I haven't watched tv with any regularity for maybe twenty years, but now and then I look at something, usually a documentary or a Criterion movie on one of the streamers. I can't imagine doing that on an iPad.We have a 50" with decent speakers, mostly for my wife. When I do watch something, it's a beautiful experience.I think I'd always want to have the big-screen option in the house, even tho it was very seldom used.So. I've thought about this post for a while. Please excuse my absentmindedness if I've already posted it. =^o
I live in a 2 story house, bedrooms and kitchen front door all upstairs. Downstairs I have a 60" TV. And my Mac mini. But I live primarily upstairs. Now. My Apple TV serves a the video that my house gets. I don't use cable tv. My recliners are downstairs and watching tv is fairly comfortable. Recently I've been using my iPad instead of my tv to serve me video. And I gotta say. It's quite nice. Instead of sitting six feet back (2 meters ish) I set it a few inches away. The screen still fills relatively the same portion of my visual field. It uses less power than my tv. It travels to my kitchen if I want when I'm cooking or heck my bathroom too ya know?
I think I will phase out my tv. And yes I've sat with a friend and we've watched shows on my iPad. Certainly cinematic masterpieces won't be the same on an iPad as with surround sound. In my experience those are a tiny fraction of my viewing time.
Anyway. Just thought I'd share.
Cheers
~KLM
\\ Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people" ~ Carl Jung //
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