HP FilmScan 7″ Touch Screen Film & Slide Scanner Digitizer (HPFS700) Offers an Even Bigger Window into the Past

Film scanners like this live or die on one very ordinary question: Will you actually use it? The romance of preserving family history wears off quickly if the setup is fussy, the screen is too small to judge your framing, or the workflow feels like wrestling a VCR with opinions. Based on what worked well in the smaller HP FilmScan 5″ model, the 7″ version appears to be HP’s attempt to smooth out the most obvious friction point. It keeps the same basic promise of home digitizing without a steep learning curve, but gives you a noticeably larger screen, a slightly larger body, and a few convenience features that make the whole process feel less cramped.