After hankering after a digital photo frame for a while I stumbled across this one on special offer - not a lot off, but worth a try! Anyway, it arrived and my first impression was how smart it looked with it's piano black finish and slimline depth. Plugging it in and inserting the SD card straight out of my camera was the next step and "bingo"... a very clear image appeared on the screen, and I mean very clear, stayed for almost 10 seconds before the next image appeared. Clearly the default setting was a slideshow and after pushing a few buttons on the remote control handset (supplied) I was straight in to 'navigating' around the menu with great ease - it was so logically simple - rotating images, pausing the slideshow, scrolling through the images, you name it! The same can be done from the back of the picture frame which I think is useful if you lose, break or can't be bothered with the remote. Another thing I like about this frame is that if you rotate the unit from 'landscape' to 'portrait', a sensor inside realises you've done this and rotates your image accordingly. The other 'little' nice touch is the small SONY logo that appears at the bottom of the picture frame... a tad 'anal' I know, but quirky and, in my opinion, doesn't look too intrusive or cheesy.

Bought as part of a Christmas present for my father-in-law to use with his 'all singing, all dancing' Digital camera, I needed to find a hi-capacity 4-pack of AA batteries. After exploring allsorts of options these seemed to represent the best value for money and now, 6 weeks on, I can report that he's well pleased with them and they're holding their charge for ages - just the job!

Whilst looking for hi-capacity rechargable batteries I saw this charger with 4 x 2500mAh batteries included at no more than many other batteries alone! It was also a pleasant surprise when I received the charger to find that it is switchable between charging 2 and 4 batteries and has auto shut-off - things that my exisiting charger doesn't have, so now I never need to feel that I'm wasting power again. I've only used it a couple of times so far as the 2500mAh batteries keep their charge for ages, but each time seems to have recharged batteries really quickly.