So what's the verdict on the Microsoft Surface?

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

I was looking at these yesterday, they looked aight to me


I'm probably unique in that I really only want a tablet for movie/video watching and light browsing. So battery life and being robust in terms of files it support. MKV files and AVI files must be supported, so Android and iPad are out (unless I'm mistaken). To my knowledge my only other options are those ASUS and Lenovo units....I think the surface looks better than all those.

Am I missing something or is this a good buy?

 

[TheGregReaper]

 

[Lurka Ternt Posta]

I was looking at these yesterday, they looked aight to me


I'm probably unique in that I really only want a tablet for movie/video watching and light browsing. So battery life and being robust in terms of files it support. MKV files and AVI files must be supported, so Android and iPad are out(unless I'm mistaken). To my knowledge my only other options are those ASUS and Lenovo units....I think the surface looks better than all those.

Am I missing something or is this a good buy?

I've played MKV and AVI movies on my Touchpad (Android 4.0.4) using Dice Player w/o a problem.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

I've played MKV and AVI movies on my Touchpad (Android 4.0.4) using Dice Player w/o a problem.

Hmm, I'll look into Dice Player.

Most MKVs play on my Nexus, AVI's are a no go

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

I've played MKV and AVI movies on my Touchpad (Android 4.0.4) using Dice Player w/o a problem.

You saved me from venturing outside of GoogSet

 

[Lurka Ternt Posta]

You saved me from venturing outside of GoogSet

 

[StatUS]

Yeah there's a bunch of players in the Play Store that handle all types of files.

I go with MXplayer. #GSDG .

 

[JoelB]

Had a spark when it started, but now it's just garbage.