Tablet recommendation

[steve yates]

Not at all, iPads can do all of that stuff, they just need some accessories. Most rugged tablet use is done using cases, and HDMI is pretty rare on tablets for good reason. A usb-c to HDMI is a very cheap accessory.
A good Android may well be a better fit here but iPad can definitely meet those criteria.

Not the USB one

 

[lustyd]

Not the USB one

In what way?

 

[steve yates]

USB ports, can’tise flashdrives for storage or transfer of data/images etc.
That really inhibits their practical use for many things, though I appreciate it’s the price you pay for the secure operating environment of IOS.
I live with it, but I don’t like it.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

USB ports, can’tise flashdrives for storage or transfer of data/images etc.
That really inhibits their practical use for many things, though I appreciate it’s the price you pay for the secure operating environment of IOS.
I live with it, but I don’t like it.

Yes you can,

Connect external storage devices to iPad

 

[lustyd]

USB ports, can’tise flashdrives for storage or transfer of data/images etc.

We do this all the time on my partner’s iPad Air. Yesterday I connected an SSD and imported a video project to Davinci Resolve which was created on Windows, then edited it with keyboard and mouse on the iPad before rendering it.
IPad has changed a lot