Pandigital Debuts Kitchen HDTV With Digital Cookbook & Photo Frame Functionality [Digital Kitchen Gadgets]

Pandigital, a company already well known for its digital photo frames, is set to debut its new HDTV designed specifically for kitchen use and which, apart from serving as a standard HDTV, also offers digital cookbook and photo frame capabilities.

Based around a 15” LCD offering 1280 x 720 HD resolution housed within a sealed glass design (offering protection from water, oil, etc), Pandigital’s Kitchen HDTV comes with 512MB of internal memory which, paired with an integrated 6-in-1 card reader supporting SD, XD, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro/Memory Stick Duo, Compact Flash and MultiMedia Card’s will allow you to transfer and store up to a purported 3200 pages of recipes (pre-loaded recipes are supplied) or digital photos.

Pandigital’s Kitchen HDTV comes with interchangeable faceplates offering a choice of stainless steel, black or white finishes and apart from offering standard photo frame capabilities (JPEG format) the device also offers Google Picasa compatibility, MPEG1, MPEG4 and AVI file format compatibility and offers ATSC/NTSC, composite, S-Video, YPbPr and HDMI connectivity.

According to Pandigital ‘s CEO, Dean Finnegan, ‘As the hub of today’s busy home, the kitchen is now incorporating new technologies that have already been embraced in other areas of the home and office…The Pandigital Kitchen HDTV/Digital Cookbook/Digital Photo Frame addresses this new demand with the convergence of three key technologies into a single product.’

Pandigital Kitchen HDTV/Digital Cookbook/Digital Photo Frame Features:

• A mess-proof design that is sealed with glass, so it is protected from water, oil, flour and other common ingredients, as well as from spills and splatters. The sleek design is also easy to clean.
• It comes with a countertop stand and an under-cabinet mount, and is also wall-mountable, so customers can position it where they’ll need it most.
• Interchangeable faceplates in brushed stainless, black and white let customers match their kitchen’s décor.
• Convenient access to all of the functions with the easy-to-use touch-control interface or the remote control, which conveniently tucks away behind the frame for safe storage.
• 512MB of internal memory stores up to 3,200 pages of recipes or digital photos.
• Calendar and clock functions keep customers informed and allow photos, video and music to be programmed for play at specific dates and times.
• The alarm function can be set to remind customers of noteworthy dates and times, including when it’s time for a favorite cooking show.
• The integrated 6-in-1 media reader that supports SD, XD, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro/Memory Stick Duo, Compact
• Flash and MultiMediaCard.
• Programmable on and off times ensure the frame is ready to be enjoyed.
• Support for a wide array of image, video and audio formats including JPEG, Motion JPEG, MPEG 1, MPEG 4 and AVI.

Touted for a June release, Pandigital’s Kitchen HDTV/Digital Cookbook/Digital Photo Frame will retail for around $400 (approximately £197 / €257 at the time of writing).

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