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The 7 Best Netflix Tablets For Watching Movies
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Jun 24, 2023
Get ExpressVPN*: https://www.expressvpn.com/mynexttablet The Best Netflix Tablets: https://mynexttablet.com/netflix-in-hd/ iPad Pro 2020 at Amazon*: https://geni.us/ipadpro2020 Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 at Amazon*: https://geni.us/galaxytabs6 Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e at Amazon*: https://geni.us/tabs5e Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite 10 at Amazon*: https://geni.us/huaweim5lite Apple iPad 7 at Amazon*: https://geni.us/ipad102 Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 at Amazon*: https://geni.us/galaxytaba2019 Amazon Fire HD 10 at Amazon*: https://geni.us/amazonfirehd10 To be a good tablet for watching Netflix with you need to check a couple of boxes. First of all, the tablet needs to have a Widevine Level of L1. If it has an L3 level then it can't play back movies and TV shows with HD resolution. It also needs to have a great screen, good speakers, and a long battery life. What's the best Netflix tablet for you? Website: https://mynexttablet.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/mynexttablet What I use for my videos:
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Did you know that many tablets are not capable of playing back Netflix movies in HD quality
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I know that sounds a bit weird for 2020, but it is actually true
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Well I'm MJ4 My Next Tablet.com and I reviewed pretty much every tablet that was released
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in the last couple of years and in this video I'm presenting you the best tablets to watch Netflix with
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You can find the link in the description below. All right, a good Netflix tablet needs to get a couple of things right
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First of all, it needs to have a good screen, of course. Then it needs to be able to play back Netflix in HD quality
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That's very important. It needs to have good speakers too and a long battery life
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Obviously tablets have other features. They can have a pen, keyboards, very good performance and so on, but that's not the point
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of this video. If you want to have a tablet for other purposes, then check out my next tablet.com
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We've got best lists for the best 8 inch tablets, the best tablets for gaming, and so on
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All right, the overall best tablet to watch Netflix with is the Apple iPad Pro
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And it doesn't matter if you are getting the 2020 or 2018 iPad Pro because their screens
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and speakers are the same. You can choose between an 11 inch and a 12.9 inch iPad Pro
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Of course the larger 12.9 inch screen is a bit nicer for watching movies
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They're all retina displays and they're very very very. very nice LCD IPS screens
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They've got a bit taller aspect ratio which means you can see black bars at the top and bottom
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if you're watching standard videos that have a 16 by 9 aspect ratio or even wider
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The screens have a pixel density of 264 ppi and they are super bright with 600 nits and
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they're brighter than pretty much every Android or Windows tablet you can get
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They've got four very good speakers so if you're holding them normally in front of you, you do get
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real stereo separation and they've got a pretty long battery life of 14 to 18 hours
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Depends on the version and under which conditions you test them. For my standard battery test, I'm always looping an HD video locally at medium brightness
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and activated Wi-Fi. So the real Netflix performance will always be a bit below of what I'm telling you here
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about the battery life. Sadly, all iPad pros currently at least don't have a headphone jack
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So if you want to use headphones, you either need to get a USBC adapter
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or use wireless headphones. Of course, the iPad Pro have other features
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They have a very good performance. In fact, they're faster than every Android tablet out there
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And they've got other features like the Apple Pencil, you can get it with the keyboard
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you've got face ID, facial recognition, pretty good cameras and so on
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But yeah, you don't need those for Netflix. The next best Netflix tablet is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
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which also is the best Android tablet you can buy currently. It has a 10.5 inch screen which is a bit smaller than the 11 inch screen of the iPad Pro
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but it does have a 16 by 10 aspect ratio. So actually the viewing area of a normal movie is pretty much the same between the 11
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inch iPad Pro and the 10.5 inch Galaxy Tab S6. Here we getting a super Amolid screen which has a good contrast and very saturated colors However when comparing the screens directly the iPad Pro screen is noticeably brighter and I like it a
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bit more overall, but you do get very nice colors with the super amulet screen from Samsung
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This one has the resolution of 2,560 by 1,600 pixels. And here again we get four really good speakers, so you do get a real stereo separation when
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watching movies. The Galaxy Tap S6 has a very long battery life with 15 hours in my standard test
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Again, the Netflix one time will be a bit below that. And show, it has a great performance for an Android tablet
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It has many premium features like the S-pin is included. You can get it with the keyboard and it has a fingerprint scanner that sits underneath the screen
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The design is very modern here too. By the way, you can also watch HDR content from Netflix on the Galaxy Tab S6
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Sadly, there's no headphone jack here either. The next alternative is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S5E or the Galaxy Tab S4
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They are quite similar in many regards. First of all, all the Galaxy Tabess tablets currently have a 10.5 inch super emollute screen
