I have a phone that has an OLED type display and has a high contrast ratio and HDR. I don’t wanna spend “flagship phone” amount of money on a tablet, so I was wondering if a cheap tablet would improve viewing experience because of the bigger screen or would it be worse since its LCD and low contrast ratio. By “videos” I mean mostly for Youtube, but sometimes TV Shows, and occasionally movies.
(And no I don’t want something like a TV, too big, too much hassle for casually watching videos)
(P.S. I notice a lot of reddit threads get very judgy and poor-shaming when people mention “movie” and “phone”/“tablet” in the same sentence… 👀)
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Depends on your setup. If I want to sit down and watch a movie or a YT video, I will use my laptop (your case it could be tablet). If I want to quickly watch videos on the go while in a train or while eating I use my phone. If you already have a laptop with good screen, you can use that or else I would suggest you get a modern tab with good screen if you are into quality entertainment.
If you buy a cheap tab with bad contrast now your entire media watching will be ruined and your money will be wasted.
The reason I am saying this is I have another laptop with a bad colour range and when I watch the same video on my OLED laptop and my LCD laptop, the difference is day and night.
On top of that, location matters. Not that many people carry a tablet with them when sitting in a tram, or waiting at a subway station. A phone would be so much nicer in that case. If you’re just chilling at home, a tablet will be more convenient.
I like how you talk about contrast and then say the difference is day and night in the same paragraph.