, Memory Stick, MS PRO(xD-Picture card, RS-MMC, miniSD, MS Duo, and MS PRO Duo, with adapter) LCD screen 3.6" color TFT LCD screen with backlightResolution: 320 x 240 pixels Hard drive 2.5" hard driveComputer interface USB 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.1)Transfer rate (Picture Porter Elite to computer) Up to 480 Mb/s Transfer rate (memory card to Picture Porter Elite) Up to 3.6/MB/s* * (copies a full 1GB CF card in under 5 minutes)Image format support JPEG (baseline) TIFF (1 & 8 bits Grayscale, 8, 16, 24 bits color)BMP (Monochrome, 8 bits color)GIFRAW (*see list below)Video format support MPEG-1 (640x480@30fps; bitrate:3Mbps) MPEG-4 (720x480@25fps / 640x480@30fps; bitrate: 4Mbps)WMV9 (352x240@25fps / 320x240@30fps, bitrate: 1.1Mbps) MJPEG (640x480@30fps)Music format support MP3 (16 to 384 kbps) WMA 7, 8, 9 (32 to 192 kbps) AAC (16 to 320 kbps)WAV (max 1536 kbps)Video recording format support MPEG-4 (640x480@30fps)Audio recording format support AAC (38~75kpbs)Text format support TXTFM radio 88 ~ 108 MHzVideo TV-Out NTSC (interlaced/progressive), PAL (interlaced/progressive) Embedded speaker Max 0.5WDirect Print Support Directly print to PictBridge compliant printersEmbedded microphone Mono InBattery power 3.7V 2300mAh replaceable rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteryBattery life Up to 4 hours of continuous video playbackUp to 12 hours of continuous audio playback External power AC 100-240V DC 5V/2.5A power adapterOS compatibility Windows XP Home/Pro, ME, 2000 (SP3 and later), 98/SE*Macintosh OS 10.0.1 and later, 9.0* Linux OS kernel versions 2.4.x and later * With installation of downloadable driverFile system support Standard FAT 32Dimensions 5.3" (W) x 3.1 (L) x 1.1 (H)Weight 11 oz. (with hard drive and battery)
***RAW image formats supported:
Canon 1Ds Mark-II, 1Ds Mark-II N,1Ds, 1D-II, 1D, 5D, 10D, 20D, 30D, 300D (Digital Rebel, Kiss Digital), Digital Rebel XT, D30, Power Shot G1/G2/G3/G5/G6 Nikon D200, D100, D70, D50, D1X, D2X, D1H, D1, E5000 Kodak DSC Pro SLR/c, DSC, Pro SLR/n, DSC Pro 14n, P850, P880 Fujifilm FinePix S2Pro, FinePix S3Pro Olympus E-1, E-500 Minolta DiMage 7, A1, A2, A200, DYNAX 5d, 7D, MAXXUM 5D, MAXXUM 7DSony R1Pentax istD, istDL, istDS Panasonic DMC-FZ30, DMC-LX1 Contax N Digital Leica AG.R8, AG.R9
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