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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
Couple of things to consider here.
Kindles are designed primarily as ebook readers and really excel at the task. They will render text that is easier to read under a greater variety of conditions and will result in less eyestrain during extended use than a tablet will.
Not everything available to stream from Amazon is also available as a download so maybe spot check your current wish list.
Also remember that unless you've got a place to dump downloaded movies you'll be using up drive space on the tablet.
An alternate to going for a high end tablet with HDMI would be a chromecast and a wireless router. You don't need internet to make use of WIFI. Get a router that will support DLNA broadcasting and a USB hard drive.
You can load all your movies onto the hard drive and stream from there.
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I like the idea of just using a USB drive,
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Originally Posted by intakexhaust
Was in the same predicament last month. But, she was open minded on getting a convertible laptop and also wanted a DVD player. Enough storage and travel capable without cloud stream, woo-fooey business.
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Digging around even finding $200 Laptops (we already have a DVD/BD player) with a HDMI out and a USB
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B016V2N5PW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2HD0AAXTSQAHG&coliid=ISWWC0J9WH7M8
I guess now I will need to look at DVD/BD players that will play off a USB drive.