The screen HDX Kindle Fire beats iPad and Nexus Air 10 - Tom's Hardware Guide

Into The Kindle Fire 8.9-inch HDX has one of the best screens on the market : Air beats the iPad is that the Nexus 10. To decree the victory of the Amazon tablet was DisplayMate, a specialist in calibration that often dabbles in-depth reviews on the panels for TVs and mobile devices.

Into The display of the last Kindle Fire, iPad and Nexus are recognized as the best ever tested by its laboratories. The comparative analysis of the relevant technical data sheets in fact confirms that we are facing excellence in the field of LCD . The Kindle Fire features a 8.9-inch IPS panel (In Plane Switching) LCD technology with Low Temperature Poly Silicon and resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels at 339 PPI.

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HDX 8.9-inch Kindle Fire

The iPad Air relies instead on an IPS / Fringe Field Switching LCD technology with 9.7-inch Gallium Indium Zinc Oxide and resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels at 264 PPI. Finally, the Nexus 10 relies on a classic 10.1-inch LCD with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels at 300 PPI, based on Plane to Line Switching technology.

Into In terms of visual quality (color, color accuracy, image, viewing angle, calibration, contrast, etc.). Kindle Fire Air and iPad are at the top , with a subtle advantage for the Amazon product level measurements. The Nexus 10 is an excellent product but slightly lower than the shades of color, contrast and calibration.

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The strongest deviations detected in the laboratory include the reflection: the Kindle is perfect , the iPad good, while the Nexus 10 in some cases insufficient. As for brightness and contrast leadership is always Amazon. The iPad suffers a bit ‘of breathlessness at the level of contrast in brighter environments. The Nexus is always third.

Into The last note could not be devoted to consumption: classification unchanged, because in this case the Kindle Fire beats all.

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The Nexus 10, however, does not come out so bad, considering the fact that its overall final assessment is quite good and features a panel with cutting-edge technology is not. Just wait for the new model, expected by the end of the year.