tablets

[meganbmoore]

 I'm looking into getting a tablet.  I'll mostly be using it to read manga (I can read manga on my kindle, but I want a larger screen) and then for netflix/crunchyroll/amazon prime when traveling.


Any recommendations?

Comments

[starlady]

I really like my iPad as a manga reader and as a portable video player. Buying them refurbished from the Apple Store on apple.com can save a chunk of change.

[telophase]

For that combo of things, I'd suggest the iPad also. But bear in mind that I don't have any experience with tablets other than the iPad. And any manga site that uses Flash won't work on it.

If you'll be putting video on it (not just streaming), then you'll want to get as much memory as you can afford.

[oyceter]

I've heard from some ereader review sites (can't find the link right now, sigh) that the Nook HD+ is a pretty good deal right now if you don't care about the book ecosystem—I personally don't, since I sideload everything via Calibre, but YMMV. Also, they just added Google Play, so it should be good for most Android apps. Downsides are that B&N is veering close to obsolete.

kate_nepveu really likes the Nexus 7, and pretty much everyone I know has said the screen there is the best. The 7" screen is probably fine for manga (my 6.8" Kobo Aura HD screen is a little small but definitely readable), but it does make reading US comics a little difficult. I also don't know if Google is releasing an update to Nexus 7 with the upcoming holiday season (and therefore discount the old model), but it's probably good to wait a week or so, since the deals will probably be much better.

Buzz around the new Kindle Fires have also been good, although a lot of that is tied to Amazon's ecosystem, which I don't care about, so I haven't paid as much attention as to hardware specs and stuff.

[pleonasm]

I know you're a Kindle user so this might not be of use to you, but my wife has a Nook HD and loves it; it's the perfect size for browsing and watching stuff, and it's way cheaper than any kind of iPad. I'm looking at getting the 9" one and it starts in the $160s iirc.