Video is another place where the HD 8 shines. If you’re a bedtime reader, you can also enable Blue Shade, a feature that filters out blue light so that it won’t affect your sleep patterns (blue light has been shown to be disruptive to sleep in some studies). Black and white gets the job done but I love seeing that carousel of covers in all their color-saturated glory. And call me superficial but cover art matters to me when I’m browsing for new titles. The only caveat is that you can’t (officially) load Marvel Unlimited on the Fire, which keeps it from being the perfect digital comic solution – though you can buy single issues of Marvel digital comics on Amazon the day they’re released, which is pretty sweet.Īs an e-reader, I still prefer my Kindle Oasis but extra real estate is nice – it’s akin to making every book an oversized paperback which I can totally get behind. The Fire HD 8 has just enough extra real estate that I can read the whole page comfortably and it’s ridiculously thin and light – I’ve held it for hours without even thinking about it. The Google Nexus 7 (my old go-to device) was a solid performer, but I would find myself still switching into guided mode so that I could read panels. The iPad Pro might be bigger but it’s unwieldy and tiring to hold for long periods of time. While the screen doesn’t give you an exact 1-to-1 translation of the real thing it’s closer than just about every device I’ve read digital comics on. Prime Reading is offering full graphic novels of popular books such as X-O Manowar and Transformers: Robots in Disguise.Īnd wouldn’t you know it? The Fire HD 8 is a perfect comic and magazine reader. Even better, these aren’t low-end, unpopular titles or single issues. What, you need more than that? Well, if you’re a Prime member, Amazon is making it practically impossible to resist picking up a device dedicated only to them. A few days after the announcement of the Fire HD 8, Amazon rolled out their Prime Reading program, which gives Prime members a rotating library of popular titles including best selling novels, current issues of magazines, and, much to my delight, comics. Don’t even waste your time looking at other options. If you’ve been thinking about getting a Fire tablet, this is it. The Fire HD 8 is the latest tablet from Amazon and sports a gorgeous screen, bigger battery, and the lowest price of any high-end tablet on the market.
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