Digital Foci Picture Porter Elite 120GB Picture Viewer

Picture Porter Elite - 3.6" Portable Digital Photo Viewer - Store, view, and share digital photos anywhere you go. *Ultimate Digital Camera Companion: Copy photos directly from memory cards and keep snapping away. Picture Porter Elite supports all popular memory cards directly: CF, MD, MMC, SD/HC, MS, MS PRO, and xD. Simply insert the memory card from your digital camera into Picture Porter Elite and download images into its built-in hard drive. *Fast copy speed - Copies 1 full 1GB CF card in under 5 minutes. Files copied from memory cards are kept in their original file name and format. *Portable Photo Album: Carry your collection of digital photos with you and view them anywhere on the bright 3.6" color LCD screen. You can rotate, zoom, pan, view EXIF information & histogram of your images (including RAW image content). *Music and Video Player: Store and enjoy your favorite music files (MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV) and video files (MEPG1, MPEG4, WMV9, MJPEG) whenever you want. *Video recorder: Record videos from TV, VCR, digital video camera with scheduled recording function into MPEG-4 format. *PictBridge compatible: Print photos directly to any PictBridge compliant printer without a computer. *Bi-directional memory card data transfer: Copy directly from memory card to Picture Porter Elite and vice versa. **Portable Hard Drive with High-speed Computer Connection: USB 2.0 connection supports fast uploads and downloads to and from your computer. *Other features - TV output, FM radio, built-in speaker, and built-in mic for audio recording. *Long-lasting Rechargeable Battery: User-removable Lithium-Ion battery lets you enjoy up to 4 hours of continuous video and 12 hours of continuous music. Package includes Picture Porter Elite, rechargeable Li-Ion battery, AC power adapter, USB cable, video/audio cables for A/V output, Audio/video bus cable for RCA A/V input, remote control, earphones, protective carrying case, wrist strap, User's Guide, and Quick Start Guide.

Rough around the edges (Travel & Tech, San Francisco Bay Area, 2008-07-06)

I purchased the Picture Porter Elite because I needed a replacement for my old iPod-camera connector setup to back up photos on travel. The company (Digital Foci) seems to have a broad following in the digital photography community based on its Photo Safe product, which does the same thing as the Picture Porter Elite but without an LCD screen. I thought that springing for the LCD screen would be a big plus so that I could view the photos instead of "trusting" that the unit backed up the photos from the camera's memory card.

The first thing I noticed after receiving the Picture Porter Elite was the size and weight of the unit itself. My wife commented also on this - "that's going in your carryon luggage, not mine". After turning it on and futzing around with it, my impression didn't improve very much. The LCD screen wasn't as high-res as other PVPs, and the menu system was rather clunky.

In the end, although next to the Wolverine units it had the best price/storage size ratio for storing and viewing digital photos, it didn't seem worth it to take up precious luggage space with the Picture Porter Elite, especially considering its substantial heft and rather limited functionality. It may appeal a lot more to dedicated photo enthusiasts who won't mind lugging it along in order to reliably preserve their photos. Since Apple hasn't seen fit to create a new camera connector for their latest generation iPods, I'll probably end up springing for a Creative Zen or other similar product that has good multimedia capabilities and a built-in SD card reader to back up photos.

Digital Foci Picture Porter Elite - WOW!! (M. Lippy, Berea, OH United States, 2008-06-28)

This is quite a bargain with all of the functionality it comes with when compared to Epson's offering. Twice the storage (120 GB) for less money. Not only does it handle the picture storage/back-up but comes with FM radio, stores and plays back music and videos, game, can be used for audio and video recording, and can be used for a external hard drive storage. The picture display is great and the transfer speed is fine. It comes with almost any cable adapter you could need. It is a little bulky but with all of that functionality I'm not surprised.

I have not used it on a trip yet but think it will work out just fine. I'll provide further updates at a later date. Right now, I rate it pretty high.

Does everything it is supposed to do (Albert L. Trujillo, California USA, 2008-05-31)

Great Hard drive for portable storage and data backup.
The video is weak. Not really good for evaluating photos but, okay for general viewing. Watching videos and listening to music is neat. Great when flying.

Overall a pretty good deal for the price.

Store and Share files without hassle (Chris J. Knappett, Issaquah, WA USA, 2008-04-28)

This device is great. I purchased it as a portable hard drive to store digital pictures while traveling, and it has held up well beyond my original expectations. The device comes pre-loaded with everthing you need to view pictures or movies, and has practically every cable you need to attach to a PC, camera, or TV for copying, transfering, viewing etc.. I was worried at first that it would be incompatable with the new SD/HC cards I had recently started using, but not the case. The Digi Foci 120 read my new cards without any trouble and was able to transfer, copy or read direct from the card without any problem. I took this on a cruise with me and it was so nice and fun to be able to look at and share pictures from other people's cameras without having to look for a PC etc. to copy was amazing. Anyone looking for an easy way to store files from your camera, and without a PC copy files from any type of media card with a minimum of hassle, and with an added benefit of having a digital photo album viewer, mp3, mp4 viewer etc. this is for you, I highly recommend it!

Excellent storage device (S. Rahn, So California USA, 2008-04-05)

THis is the only way to travel and store your digital pics and vids. No more lugging around a laptop to download into. This fits into hotel safes since its a little bigger than a wallet. The video veiwing screen is clear and sharp. It was a steal and with 120GB it has tons of storage.