We initially thought their placement, on the lower third of the Fire HD, would cause sound to be muffled when we held the tablet in both hands. This brightness advantage came in handy when reading content outdoors the Fire HD's screen was easier to see and exhibited less glare.Ĭlick to EnlargeOn the back of the Fire HD, on either side, are two speaker grilles. Both took the same amount of time to flip from one page to the next in a book, though.Īt 436 lux, the Fire HD is slightly dimmer than the original Fire (460 lux), but outshone both the Nexus 7 (314 lux) as well as the category average (355 lux). Not only is text less pixelated, but colors are richer, and you can see more of individual websites, too. Text on websites looks leagues better on the Fire HD than the original. When watching the trailer of "Taken 2" side by side with the Nexus 7, both Amazon's and Google's tablet looked about the same if anything, images were a hair crisper on the Nexus 7, as that device has a native YouTube app. The IPS display also made viewing angles superb we could view the Fire HD from almost any angle. While watching the HD version of "The Hunger Games," the colors on Jennifer Lawrence's flaming dress, as well as Elizabeth Banks' outlandish attire, popped off the screen.
Click to EnlargeWhile it's now only on a par, pixel-wise, with competitors such as the Nexus 7, the Fire HD's 1280 x 800-pixel display is a definite improvement over the previous generation.
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