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stumped · 11-10-2016, 12:12 PM

thanks guys - I was thinking of looking up form factors for actual paperbacks/ hardbacks - or measuring any we still have.
I think I am re-listing the galaxy tab s2 due to speaker placement being all wrong for movies - whatever I choose has to be good for books and for videos but I may look at other 4:3 makes
also, I found there's a thing called screen to body ratio, which varies by make, so a bit more math is needed to get from a headline tablet size to an actual visible screen area
estimate.
so instead of 8 inch, 9.7 inch... I am taking tablet's published width x height x screen-to-body % to estimate the actual visible screen area , then solving for estimated visible screen width & height in the correct ratio

11-10-2016, 12:12 PM	#3
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	thanks guys - I was thinking of looking up form factors for actual paperbacks/ hardbacks - or measuring any we still have. I think I am re-listing the galaxy tab s2 due to speaker placement being all wrong for movies - whatever I choose has to be good for books and for videos but I may look at other 4:3 makes also, I found there's a thing called screen to body ratio, which varies by make, so a bit more math is needed to get from a headline tablet size to an actual visible screen area estimate. so instead of 8 inch, 9.7 inch... I am taking tablet's published width x height x screen-to-body % to estimate the actual visible screen area , then solving for estimated visible screen width & height in the correct ratio