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The niftiest gizmos for shutterbugs
The snazziest ways to display photos
Don't let your best work languish on your hard drive--show it off. There's a lot more to digital-photo display than just inkjet printing. You can have photos printed on just about anything, from high-quality silver-halide paper to cookies to a coffee-table book. Or you can create picture shows for the small screen with a photo player.
10 online photo services
You can upload digital images to a photofinishing and sharing site to let friends and family view them online or order high-quality silver-halide prints. But that's not all. As you can see from these photo lollipops, your printing options run the gamut of gift and dessert items. CNET contributor Eamon Hickey reviews 10 popular sites--keep them in mind for postholiday photo sharing, too.
America 24/7
Last year, from May 12 to 18, thousands of photographers across the United States took more than a million digital images of the country's daily life. America 24/7's editors culled the best photos to create this collection. It's a more appealing gift idea than your average coffee-table book: when you order it, you can get your favorite shutterbug's best shot printed on the cover. And you won't even have to pay an agent.

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Delkin Picturevision
If your camera can't output to a television, but you'd like to create photo shows for your friends and family on the small screen, this device will fix you up. You connect it to a TV or a digital projector, insert your camera's memory card, then sit back and man the controls remotely. The Picturevision plays MP3 files and videos, too. Make sure your camera's media is compatible before you buy.

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Lexar Media Digital Photo Player
If your camera can't output to a television, create photo shows on the small screen with this device and your memory cards. You connect the Lexar to a TV or a digital projector, insert the media, then sit back and man the controls remotely. Just make sure your camera's storage type is compatible.

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Pacific Digital MemoryFrame
Why put just a single photo in a picture frame when you can boggle viewers' minds with 50? This 3.5-by-4.5-inch LCD, which fits into any standard 5x7 frame, will display your shots in a slide show, for which you set the speed and the picture orientation. You can also apply special effects.

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Prismiq MediaPlayer Editors' Choice
The MediaPlayer comes with everything you need to stream photo slide shows, audio, and video over a wired network to your TV or stereo. Better yet, several off-the-shelf PCMCIA cards let you easily add compatibility with all three wireless-networking protocols. Read our full review.

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SanDisk SDV1-R digital-photo viewer
This small, black box lets you display digital-photo slide shows on your television. You just plug the power adapter into the viewer, attach it to your TV via the included composite-video or S-Video cables, and insert a memory card into the appropriate slot. The device accepts today's most popular digital-camera media. SanDisk includes an IR remote, too. Read our review.
Smugmug.com
A relative newcomer to the online photo-service crowd, Smugmug emphasizes style and customizability for sophisticated photographers who want to post their work online. You can also order prints and gift items from the site. Get your favorite shutterbug a gift subscription or subscribe yourself and post your holiday pictures with style.