Thread: Tablets/E-readers?

So I'm looking at possibly purchasing a low end tablet or color e-reader. I'm a sucker for a good book but with three young kids an e-reader seems like an awefully nice idea. Especially a color one so that I can let the kids mess around.
I have an iTouch that I've had for a few years that mostly sees use by the kids these days.
An iPad, while nice, is out of the question unless I can find one in good shape for under $200.
Right now I'm looking at picking up either an HP Touch Pad off the bay/craigslist, a B&N Nook Color (which is nice in its own right but the ability to hack and make it run android apps is nice),
or possibly a Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire looks nice, especially the video ability but I'm also driving from VA to OK at the end of the month so I'd like to purchase something by then for entertainment use by the kids if things get rough.
Last time we did the drive we only had two kids and one was too young to care about the iTouch so the eldest got to watch two movies each way on it. I don't want them to rely on it but we're doing it straight through each way and there are times it comes in darn handy.
This time we're also piling all three kids in to my Volvo S60 because while the back seat is slightly smaller than the wife's crapolier, the trunk is larger, the ride is comfier, and best of all, I have a roof rack and a box for it for junk to go in en route.

Any recommendations one those or some of the other lower end android tablets?