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good point about shrink wrap vs new i had not thought that through.
i own both a 2017 HD10 and a 4th Gen HDX 9.8 - both run OS5 and both take sideloads of google play etc. so you are not correct about software updates. the 4th gen HDX will self update to OS5.
In a direct comparison , the old HDX has a much superior screen and better speakers.
The difference in audio quality is noticeable if you stream the same show/ movie to both. The HD10 sound is much more tinny and seems artificially boosted fro clear dialogue, esp with amazon media
There is no official 1080p netflix support but with a hard-to-locate sideloaded netflix HD apk, both do netflix at 1080p ( the official amazon store netflix only does 720p on the HD 10 and SD on the HDX).
both tablets have the necessary widewine L1 hardware for netflix DRM, it is just that netflix have not whitelisted those models for 1080p streaming so you need a hacked app to bypass the whitelist check.
the attraction for me is that no non-amazon hardware ( except Ipad ) does Amazon video in HD, all the android makes get SD only.
there is another glitch with the HD 10 , either because of firmware design, or because it has a much weaker CPU, any incoming email notification will interfere with (i.e. pause ) amazon video playback for a couple of seconds and I can find no way to stop that happening. that does nto happen with the HDX
One downside is no SD card support for HDX so the only way to get more storage is to source a 32Gb or 64Gb one from ebay or some such. My 16Gb HDX is still good and still has extended warranty but the lack of storage makes it unsuited for downloading video from Amazon/netflix to watch offline.
i think that ebay offer is overpriced, when I check completed sales, the HDX8.9 sells for between £100 and £125, so I will wait for a better deal to come along. mine was a refurbished one directly from amazon bought a couple of years ago when it was on sale and bought with 3 year cover. the limitation is that it is only 16GB
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