All iPads Which iPad is best for movie watching?

[mystery hill]

and has little to do with movies

Yes. I meant TV series, not movies.

 

[Precursor]

2018 12.9" iPP

 

[MrMister111]

2018 12.9" iPP

Wanting the smaller pro or Air though.

 

[musicpenguy]

I mean the XDR iPad Pro, no question the only true HDR screened iPad.

 

[MrMister111]

I mean the XDR iPad Pro, no question the only true HDR screened iPad.

That’s only on the 12.9” version though I think? I’m only wanting 11 or 10.9” version.

 

[UltimateSyn]

That’s only on the 12.9” version though I think? I’m only wanting 11 or 10.9” version.

Yeah, not much difference between those two... Literally a couple of millimeters. Effectively the same for watching movies - only other differences between the panels are 100 nits of max brightness (both are very bright) and ProMotion (11" iPad Pro's display has a max refresh rate of 120Hz vs the Air's 60Hz, but most video content is going to be 24 or 30Hz anyway).

 

[Digitalguy]

120 is a perfect multiple of 24, 30 and 60 so it can display all those content smoothly, plus I think ProMotion actually allows for adaptive refresh rate.

I believe the 60 Hz is fixed on non-ProMotion displays. 60 / 24 = 2.5 so it's possible you might notice some judder due to 3:2 pulldown.

All iPads pro (including the first) can go down to 24, but as far as I know, no non-pro iPad has variable refresh rate. Pro-motion is variable refresh rate that can go up to 120. Having said that most people won't even notice the difference for lower refresh rates, the main advantage is battery life...
Also, what's important for movie watching is subjective. For me 12in is the bare minimum for movies, so size is the n.1 factor for me (the 12.9 iPad can display slightly under 12in 16.9 movies, for 21.9 ones it's even less...)