For those of you planning to get a Kindle Fire, are you planning to use it primarily as an ereader, or for multimedia functions like TV shows and videos?
Or just for Angry Birds?
Or just for Angry Birds?
Yes. I've read an entire book on an iPod Touch, but regretted it. I'd much prefer to do long reading on an eInk device.K3 will still be my main e-reader. Love that e-ink for my old eyes!
/\ This /\Ann Chambers said:K3 will still be my main e-reader. Love that e-ink for my old eyes!
Fire is for playing - surfing, games, streaming video, etc. Cannot wait to get my hands on it. Tick tock!
Same here.I will use my fire for kids books and magazines but my k3 will be my primary ereader.
This except I have a BabyK.krm0789 said:Mostly video watching & light web browsing. Cookbooks and probably magazines will go on the Fire, but my K3 will still be my primary reader.
The Nook Color is very nice for reading in the dark - at night, I'd prefer it to an eInk device (barring the absence of adequate lighting).I expect I'll use it the same way I use my Nook Color - mostly as a reader (in low-light situations) and occasionally as a tablet.
I've never really had good luck with enhanced ebooks. Sometimes a book just needs to be a book, even if it is on an ereader.Definitely multimedia. I adore eink. I purchased the enhanced version of Keith richards autobiography because it had Johnny Depp in it. I quickly regretted it. Still haven't got past the first chapter(s).
Really? I turn on the light. It's nice to be technologically advanced.jonathanmoeller said:The Nook Color is very nice for reading in the dark - at night, I'd prefer it to an eInk device (barring the absence of adequate lighting).
This is true. It's also nice to allow one's spouse, partner, or roommate to get some sleep - medical research indicates that it has some very positive health benefits.It's nice to be technologically advanced.
Keep in mind there is no single widescreen format. Widescreen movies are shot in many display ratios.KindleChickie said:I am disappointed in the way my iPad displays movies. Too much excess screen, it is annoying. The fire is closer to HD movie ratio.
Lordy, you should've heard us trying to explain that to my father-in-law when we finally got him to buy a new LCD TV. He kept going up to the TV (42" screen I think) and touching it and couldn't understand why the picture wasn't always covering the entire screen. Plus he thought the color seemed a little "weak" - because it wasn't jacked up to NEON like their old TV had been.Elk said:Keep in mind there is no single widescreen format. Widescreen movies are shot in many display ratios.
If displayed natively there always will be letterboxing, even on screens which are 16:9 (such as a widescreen TV) or 16:10 (the typical widescreen computer monitor).
Heh. Modern television has gotten complicated enough that I'm glad my chief form of entertainment is books, e and otherwise (and for the shows I do want to watch, there's usually Hulu on my netbook).Lordy, you should've heard us trying to explain that to my father-in-law when we finally got him to buy a new LCD TV. Lips sealed He kept going up to the TV (42" screen I think) and touching it and couldn't understand why the picture wasn't always covering the entire screen. Plus he thought the color seemed a little "weak" - because it wasn't jacked up to NEON like their old TV had been.
Letter boxing is much worse on the iPads ratio. I personally am dissatisfied with how my iPad displays movies. Not telling anyone else how they should feel, simply stating what I personally want.Elk said:Keep in mind there is no single widescreen format. Widescreen movies are shot in many display ratios.
If displayed natively there always will be letterboxing, even on screens which are 16:9 (such as a widescreen TV) or 16:10 (the typical widescreen computer monitor).
I can believe that. The iPad's ratio is better for displaying standard format pages -- I've compared how scanned PDF sheet music shows on it vs my Xoom* -- but I can see that that would also make it not as good for wide screen images. . . . .KindleChickie said:Letter boxing is much worse on the iPads ratio. I personally am dissatisfied with how my iPad displays movies. Not telling anyone else how they should feel, simply stating what I personally want.