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1. fifeandy - Member 

   Hi folks,

   I'm sure we've had loads of these threads before, but not for 2018 yet, so another one cant hurt.

   Hudl was running slow last night, so turned it off - turning on again this morning gave a nasty UEFI secure boot screen. Same result for plugging charger in, or attempting factory reset. So i'm assuming either the SSD or motherboard have died.

   Think its a bit over 4yrs old now though, so I guess its done a decent stint.

   So - what's good to replace it with? Don't want to spend more than £200, ideally much less.
   Used for a mix of browsing, crappy free to play games and streaming twitch.
   HDMI out desirable for youtube MTB/CX races whilst on the turbo.
   One thing I really valued on the Hudl was the screen - quite smudge resistant, and after 4yrs not a scratch on it.

   Posted 3 days ago #
2. Murray - Member 

   Amazon fire and Chromecast or Fire stick for the TV

   Posted 3 days ago #
3. paladin - Member 

   I got a 10" Amazon fire, and I really like it for watching tv, movies etc.
   What I don't like, is the inability to use google chrome, or apps like strava, gmail, weatherpro.

   Posted 3 days ago #
4. windyg - Member 

   What I don't like, is the inability to use google chrome, or apps like strava, gmail, weatherpro.

   Chrome is easy to install Amazon Fire chrome install

   Posted 3 days ago #
5. stevenmenmuir - Member 

   What he said, I got a fire 10 in the sales and it's a 5 min job to install Google.

   Posted 3 days ago #
6. paladin - Member 

   windyg - Member
   Chrome is easy to install

   Can you sign in on chrome?

   Posted 3 days ago #
7. Cougar - Moderator 

   Depending what games you're playing, Huawei? Probably the best sub-£200 tablet out there currently.

   http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/tablets/huawei-mediapad-m3-8-0-1327378/review

   Posted 3 days ago #
8. CraigW - Member 

   Lenovo Tab 4 Plus. Mostly standard Android, so it will include the usual Google apps.

   Posted 3 days ago #
9. windyg - Member 

   Can you sign in on chrome?

   Yeah works the same as on a PC or phone, follow the steps in the link above.
   You can also install google play it's a little bit more tricky to do.

   Posted 3 days ago #

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10. BigJohn - Member 

    I've recently bought a Lenovo Tab 4 8" to replace my Hudl. £99 from Currys and very happy with it. No HDMI out, but a Chromecast might work.

    Posted 3 days ago #
11. mm93 - Member 

    Got a Amazon fire 8 recently,£50 from argos! ,and followed these instructions( which i got from singletrack i think) to install the play store and all the Google stuff which took about 3 minutes.If I can do it anyone can because I'm sh#t at anything like that.
    Amazing tablet for the money in my opinion.
    https://saintlad.com/install-google-play-store-on-kindle-fire/

    Posted 3 days ago #
12. richardkennerley - Member 

    I just got a Lenovo tab 4 plus. I got the 8" as a replacement for an old nexus 7, as it's a nice size to use as an e-reader. Was £150 and I'm well pleased so far. There's very little unnecessary cr@p on it and it does what I need of it no problem. No HDMI out though, maybe the 10" does.

    Posted 3 days ago #
13. fifeandy - Member 

    That Lenovo 4 plus is looking pretty good for £150.
    Might nip round to PC world to see if I can have a look at one in the flesh.

    Posted 3 days ago #
14. GrahamS - Member 

    Still using hudl 2 here, in fact we picked up another one at Christmas off for £65 to give to the mother-in-law.

    Posted 2 days ago #
15. paladin - Member 

    mm93 - Member
    Got a Amazon fire 8 recently,£50 from argos! ,and followed these instructions( which i got from singletrack i think) to install the play store and all the Google stuff which took about 3 minutes.If I can do it anyone can because I'm sh#t at anything like that.

    Ok I've done that, but I don't get a shortcut on the homepage for any apps I've added (playstore, gmail) . How do I get that? And if I open gmail, it closes immediately, what's going on there?

    Posted 6 hours ago #
16. househusband - Member 

    https://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-tab-4-plus-tablet-android-wi-fi-3gb-ram-16gb-8-full-hd/p3265684

    Another vote for the Lenovo Tab 4 Plus 8". Two arrived last week and I'm mighty impressed; very clean Android with minimal, if any noticeable, Lenovo bloatware.

    Posted 5 hours ago #
17. windyg - Member 

    paladin - Member

    Got a Amazon fire 8 recently,£50 from argos! ,and followed these instructions( which i got from singletrack i think) to install the play store and all the Google stuff which took about 3 minutes.If I can do it anyone can because I'm sh#t at anything like that.

    
    

    mm93 - Member Ok I've done that, but I don't get a shortcut on the homepage for any apps I've added (playstore, gmail) . How do I get that? And if I open gmail, it closes immediately, what's going on there?

    Did you follow the instructions exactly? you must do them in the exact order for it work, if not uninstall and start again.

    Posted 5 hours ago #
18. mm93 - Member 

    Well I may have spoke too soon.Plugged mine in tonight and some of the apps updated and now won't work.Tried uninstalling and re installing but no difference.Gmail is doing the same for me ,is opening and then closing immediately.Hmmm.

    Posted 16 minutes ago #

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