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stumped · 09-08-2018, 02:27 PM

The. 8.9 Hdx native screen resolution is greater then 1920 X 1200. It is 2560 X 1600 . I have two of the 8.9 inch hdx tablets. One of each generation. The last one they released runs os 5, and will easily also run Google play store and apps etc .. the previous years version will not run Google stuff and is stuck at os 4. There are some other minor differences e.g. the newer one has better support for mkv format videos. Both have excellent Dolby sound and support eac3 aka Dolby digital audio formats but it is the pixel density of over 300 ppi that earns them the best tablet Amazon ever made accolade
The newer hd tablets are budget tablets, Amazon have stripped out anything that helps reduce manufacturing costs. Both CPU and GPU are less powerful but good enough for streaming Amazon video. Though any incoming email causes a brief interrupt to video streaming on the 2017 hd 10. Even with notifications off. There is not enough grunt to smoothly mutli task around that.

A little googling will find detailed side by side specs but subjectively I did some side by side tests watching Amazon video and decided that that the next looks and sounds better.
So for me, although the screen is an inch smaller, I prefer watching and listening to stuff on 8.9 hdx to watching stuff on hd 10

09-08-2018, 02:27 PM	#6
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	The. 8.9 Hdx native screen resolution is greater then 1920 X 1200. It is 2560 X 1600 . I have two of the 8.9 inch hdx tablets. One of each generation. The last one they released runs os 5, and will easily also run Google play store and apps etc .. the previous years version will not run Google stuff and is stuck at os 4. There are some other minor differences e.g. the newer one has better support for mkv format videos. Both have excellent Dolby sound and support eac3 aka Dolby digital audio formats but it is the pixel density of over 300 ppi that earns them the best tablet Amazon ever made accolade The newer hd tablets are budget tablets, Amazon have stripped out anything that helps reduce manufacturing costs. Both CPU and GPU are less powerful but good enough for streaming Amazon video. Though any incoming email causes a brief interrupt to video streaming on the 2017 hd 10. Even with notifications off. There is not enough grunt to smoothly mutli task around that. A little googling will find detailed side by side specs but subjectively I did some side by side tests watching Amazon video and decided that that the next looks and sounds better. So for me, although the screen is an inch smaller, I prefer watching and listening to stuff on 8.9 hdx to watching stuff on hd 10 Last edited by stumped; 09-08-2018 at 02:34 PM.