[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Accessories] Tom2112:
I've gone through a bunch of cases. None of them is exactly what I want. Apparently, they don't make one that is everything I want.

Here's what I want out of a case:

All ports, buttons and jacks accessible without having to remove any of the case. (Those silicon cases are bad for this.)

A stiff flap to cover the screen. (Screen protectors are nice, but they don't keep fingerprints and other goop off my tab.)

A cover when folded back behind the tab, gives a better grip on the tablet. (Some plastic ones are slippery!)

THIN!!! (I didn't spend all this money on an expensive THIN tablet so I could bury it in an inch of padding, plastic and pleather.)

Portrait and landscape stand (I don't care if it is a kick stand or some ingenious folding of the cover.)

Infinitely variable stand angles (One often needs to vary the angle slightly to avoid glare and reflections)

A relatively stable stand. (Some stand mechanisms offer no "grip" for the stand to stay in place, so as soon as you tap the screen, it moves/falls.)

No border around my screen! (They all seem to be just a little bit too close to the edges of the screen and they make it hard to use items/functions on the screen edges.)

Real or faux leather (what I call pleather) not a cheap plastic look.

Magnetic closure for front cover. (Straps wear. Elastic stretches out. Snaps are a pain in the rear. And they ALL make the case thicker than necessary. I'd rather have no closure mechanism than have one that makes it thicker.)

My first case was the grey "pleather" case. But I _hate_ the cases that intrude on the screen with their wide borders in order to hold the tab. I much prefer the hard plastic alternatives that grab the case by the corners or edges.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130656629801

My next one was a pleather one that allowed the user to rotate the screen, portrait or landscape, while standing. This was nice (even though the portrait standing angle was almost useless). But the case was almost three times as thick as the bare tablet. It also had an elastic closure, which I don't like, but not using it never caused a problem.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160909121508

Next I went with a hard plastic backing with no stand or front cover. That didn't last long at all. I use the stand far too often to go without. It was quite thin though!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/360446184274

Next I got a "book" style case. It is the one I am currently using. It has a pleather look to it with an elastic closure. I don't use the closure, but I wish it wasn't there, because the tab would be thinner without it. It doesn't offer a portrait stand, only landscape. But that's good enough. The stand is such that your angle is infinitely variable, which is a major bonus when trying to eliminate glare and reflections. The case is about twice as thick as the tablet. I wish it were thinner, but it is better than the rest I've found.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130664197992

I also tried a "hard shell case" for my tab. This one is OK, but it ultimately lost for two reasons: the stand wasn't stable - it slipped easily on most surfaces - and the magnetic closure flap just about doubled the thickness of the case.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251159580235

Of course, I didn't spend much on those cases - most less than $10, with $19 being the most expensive. So I guess I shouldn't expect too much. However, I've seen a lot of expensive ones that are worse than these cheap ones.