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| Mike A:
A tablet is too small for good stereo separation anyways. Just wear headphones. |
| Grasshopper:
Unfortunately, the position of the speakers is not the only issue with tablets. The overwhelming majority of them suffer from inexplicably poor design decisions. For example, here are some more 'first world problems': - Why do most tablets come with only a single USB port that also has to double up as a charging connector? It means you can't charge and use USB simultaneously without buying a clunky special adapter cable (assuming it's even possible as all). How ridiculous is that? - Why do most tablets come with flimsy micro connectors (USB and HDMI) instead of far sturdier full size ones? I mean seriously, the difference in size is only a few mm, so the space saving is insignificant. Admittedly, there are a handful of Windows tablets that come fitted with full sized connectors (and they're no thicker than other tablets) but they're the exception to the rule. - Why are so many tablets (and phones) potentially brickable? This is just sloppy firmware design. It shouldn't be possible to brick a device using software alone. It's perfectly easy to make part of the firmware read-only in hardware, and then include in the read-only section some code that can use a recovery media to restore the tablet back to a factory state. - Why is the onboard flash memory generally soldered onto the circuit board instead of being stored on a removable SD card? That would make backing up the firmware far easier, and would be one way to fix the bricking issue. |
| knave:
I can't speak for other tablets, but the Surface pro Gen 1 that I picked up recently has stereo Speakers at the top left and right in Landscape mode. I think My dell Streak 7 from 2011 also has them that way. Granted on both of these tablets the speakers are merely adequate. So tablets with that feature are out there. As for media consumption at home on a tablet vs. on a TV. I use both. Sometimes, I don't want to disturb others, or want to check out a video real quick, or am reading/checking email in bed and just want to check something out...sometimes I just like having the screen right there in front of me. Headphones are superior most of the time...sometimes I want my ears unencumbered. The speakers work fine...but the phones are more immersive. Also if the video in question contains screen images from the content creators computer it is way easier to read text when watching these videos on a tablet vs. TV. |
| yotsuya:
You turn off the sound when you watch the porn in the bathroom anyway.... Or is that just me? |
| pbj:
Speakers on my iPad are actually amazing given how thin the device is... :dunno |
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