Samsung USB digital picture frame and monitor

Ever since digital picture frames began populating the market, I wished that they were good for something other than making a hole in your wallet. These new frames from Samsung are actually useful in that when you don’t need them for displaying crappy pictures of your vacation, they can be used as an auxiliary monitor for your PC. The resolution is pretty good too, the 10 inch model is a respectable 1024×600. They come in 8 and 10 inch varieties which retail for $142 and $204 respectively. By the looks of it, there’s an SD card slot and a USB port too. The whole shebang operates via USB. [Amazon via OhGizmo]