iPad or Kindle Fire HD

Update 2 (March ’13): Amazon cut the price of the 32GB from $370 t0 $300, and the 16GB to $270. That makes the 32GB Fire HD hard to resist.

Update 1: The voting seems to be split equally but no one has commented on the reasons behind the device they chose, that didn’t help me much to decide.  So far I’m leaning towards the Fire, here’s my major notes about the 2 devices:

• Kindle Fire costs $200 vs the iPad’s $500. I can get the iPad2 for $400, but that model is a couple of years old. 
• 32 GB Kindle Fire is $370 vs. $600 for the iPad.
• The apps on the iPad are more and look better. However, Kindle Fire uses Android app market. That too is an awesome store.
• Kindle Fire is HD, the iPad is Retina. Same difference in my book, since I’ll be mainly watching movies on the device, and not through it (on big huge TVs). 
• Conclusion: I’ll probably get the 32 GB Kindle Fire, mainly because of the price vs. specs. I use both a Samsung Note2 and an iPhone, and I’m very  impressed with the Android system. That’s why I won’t mind getting the Fire at this reasonable price.

I’m shopping for a new tablet. My choices are narrowed to the iPad and the Kindle Fire HD. If you were me, which one would you pick, and why?

I mainly use the tablet to watch videos. So it’s important for it to be able to play different kinds of videos. A secondary and lesser important feature is its ability to play said videos on an HD TV.