Need advice on tablet
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My nephew and his wife use big I-pads, but they're guitarists and singers. It's still paper at my house.
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I bought a 12.9 inch iPad pro for this. Works well, and the size of display is ALMOST the size of a sheet of music. Strangely, I find myself not using it all that much.
It's great for things you already know, but there's a steep learning curve for annotating (mine accepts a pancil). There's all kinds of solutions for turning pages, but they're all cumbersome.
For software, I use ForScore. It stores all your PDFs locally and you can import from Dropbox, some cloud accounts, and some sheet music sites.
As far as what model, I have the 2021 iPad pro - got it at eBay. Great sound (4 speakers) and the larger screen is wonderful as well.
Rumor is that Apple's going to be releasing an iPad Air with a 12.9 inch screen. Not as powerful a processor as the pro, not as nice a screen, but functionally it would suit your (or my) needs.
I know there are Android tablets out there with similar sizes - but i know nothing about them.
Good luck!
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Not only a matter of size, but also resolution and speed of rendering a page.
A large but low resolution screen will likely be uncomfortable to read.
Low page rendering speed may adversely affect reading after a page turn.
Size, resolution, and speed all cost money.
Good luck with your search.