screens for outdoor studying

[RLeipe]

I'm currently looking for a Tablet (or an external Screen) whose entire purpose would be viewing PDFs outside, under direct Sunlight, to study while stuck at home due to corona. My current Laptop is quite capable, but isnt't bright enough for that. Because this is a fairly limited use case, i would rather not spend more that 200€ for it.

The Problem: in this price range, most of the devices have quite bad screens or, in case of the many chinese no-name brands, no reliable brighntess information is available. I just think that there has to be a device that tries to fill that gap, but I cant really find one. I also don't have a reference what amount of nits would be enough, or how different Panels would compare under direct sunlight. Does anyone of you have a device that has a capable screen under those criteria, and even if yours is too expensive, could you please post your model so i can get a feel what brighness to aim for?

 

Thanks a lot!

[svmlegacy]

5 minutes ago, RLeipe said:

I'm currently looking for a Tablet (or an external Screen) whose entire purpose would be viewing PDFs outside, under direct Sunlight, to study while stuck at home due to corona. My current Laptop is quite capable, but isnt't bright enough for that. Because this is a fairly limited use case, i would rather not spend more that 200€ for it.

The Problem: in this price range, most of the devices have quite bad screens or, in case of the many chinese no-name brands, no reliable brighntess information is available. I just think that there has to be a device that tries to fill that gap, but I cant really find one. I also don't have a reference what amount of nits would be enough, or how different Panels would compare under direct sunlight. Does anyone of you have a device that has a capable screen under those criteria, and even if yours is too expensive, could you please post your model so i can get a feel what brighness to aim for?

 

Thanks a lot!

Is an E-Ink device viable here? Those work much much better than backlit devices.

[RLeipe]

1 minute ago, svmlegacy said:

Is an E-Ink device viable here? Those work much much better than backlit devices.

In theory, but I don't really find ones that aren't super low res, or really expensive, like the ones from dasung.

[kelvinhall05]

59 minutes ago, RLeipe said:

In theory, but I don't really find ones that aren't super low res, or really expensive, like the ones from dasung.

iirc Kindles can natively read PDFs. So can Kobos and they are cheaper.

[LogicalDrm]

I was in this dilemma few years ago. Though I was looking for solution as holding laptop in correct orientation for reading in comfortable angle is hard.

 

The big question is, what do you read the most with the device. Its not about PDF vs ebooks, but color vs B/W. If color images are important, then going e-ink is still not worth it. I went for tablet for this reason, getting a Lenovo Tab4 10 Plus. Brightness is almost enough for direct sunlight. Since its glossy, the reflection will kill me before I have issues with brightness. If OS is not crucial, going older gen iPad is also viable (I'm Android invested).

[Lord Vile]

21 hours ago, RLeipe said:

I'm currently looking for a Tablet (or an external Screen) whose entire purpose would be viewing PDFs outside, under direct Sunlight, to study while stuck at home due to corona. My current Laptop is quite capable, but isnt't bright enough for that. Because this is a fairly limited use case, i would rather not spend more that 200€ for it.

The Problem: in this price range, most of the devices have quite bad screens or, in case of the many chinese no-name brands, no reliable brighntess information is available. I just think that there has to be a device that tries to fill that gap, but I cant really find one. I also don't have a reference what amount of nits would be enough, or how different Panels would compare under direct sunlight. Does anyone of you have a device that has a capable screen under those criteria, and even if yours is too expensive, could you please post your model so i can get a feel what brighness to aim for?

 

Thanks a lot!

HoW AboUt A BoOk?!?!?!

 

Seriously though a kindle might be the best thing for PDFs in sunlight.