I am at the buy point now for a MP, first time drone owner. I live in an area of Wyoming with minimal cell coverage and expect 99% of drone usage to occur without access to cell phone signal. This part of wyoming has millions of acres of public land consisting of dessert and forested mountains, 250,000 acre section of which sits 50 feet from my house, but essentially no cell service except near a few towns. So the tablet would be wi-fi only and mostly connecting through home wifi unless traveling and could access through a hot spot. Intended use of MP is videography of the mountains, canyons, documenting horse back riding trips, and scouting routes for hiking and horse trips.
Trying to decide what are the most important factors in buying a tablet for the drone and which are necessary given the situation i am in. Never owned a tablet so minimal knowledge of the brands or features
1.Cost of course, but if i needed to spend $300+ i suppose I would for a IPAD 4 MINI, but want to avoid over spending for this purpose. are the ipads mini 2 or 3 just as good as the 4 for this use?
2. Apple vs samsung (or other). Have impression that the IPads are more reliable for this purpose.
3. Screen resolution. have seen a post where someone uses a samsung galaxy tab 2 as it was stated to be the largest tablet to fit in the RC, but it has a resolution of 1024 x 600. perhaps is enough for good FPV but don't really know if higher such as on Ipad mins is better for my uses.
4. Glare, is this an important factor? any of the tablets superior in terms of coatings on the glass to minimize glare or improve visability of screen?
5. Memory, seems like not important factor as the video is recorded to the MP. 16 gb is plenty?
6. any other factor? hope it;s a easy decision.
thank you for any input
Will be readily sharing videos of this neck of the woods!
Bud
Trying to decide what are the most important factors in buying a tablet for the drone and which are necessary given the situation i am in. Never owned a tablet so minimal knowledge of the brands or features
1.Cost of course, but if i needed to spend $300+ i suppose I would for a IPAD 4 MINI, but want to avoid over spending for this purpose. are the ipads mini 2 or 3 just as good as the 4 for this use?
2. Apple vs samsung (or other). Have impression that the IPads are more reliable for this purpose.
3. Screen resolution. have seen a post where someone uses a samsung galaxy tab 2 as it was stated to be the largest tablet to fit in the RC, but it has a resolution of 1024 x 600. perhaps is enough for good FPV but don't really know if higher such as on Ipad mins is better for my uses.
4. Glare, is this an important factor? any of the tablets superior in terms of coatings on the glass to minimize glare or improve visability of screen?
5. Memory, seems like not important factor as the video is recorded to the MP. 16 gb is plenty?
6. any other factor? hope it;s a easy decision.
thank you for any input
Will be readily sharing videos of this neck of the woods!
Bud