Sleek 12.7" tablet with Full HD, MediaTek Dimensity 8300, 256GB,
Wi-Fi 6. Seamlessly switch between study and entertainment with
20hr battery and 45W fast charging.
Review: Great tablet at a fantastic price. - My first impression
of the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro is of a great tablet at an affordable
price. Bought as a present for my wife to upgrade her ancient 12"
Samsung tablet. Easy to set up, performs well, excellent screen,
light weight and excellent value for the price paid. Only time
will tell how reliable it will be.
Review: The game streaming champion! - I bought this for a very
specific use case, but overall was very surprised to find a super
capable tablet that's a joy to use! An absolute steal at the £250
sale price I bought it for. Title mentions it use. Specifically I
bought this for game streaming over the LAN from my gaming PC
upstairs to the living room downstairs. So the wife and I can
hang out together when she would prefer to watch the TV and I
prefer to hop on games. I picked this tablet for that purpose
because it's display has specs which closely resemble a capable
gaming monitor. The tablet has a 144hz display at 2944 x 1840
pixels which is 16:10 aspect ratio at 12.7 inches. The brightness
isn't eye-searing, but good enough to use indoors. And the
display looks pretty great I guess, bare in mind I'm not as
sensitive to colour accuracy and contrast as other people. But it
looks sharp, vibrant and crisp to my eyes. Obviously not as
amazing as an OLED where the difference is obvious, but nice to
look at regardless and certainly does the job of making games
look impressive. Using the Moonlight app on the tablet, and a
version of the Sunshine streaming app called Apollo on PC. You
can configure a virtual display device matching the tablet specs,
to launch on the host PC when the tablet connects to stream. This
enables the host PC to output the exact frame rate and resolution
as the tablet. A huge benefit of the display being 16:10 is that
it's (often) a commonly supported ratio used by PC games. So you
can make use of the entire screen with no black bars. However,
bare in mind that this is of course NOT a Gsync or freesync
device. So to truly benefit you will need your games to run at a
locked 144hz (or a division of it, such as 72hz). The only
downside when compared to a purpose built gaming monitor. So as
long as your LAN connection is fast and strong enough, and you
have a capable PC, you can achieve high refresh rate gaming at 2k
resolution from anywhere in the house. And since it's a tablet
which you view closer to your face than a monitor, the size of
the display while smaller on paper is just as immersive as a
gaming monitor. It's was a little fiddly to set up. But after
running some tests and tweaks, I have been able to get flawless
performance from the tablet as a game streaming client. But wait,
there's more! Since google makes it easy nowadays I configured
the tablet for general use. And for this purpose it's super
snappy also. The initial downloading of apps and updates slowed
the tablet a little initially, but after it was set up the tablet
runs apps without a hitch in sight. In fact, I find myself
putting my phone down and picking this up when sitting in the
living room, since browsing Reddit, or checking emails is much
better on a larger screen. Overall, the cost of £250 (on sale) is
not much more than you'd spend on a gaming monitor with similar
specs. The fact that this is also a fully functioning tablet with
all the benefits of that also, is a huge win in my book. Happy
happy with my buy!
