Ipad2 and Samsung Tablets

[taipan61]

720p videos play fine on all my Honeycomb tablets. 1080i or 1080p videos give varying results depending on what codecs/formats were used. There are several good video apps that play most codecs/formats, and some use hardware decoding better than others. The screens are 1280 x 800 and 720p is 1280 x 720, so putting anything of higher resolution on the tablets is kind of pointless anyway. The Tegra2 chips used handle most video fine. There are tablets out there using lesser processors though. Stay away from anything selling for $249 or less.

thanks for the info as i've been looking at ALL the different tablets out there
(and i've had apples as far back as the IIe)

 

[Renverse]

thanks for the info as i've been looking at ALL the different tablets out there
(and i've had apples as far back as the IIe)

Don't understand the hype around 1080p for tablets. You're not going to be taking advantage of the extra detail because the screen is far to small.

720P will do just fine, really.

 

[4DThinker]

Don't understand the hype around 1080p for tablets. You're not going to be taking advantage of the extra detail because the screen is far to small.

720P will do just fine, really.

So long as you just use your tablet for watching, you're right. 720p is a perfect fit on all but the iPad. Most tablets have HDMI output though. Even the iPad with a dongle. Plug into an HDTV and that's where the benefit comes in.

 

[Tarzanman]

Using the same logic, pound for pound, the RIM PlayBook will give you an even better experience since it has a better Flash implementation. (not really)

I haven't used a playbook, so I can't comment on their flash implementation vs Android's. However, at least they have the option.

What if my kid wants to edit photos, do finger painting, create music, edit videos, do quick presentation work, document editing, explorer animated book, etc?

Then you should probably buy your kid a laptop. Finger painting and animated books or anything you present will work fine on any tablet.

However using a tablet for document creation and productivity is like using a pair of pliers to hammer in a nail. It is possible, but it is the wrong tool for the job and it will take a lot more work than it should.

Even a 5 year old laptop will run circles around a tablet for those tasks (and cost less).