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Hama's logo. Click here to visit the Hama website! Hama: New media players, photo frames, scanner
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(Monday, July 12, 2010 - 17:44 EDT)

Hama Germany has announced several new products for photographers and videographers, including two new media player devices, two digital photo frames, and a portable photo scanner.

The Hama 95216 digital picture frame has a 4:3 aspect ratio, 8-inch diagonal, 800 x 600 pixel LCD display with a contrast ratio of 400:1, and 200cd/m2 brightness. The 95216 frame is portable, drawing power from a 2100mAh 7.4V lithium-ion battery pack, rated as good for up to a three hour battery life, and supports playback of still images, movies and audio files. For stills, only JPEG files are supported, while compatible movie types include AVI, MPEG 1 / 2 / 4, and XviD. Audio must be in MP3 format, and the frame includes both integrated speakers, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Connectivity includes both USB 2.0 high-speed host and device ports, and compatibility with SD / SDHC / MMC / MS / MS Pro / MS Duo / MS Pro Duo cards. The Hama 95216 frame is priced at €110.

Hama's 95216 digital picture frame. Photo provided by Hama GmbH & Co KG. Click for a bigger picture! Hama's 95222 digital picture frame. Photo provided by Hama GmbH & Co KG. Click for a bigger picture!

Hama's 95216 (left) and 95222 (right) digital picture frames.
Photos provided by Hama GmbH & Co KG.

The Hama 95222 DVB-T picture frame has a larger 16:9 aspect, 10-inch, 800 x 480 pixel LCD screen with 300:1 contrast and 270cd/m2 brightness, and adds a DVB-T receiver allowing the device to decode the European terrestrial digital television standard. The battery used is a lower voltage 3.7V 2100mAh type, but has the same three-hour maximum battery life. Connectivity is similar, except that the Hama 95222 frame includes an infrared remote, and can only function as a USB host, and not as a USB device. It also has more limited file type support, able to read only JPEG, MotionJPEG, AVI, MPEG 1 / 2, and MP3 formats. Pricing for this model is €180.

The Hama PMP10 media player connects to a TV via HDMI or composite cables, and includes USB host and card slot (type unspecified, but SD compatible) connectivity. The Hama PMP10 supports JPG or BMP stills, and DivX, XviD, MPEG 1 / 2 / 4, or DVD video file formats. The Hama PMP10 is priced at €60.

Hama's PMP10 media player. Photo provided by Hama GmbH & Co KG. Click for a bigger picture!

Hama's PRN45HD Media Station. Photo provided by Hama GmbH & Co KG. Click for a bigger picture!


Hama's PMP10 media player (top) and PRN45HD Media Station (bottom).
Photos provided by Hama GmbH & Co KG.

The Hama PRN45HD Media Station is a rather more sophisticated set-top box, including a DVB-T tuner, connectivity including HDMI v1.3, composite, and component video, plus optical / coaxial SPDIF audio, both wired and wireless LAN, and USB host. Still image formats that are compatible include JPEG, PNG, TIF, GIF, and BMP, while audio formats include MP3, OGG, WMA, AAC, FLAC, and WAV. The list of compatible video formats is extensive, including most formats commonly used by digital cameras. The Hama PRN45HD also has composite video and stereo RCA audio inputs, can be equipped with a 3.5" SATA hard disk up to two terabytes, and can record and timeshift terrestrial TV and internet radio if so equipped. The Hama PRN45HD is part number 53194, and priced at €179.

Finally, the Hama 95213 photo scanner can scan 4" x 6" prints at 300 dots-per-inch resolution with 24-bit color, and send the results to a USB host -- either a computer or digital picture frame -- or write it directly to SD / SDHC / MMC media, courtesy of a built-in card slot. The Hama 95213 scanner is priced at €77.

Hama's 95213 photo scanner. Photo provided by Hama GmbH & Co KG. Click for a bigger picture!


Hama's 95213 photo scanner.
Photo provided by Hama GmbH & Co KG.

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