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<blockquote data-quote="lordabdul" data-source="post: 7839470" data-attributes="member: 6994956">I wouldn't say &quot;hate&quot; but yes, I buy PDFs for checking out games, or for material that I only need to use at home while preparing an upcoming session. For anything that needs to be used in play at the table, I definitely get the physical book, and use the PDF only as a backup if a second players needs to look something up at the same time.That said, I never actually loved (or even merely liked) PDFs until I got a 12.9&quot; iPad Pro. Having a device whose screen size is pretty much the same as the physical size of the book the PDF is supposed to be makes such a huuuuge difference. Now, I absolutely love PDFs, especially the fact I can carry around an 800g device that has probably literally a ton of books inside it. Refreshing my memory on combat rules in the subway, reading sourcebooks and scenarios at bus-stops, etc... that's just too awesome and I wouldn't go without it now.Yes, it's a pricey investment. There aren't many available devices besides the iPad Pro for this, and it's not cheap. But I've had it since it launched (almost 4 years ago?) and it looks like it will last me several more years. By now I probably spent several times its price in RPG PDFs (and in books-that-come-with-the-free-PDF), and I also use it for a whole bunch of other things (guess what, with a screen that big, suddenly digital comicbooks also become awesome! I didn't like them before either!).For those of you with that kind of money to invest, I also recommend the GoodReader app.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lordabdul, post: 7839470, member: 6994956"] I wouldn't say "hate" but yes, I buy PDFs for checking out games, or for material that I only need to use at home while preparing an upcoming session. For anything that needs to be used [I]in play[/I] [I]at the table[/I], I definitely get the physical book, and use the PDF only as a backup if a second players needs to look something up at the same time. That said, I never actually [I]loved[/I] (or even merely liked) PDFs until I got a 12.9" iPad Pro. Having a device whose screen size is pretty much the same as the physical size of the book the PDF is supposed to be makes [I]such a huuuuge difference[/I]. Now, I absolutely love PDFs, especially the fact I can carry around an 800g device that has [I]probably literally a ton of books inside it[/I]. Refreshing my memory on combat rules in the subway, reading sourcebooks and scenarios at bus-stops, etc... that's just too awesome and I wouldn't go without it now. Yes, it's a pricey investment. There aren't many available devices besides the iPad Pro for this, and it's not cheap. But I've had it since it launched (almost 4 years ago?) and it looks like it will last me several more years. By now I probably spent several times its price in RPG PDFs (and in books-that-come-with-the-free-PDF), and I also use it for a whole bunch of other things (guess what, with a screen that big, suddenly digital comicbooks also become awesome! I didn't like them before either!). For those of you with that kind of money to invest, I also recommend the GoodReader app. [/QUOTE]

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