Like maybe you wanna just lay in bed and watch on your phone instead of having to sit up in a chair for laptop or on a sofa for tv.
Basically: Convienience vs Big Screen? Which is more important to you?
I don’t really like watching video on my phone, so I’ll pretty much always go for the nearest bigger screen unless there’s no option to do that.
I honestly think most of the time I would just not watch the video rather than watch on my phone
I have some confounding factors.
First of all, my house was built in 1921 so is not designed around a big screen. We have a 70" TV in our living room, but it’s over the fireplace and rough 12’ away from our faces. Experts recommend something larger for that distance, but that is the biggest thing that fits between the mantle and ceiling. We could look into one of those fancy moving TV mounts for fireplaces, but they’re quite expensive too and seem like a pain.
The second piece is that I had my retina re-attached a few years ago. Even with a strong prescription I still find it harder to see details from far away ever since.
So I prefer smaller screens closer to my face in general. I do a lot of my gaming on the Steam Deck. I watch a lot of stuff on my phone, and I have a 10" tablet I use sometimes too.
Sound is another thing. I find good quality headphones best anyone’s fancy expensive home theater setup consistently, but the tradeoff is that headphones are usually less convenient and get uncomfortable to wear after a while. Bluetooth means less battery life for my phone, wires means I’m tethered (I have an Xperia so I have a headphone jack at least).
This is why I keep a tablet next to my bed. When I want to recline in bed but watch something, I can do it on a decent-sized screen instead of squinting at my phone.
But my couch also has two “zero-G” recliners on either end of it, which basically means they recline so far, my feet are slightly elevated over my head. So I don’t really need to go to bed to lie down and watch something.
It’s more about if I’m trying to settle down for the night or not. I have wireless headphones for my TV, so I can watch shows late into the night without disturbing anyone, but if I’m gonna fall asleep myself, I’d rather be in bed already so I can just set down my tablet and sleep without any more effort.
I’ll wait. The phone screen is too fucking small and the sound is a joke. Phones are for memes and shit. I bought that fucking 4K TV for movies. I hardly use it, but that’s what it’s for.
I watch on the Steam Deck, which is pretty convenient when lying in bed :-)
The phone hurts much less when you sleepily drop it on your face
I wouldn’t want to watch anything for more than a couple of minutes of a phone screen, too inconvenient to have to hold all the time. Laptop is the most convenient, even laying in bed - because it stands up on its own.
I use the big TV for stuff I watch with family, little screen is fine for just me.
Phone wins when (Watch time) < ( time spent to get it on big screen).
Just watch it on my phone or other device. My big tv gets so little use these days that I don’t know if I’d replace it if it dies
This is one of the reasons I also have an iPad. That and reading ebooks. I mainly don’t like watching on the phone because I have to either hold it up the whole time, or I wind up hunched over and hurting my back.
Big screen. I’m only watching anything on my phone if I’m on public transit and out of downloaded podcasts
Depends what it is. I’m perfectly happy watching an animation spectacle with good music (say, KPop Demon Hunters) or a drama (say, Steve Jobs) on my 6.9" ~1440p iPhone screen, especially with AirPods. The iPhone 16 Pro Max is loud enough for anyone to hear, but it’s not exactly clear. Hence the AirPods.
Now if I want to watch Interstellar, I’m gonna watch that on the 55" 4K TV, especially the beautiful scenes. The drama, the parts in the house or on the ship or whatever? Doesn’t really matter. But the big space scenes, or the planet with the waves? Big screen all the way.
The only issue I have with the phone screen is holding it. I’d rather watch on my MacBook. 15" screen, great sound even without headphones, so it’s almost big enough for watching movies on (but for epic shots, I still like watching them on the TV).
Videos for entertainment are pretty much a big screen (tablet or preferably larger) only thing for me. But when for example I’m in my bike workshop and want to watch some bike maintenance video, I’ll watch that on my phone.
I love watching movies and series on my phone when I’m in bed! But if I’m in the living room I’m gonna use the TV
Excluding first setup, if it takes me longer to prep the big screen than the time I’d spend watching on it, then the phone wins. Otherwise, I’ll find a bigger screen.
