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Originally Posted by stumped
background - I already have and intend to keep , a Kindle voyage, and a fire hDX tablet
I am wanting to treat myself to another tablet, for both videos and reading, so I am looking at form factors and sizes.
any links to other discussions will be appreciated.
I only read at home so ease of transport is not a factor.
here's my dilemmas,
1. for movies a 16:10 rectangle is arguably best, like my Fire HDX
but for reading, most? folks assert that 4: 3 is better, like ipads or like my shortlisted samsung galaxy tab 2
On the 16:10 tablets that I already own, i read mostly in landscape, using 2 column layouts
on a 4:3 device I guess i'd read in single column portrait
formats is not an issue - I know how to convert and I can sideload epub readers to amazon tablets as needed
2. then there is 8 inch via 9.7 inch size. I guess smaller = lighter, so easier to hold but text will be smaller
3. and finally there is ppi. I tabulated the ppi for all that i have now + my shortlist, but how much is " enough" i.e. at what number can you not tell the difference for reading ?
My kindle voyage ppi is 300
my shortlist of owned + targetted tablets, sorted on ppi looks like this
Lenovo (owned) 10.1 218 - fonts definitely look rougher on that
samsung galaxy tab s2 9.7 264
nvidia shield K1 8.0 283
samsung galaxy tab s2 8.0 320
fire HDX (owned) 8.9 339 - excellent fonts
( the shortlist is short because netflix in full HD is another requirement and only a few tablets are whitelisted by Netflix for that. )
so I am looking for feedback on ppi, form factors and sizes, for android tablets only please, and not to sidetrack into any e -ink vs tablet or android vs apple territory.
I will probably stick with my of google play copy of Bookari, as the android reader, and make my own pseudo night mode theme colour choices.
A final observation on size: if I hold my largest Lenovo tablet at my normal reading /viewing distance then look only out of each single eye, I note that both eyes do not take in the whole screen. each eye cuts off one bottom corner. that seems to make the case for a smaller screen , where both eyes should take in all of it?
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I have a 10" HD tablet and a 326ppi 8" with a 4:3 ratio. The bigger one is good for movies, the smaller one to browse the internet and read form posts. Both are android, even though the smaller tablet is an iPadmini clone in specs.
The bigger one is too hefty to read with it comfortably and the smaller one is too small to have fun watching a movie.
None of them is good for reading books for me. I pretty much never read on the tablet despite its high resolution and perfect form factor but prefer to read on the Kobo One.
I find reading on a tablet tiresome and do enough of it, when I am on the internet and my eyes are happier reading on an eink device.
I guess you'll have to try them out in person to find what you are looking for.