Took a bit of a punt on this as a Black Friday deal, and I'm glad I did! My Fire tablet experience previously had been limited to a 2018 model that had started life as a kid's edition, and which I'd taken over when they moved onto bigger at better things. It was limited at best. Adequate video playback, but very slow browser even with one tab, and forget any multi tab use.So what of the new 2023 Fire HD? Let me start by saying I'm not exactly a power user. I want something that looks and sounds good when playing video, and I want a smooth experience when browsing the internet or the Amazon shopping app. And it actually does those things pretty well!Video playback. I was a little underwhelmed with my first streaming attempt - some of Planet Earth III via the BBC iPlayer app. Picture didn't seem as sharp as I'd expected, given that I know iPlayer streams in UHD to compatible devices. Not convinced it's even doing full HD here. Thankfully, better results streaming Picard from Prime Video - very impressed with the display here, even when quite close to my face.The marketing blurb boasts about Dolby Atmos sound. Really not sure about that. I will say that the stereo separation is very effective, despite both speaker ports being along the top edge of the tablet, but audio quality in general is absolutely nowhere near that of my 4 year old iPhone. I'd suggest that anyone looking to be properly immersed in video needs to factor in the cost of some headphones too - either wired or Bluetooth options will work here!How about browsing, which was my biggest bugbear on the five year old Fire 8? Actually pretty good, to a point. I'd say it was fast and smooth via the Silk browser with up to about 4 tabs open. Any more than that and it starts to creak - needing to reload each time you change etc, rather than having a cached version immediately available. Not a deal breaker for me, particularly given the price, but worth highlighting.Storage space seems adequate. 32Gb translates to about 22Gb of useable space, which I believe means about 11 hours of downloaded video although I'm yet to test this. Easily expandable via Micro SD card anyway.A decent version of an Outlook mail app was also a pleasant surprise given Amazon's insistence on continuing to restrict users to its own limited store (I know there are workarounds for this, but don't have the inclination to try). Facebook Messenger app also works fine.Instagram less so - pictures look big and bold and beautiful, but I've had issues with any video content via that site - stutters very badly to the point of being unwatchable.Lots of people complain about the lack of a YouTube app, but I've found YouTube to work perfectly adequately via the browser, with video looking as I'd expected (seamlessly going to full screen) rather than the slightly compressed quality I seemed to get with iPlayer.Battery life seems awesome as well - 5hrs20 of screen on time since my last charge 48 hours earlier, and the battery has gone down to 49%. Very happy with that! Top of class? Who knows - but it's more than adequate for me.Cameras... Meh. 5MP front and rear, but both seem really poor to me. Far more grainy than that resolution should be. Maybe they'd be better outside, or in stronger lighting. But really not a consideration for me - I'll always have a phone within arm's length.As for the lock screen adverts causing such consternation in the reviews? Really can't see the problem. There's one on the lockscreen maybe 1 in 4 times. And I ignore it and unlock. No impact that I've noticed during use - people are really so bothered that they'd pay a tenner to remove ads?! Accept it and move on (with an extra £10 in your pocket).Does this do what I want it to? Yes it does. Do I think it's worth the (I think) £160 full price? Actually yes I do - I think you'd struggle to find a tablet or phone at that price with this capability. And at the Black Friday price of roughly half that, it's an absolute steal.