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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I don’t really need a laptop (don’t currently have one either), I’m gonna be using a steamdeck as essentially a pc replacement, but the 1200x800 isn’t really ideal for watching a movie, since that’s only slightly bigger display than my phone but like much less resolution.
But I saw another user mentioned a portable monitor, so maybe I’ll look into that. 2 in 1 is an interesting idea for some use cases, but probably not for me.
If you’ve got a steam deck then your best option by far is to just get a monitor or tv and hook the Steam Deck up to it. That’s the best option available to you, by far, while also being one of the cheapest.
You say you’ll be using the Steam Deck as a pc replacement……. So you already have a monitor/tv to hook it up to?
You could also go for a handheld that is better at that. The Legion Go has a 8 inch tablet as a screen with detachable controllers. The screen is meh and the audio is terrible, but maybe the upcoming Legion Go 2 will improve on that.
Other companies like Minisforum, Acer, ASUS or GPD also have kooky handhelds like that. It may be worth taking a look. It’ll certainly be more expensive than a Steam Deck, but if it saves you a tablet maybe it’s worth it.
Lenovo Legion Go has awful battery life which make is essentially useless for portable gaming. Also isn’t meant for Steam OS, and Windows on a handheld is… well… kinda clunky. Trying to install Steam OS on something not made for it is gonna have issues. Most importantly SteamDeck is the most popular handheld for PC gaming on-the-go, so if I ever get an issue, there are way more people online through various forums that I can ask about, using a less popular product means less likely to be able to find help when issues come up.
Bazzite works just fine on the Legion Go and is explicitly supported out of the box, for what it’s worth. Battery life isn’t great on most PC handhelds in general, but for low power media consumption it’s probably fairly on par across the board.
Genuinely, the biggest blocker for me would be the sound quality, at least for what you want out of it. I still wouldn’t discount non-Steam handhelds in general. There are genuinely good alternatives. The Deck is good, but at this point it’s… top 5. Top 3 maaaybe.