800x480 vs 1024x600 on a 7 inch screen tablet

spleenharvester · 21 Jan 2013 at 23:49

Is the difference noticeable?

I've read some sources saying you can barely tell on a 7 inch screen, and some saying the difference is "instantly noticeable".

I'll be gaming and viewing PDFs on it.

POB · 22 Jan 2013 at 10:25

When viewing PDF files get the highest resolution possible.

My 7" Nook HD is 1,440 x 900 and its great for reading.

With extra pixels smaller text is easier to read.

DarkHorizon472 · 22 Jan 2013 at 17:55

POB said:
When viewing PDF files get the highest resolution possible.

My 7" Nook HD is 1,440 x 900 and its great for reading.

With extra pixels smaller text is easier to read.

This is good advice , text is much clearer at higher resolutions. Other media ia as well but especially text.

Scougar · 22 Jan 2013 at 19:40

I wouldn't go any smaller than 1024. Difference is noticeable. A 1024 screen can actually be quite good at 7", but you can only make the text so small before it becomes messy/illegible as such. This point will be sooner with an 800 tablet.

If you have the option of going higher I would take it, but if your price range only goes upto 1024, take the 1024 option, especially if using it for text.

Would you mind me asking which tablets you are considering, and your price range?

spleenharvester · 22 Jan 2013 at 19:47

Thankyou guys.

Tablet in question is a Sumvision Cyclone Voyager 7", has a RK3066 dual core and quad core Mali-400 GPU, £80 new, but the screen's looking like a dealbreaker for me. :/

Scougar · 22 Jan 2013 at 20:13

spleenharvester said:
Thankyou guys.

Tablet in question is a Sumvision Cyclone Voyager 7", has a RK3066 dual core and quad core Mali-400 GPU, £80 new, but the screen's looking like a dealbreaker for me. :/

RK3066 is quite a good performing cpu chip, but which version of the MALI400 is it? There are many varieties and you really want a minimum of the MALI 400MP quad. The "MP2 3D" is a bit of a pants version.

EDIT: Apparently it's quad. That will run quite well :-)

The resolution is the downside here. Also.. it looks like it doesn't have Bluetooth or GPS if those are important to you? Apart from that (and not being able to charge via USB) it's quite a good unit.

EDIT2: Almost forgot.. it's probably a cheaper LCD or TN screen rather than an IPS (If it was IPS they most likely would have mentioned it as they look great).

KelDG · 23 Jan 2013 at 21:34

If you are watching 720p stuff on there it makes a world of difference, I was watching some Starcraft2 on a Samsung tab 7 inch with a 1024x600 screen and it looked like arse compared to a 1280x800 7 inch screen. For browsing it was fine but for detail it was really lacking and fine detail just got mushed up by the lack of native or greater resolution.