E-readers/tablets

[Shinigami]

reet, my e reader died the other week and been looking for a new one, however now tempted to up to a tablet instead which I can user to read books as well as other bits (eg play video)

question is, whats the best tablet I can get for under £100

preference on battery life however as long as it lasts a few hours a day of use that would be fine as I can charge nightly anyway
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[nowhere.elysium]

Tablets aren't really all that great for reading books from - you really do want an E-Ink display for that sort of thing. Of course, E-Ink does rather preclude video playback.
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[Shinigami]

yeah that was my reason for my old one but I primarily read indoors with decent lighting or in bed with the light off so can't see it being a screen rather than e-ink being a big issue
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[nowhere.elysium]

Backlit screens can cause eyestrain, whereas E-Ink ones are typically sidelit, negating the problem. They're also subject to much shorter battery life, due to the differences in how they generate images.

Personally, I'm a massive evangelist when it comes to E-Ink readers - I bought a kobo glo a while back, and have not regretted it since. Slightly over your budget if you buy it in a shop, but worth the money, IMO.

That said, there are ones on eBay for ~65 quid.
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[Shinigami]

my broken one was a kobo, broken by their own update, no chance i'm getting another one of their products
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[nowhere.elysium]

ORLY? Good to know, although I've never felt the need to use their update software - I just dump books straight on there from my PC, and leave the wifi on the glo turned off.

How is it broken, exactly? Is it totally impossible to do a factory reset?

Going back to your original question, the general consensus was that the Tesco hudl is good, or a second-hand iPad should do the job.
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I would always have a separate e reader. Have had all of the kindles so far and have the paperwhite at the moment, by far the best e reader I have used. And almost defiantly the best value for money gadget I have ever bought.

If you are desperate for a tablet, I have a Nexus 7 I don't use that I could sell you.
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[Shinigami]

[Shinigami]

not desperate for a tablet but budget wise it seemed to make sense to kill 2 birds with 1 stone,

may just get a cheap e-ink reader instead then and forget about the tablet side
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[nowhere.elysium]

Have you tried loading books on using Calibre? You should still be able to download the book files from the store on your PC, IIRC (not sure though, I never used their shit desktop software).

If you pop the case, you'll see that the miniSD that the device's OS is on can be accessed - I'd use something win32DiskImager to write the image to that, straight from your computer, as opposed to using the kobo to do so.
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[Shinigami]

[nowhere.elysium]

Fair play mate. In my experience, the later versions of the Kobo hardware don't seem to have those problems but in fairness, I've never felt the need to use either the wifi or the store.
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[hedgehugger]

No idea what they're like but Nooks can be had for around £30.
https://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/NOOK_Simple_Touch/9781400699032?gclid=Cj0KEQjw3cKeBRDG-KKqqIj4qJgBEiQAOamX_XTq1ox5M2_bAQvZjYigHyw8NGlP9e_dgERgGwidMpoaAlmi8P8HAQ

I own a Kindle, quite old now but if it broke I'd get another.

I bought a Nexus with the idea that I would use that for ebooks and sell on my Kindle.

I scrapped that once the tablet was bought as the tablet is no replacement really (well, it will do, just not as well).
The thing the tablet does better is graphic novels/comics. So I bought a 10" too

[Shinigami]

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[Shinigami]

have my pc for those shenanigans though they've dropped massively since I got with the mrs as surplus to requirements

hmm, shall mull it over on the options available
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[Tarmacsurfer]

Bought my missus a Nook HD+ recently, specifically for graphic novels and comics. I'm actually quite impressed by it. I use a Nook "GlowLight" as an e-reader, while it's not entirely standard (I'm a flashaholic for custom firmwares and tinkering) it's proven to be great. I've been converted from ardent hatred of the idea of reading on a slate to having trouble imagining life without it.

Look around and you could probably bag both a GlowLight and an HD+ for not much over £100 at the moment.
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[Shinigami]

ended up going for a nook hd+ can stick cyangenmod on it also if I don't like the stock ui.

seems to be decent for the money and I do read a lot of graphic novels and primarily indoors so light reflecting isn't a big issue

got the 32gb one preowned to keep the cost down
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[Tarmacsurfer]

Stock ui is ok, it's pretty smooth and fairly intuitive. I'd still recommend finding a cheap glowlight if you can. Some good free manga apps around once it's flashed /rooted.
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[CBFcarl]

I have a 3rd gen iPad that I use for graphic novels and comics, and a Kobo Touch that I use for reading. I picked the Kobo up for £30 as an offer at WH Smiths, and since then (Feb / March this year) I feel like I have gotten my moneys worth.
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[Shinigami]

[Shinigami]

Nook HD+ arrived, swiftly switched to cyanogenmod 10.2

been running well so far but havn't put a massive amount of things on it, trying a few e-reader apps etc and some cbz reader apps.

seems like a nice device for the money
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