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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 9168791" data-attributes="member: 6669048"><p>Honestly, PDF is a crappy format for ereaders and tablets. PDFs require more RAM to display and load, which a lot of tablets sorely lack. I've got a Kindle Fire 10 and a Lenovo P11 Gen 2 tablet and while the P11 is a bit better (because the Fire is about 2 years older), both aren't great with PDFs. You also typically can't change font size, set dark mode, use text-to-speech, or make use of other accessibility features a lot of tablets have. That makes navigation difficult as you're constantly zooming in to make the text big enough to read, which interferes with page turning shortcuts and makes for a generally bad experience. I'm not saying you can't use tablets and ereaders for PDFs, but don't expect it to be a fun time.</p><p></p><p>There are a rare few RPGs that publish books in epub or mobi format. I know Stars Without Numbers and its spinoffs and a few of Evil Hat's releases are available in epub. That format is specifically designed for ereaders and is much better to read on them, plus you can use all the accessibility features. The downside is that it doesn't support the kind of intricate layout and formatting in most RPG releases. The formats are designed for reading novels, not RPG books with lots of tables and artwork. Also, it requires doing yet <em>another </em>layout for the entire book because, well, you can change the font sizes and use dark mode and all that. So any layout gets thrown out the window because the user can change it. Some games like Mork Borg have their design as a huge selling point, so epub/mobi formats wouldn't work for them.</p><p></p><p>All that said, if you do want a tablet mostly for RPG PDF files, your best bet is to check for something pretty hefty. At least an octocore processor and 4 GB of RAM. If you want to look up the stats on my P11, it's probably the bare minimum of what I'd consider for that purpose. Also, make sure the tablet's scheduled for getting updates to Android 14 that's just now rolling out this month. This is not just for features but also for security. This is something you have to check carefully because Samsung announced a bunch of their tablets that just came out within the last year or so are <em>not </em>getting updates to Android 14. Oh, and make sure it can take a decent sized SD card expansion because PDFs can add up in file size fast and with the bloat of app sizes, you're likely going to run out of internal storage faster than you expect. Just keep in mind it's not going to be the best reading experience and you'll probably be better off sticking with a PC.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and I have no experience with iOS devices since the iPhone 6, so I have no idea how well they handle PDFs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 9168791, member: 6669048"] Honestly, PDF is a crappy format for ereaders and tablets. PDFs require more RAM to display and load, which a lot of tablets sorely lack. I've got a Kindle Fire 10 and a Lenovo P11 Gen 2 tablet and while the P11 is a bit better (because the Fire is about 2 years older), both aren't great with PDFs. You also typically can't change font size, set dark mode, use text-to-speech, or make use of other accessibility features a lot of tablets have. That makes navigation difficult as you're constantly zooming in to make the text big enough to read, which interferes with page turning shortcuts and makes for a generally bad experience. I'm not saying you can't use tablets and ereaders for PDFs, but don't expect it to be a fun time. There are a rare few RPGs that publish books in epub or mobi format. I know Stars Without Numbers and its spinoffs and a few of Evil Hat's releases are available in epub. That format is specifically designed for ereaders and is much better to read on them, plus you can use all the accessibility features. The downside is that it doesn't support the kind of intricate layout and formatting in most RPG releases. The formats are designed for reading novels, not RPG books with lots of tables and artwork. Also, it requires doing yet [I]another [/I]layout for the entire book because, well, you can change the font sizes and use dark mode and all that. So any layout gets thrown out the window because the user can change it. Some games like Mork Borg have their design as a huge selling point, so epub/mobi formats wouldn't work for them. All that said, if you do want a tablet mostly for RPG PDF files, your best bet is to check for something pretty hefty. At least an octocore processor and 4 GB of RAM. If you want to look up the stats on my P11, it's probably the bare minimum of what I'd consider for that purpose. Also, make sure the tablet's scheduled for getting updates to Android 14 that's just now rolling out this month. This is not just for features but also for security. This is something you have to check carefully because Samsung announced a bunch of their tablets that just came out within the last year or so are [I]not [/I]getting updates to Android 14. Oh, and make sure it can take a decent sized SD card expansion because PDFs can add up in file size fast and with the bloat of app sizes, you're likely going to run out of internal storage faster than you expect. Just keep in mind it's not going to be the best reading experience and you'll probably be better off sticking with a PC. Oh, and I have no experience with iOS devices since the iPhone 6, so I have no idea how well they handle PDFs. [/QUOTE]
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