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
Big screen. If I’m watching something on my phone I’m not enjoying it, I’m merely passing time.
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).
Big screen. I want to actually be able to see the details in the media I’m watching.
Also, I want to be able to put my phone down and not have to hold it the entire time I’m trying to watch a show or something.
The inconveniences of watching things on a phone far outweigh the inconvenience of just getting up to watch on the PC or TV.
I watch stuff on my laptop in bed all the time. It’s the main reason I opt for a laptop over a desktop/tower PC.
I actually have a gaming laptop I got for fairly cheap as a desktop replacement and a separate thinkpad that works as the screen beside my bed when not out and about.
I watch most stuff on an old surface4 laptop/tablet. Haven’t had a big TV in years. Pc has 2x 27" Monitors but they’re for gaming, work and schooling.
Big screen. Small screens are only for short clips on sites, posts or a show I’ve seen 100x on repeat until I fall asleep
I like watching stuff on my smartwatch.
I save certain videos from certain creators for the computer at home. Some things I’ll watch while on lunch at work, but those are the small screen things.
I travel a lot, so I have a bunch of stuff downloaded onto my laptop. And a lot of that stuff I have mirrored onto my phone. And on top of that I have additional stuff loaded onto a tiny USB C drive that I can plug into both for when I want to store stuff for later loading onto my phone.
I often find myself watching an ep on my phone in an airport lounge, and doing the next ep on my laptop on the plane.
Generally, I’m not that picky in terms of screen size, I usually go for the biggest screen conveniently available. And my laptop has the additional benefit of allowing me to use my Roland headset.
EDIT: Splelign is hrad.
If it e.g. a YT link here that might be interesting to watch, I mark it, and watch later, on my PC. Not just because of the size, but primarily because of the ads - which I don’t see on the PC.
Bruh I don’t have ads on my phone either.
Fennec + uBlock Origin
Phone wins when (Watch time) < ( time spent to get it on big screen).
I have used my phone before, but I very much do not prefer it. There are literally beautiful details that a phone, even a huge one, cannot render well enough for my eyeballs.
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.
We have four large TV’s in our house and I often find my wife watching movies in her iPhone… in portrait mode.