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It's pretty much the same screen with very saturated colors. They've got the same pixel density
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They all have a resolution of 2,560 by 1,600 pixels and they're capable of playing
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back HDR Netflix content. Now they all have four very good speakers and a very long battery life
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In case of the Galaxy Tap S5E I measured 13.5 hours and it too does not have a headphone jack
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Now the Galaxy Tap S4 is a bit cheaper so check if you can find a good deal on it
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Otherwise the Galaxy Tap S5E will probably get a bit longer updates
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Especially if you're using it as an entertainment tablet to watch Netflix with you probably
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won't notice the difference between the Galaxy Type S5E or the Galaxy Tap S6
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The S5E and also the S4 of course are just cheaper versions of the S6 with the same screen
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and same speakers, but they're not as far. So if you're also into gaming and so on, then of course you can get the better performance
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with the tab S6. Now next on the list is a tablet that I won't recommend for other purposes
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Please only get this if you are looking for a Netflix tablet or a tablet to watch movies
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with, it can also be YouTube or Amazon Prime Video and so on
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And this tablet is the Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite 10. Now, this is a bit older tablet and it's still running Android 8
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And you know the whole China-U.S. Trade War thing, we probably won't see any updates
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And at the moment, there's no successor inside and especially not with Google services on it
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But the Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite 10 is still being sold at many countries and often you can get
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it at a really good price. And it has some qualities that are really good for Netflix, especially if you can
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get it as a cheap price, which means around 200 US dollars or so
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It has a 10.1 inch IPS screen, a very nice one. It's a laminated screen
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It has a full HD resolution with 1920 by 1,200 pixels. And now comes the important part
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It has four speakers as well, just like the iPad Pro or the Galaxy Tab S6 tablets
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and the speakers have a really good quality. We also get a headphone jack in this case, and a pretty good battery life with 12.5 hours in my test
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Now the nice part about the MediaPad M5 Lite 10 is that you do get some premium features too
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It has a full metal body, a fingerprint scanner, and you can use it with an optional pen
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It's called the M-Pen Lite. Again, the major downside is that it is running Android 8, and I really don't think that it will get an update at the moment
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I just don't see it. But it's still a good entertainment tablet, and for watching Netflix, it doesn't really matter
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if you using Android 8 Android 9 or Android 10 but if you want a tablet for gaming or other work where you might need up software then I wouldn choose it anymore Next on the list is the Apple iPad 7
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This is the cheapest iPad that Apple is currently selling and it has a 10.2 inch IPS screen
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It's actually a very nice screen. However, the screen is not laminated
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which means there's a small air gap between the touchscreen and the IPS layer below
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That's not a big deal if you use it inside, but you're not a big deal if you use it inside, if you're using it outside, you will see reflections more easier
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However, it is a very bright screen with 500 nits. It's almost as bright as the iPad Pro
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So it is a very nice screen. The only issue is that the screen is not laminated
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It has a high resolution 2 with 2160 by 1620 pixels. And again, it has the higher aspect ratio, 4x3 aspect ratio from Apple
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which means you do see black bars at the top and bottom when watching movies
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However, if you're watching very old Star Trek TV shows, you won't see any black bezels at all
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So that's a positive side. The iPad 7 does have two good speakers
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However, they're placed on one side when watching it in movie mode, you know, and that means
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you won't hear any stereo separation. And that's really a downside compared to the other tablets previously on this list
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So the speakers, they are good, but you don't hear any real stereo separation
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You do get a headphone jack, however, and it does have other. premium features from Apple like the touch ID fingerprint scanner, you can use it with the first
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generation Apple Pencil, and you can also get a keyboard cover. The battery life is very good with 13 hours in my standard test
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A much cheaper option is the Samsung Galaxy tab A, 10.1. It's a 10.1 inch tablet that usually costs around $200 and sometimes even less
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It has a pretty nice IPS screen with a full HD resolution of 1920 by 1200
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It is a laminated IPS screen, standard LCD screen, and it looks quite nice
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It does have two speakers, and the speaker quality is pretty good for its price
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But again, like with the iPad, the speakers are placed on one side when holding it in the movie
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orientation, so no, you won't hear any zero separation here either. It does have a headphone jack and okay battery live in my standard test, I got 10.5 hours
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It's a very cheap tablet, it does have up-to-date software, but it is very cheap, so it's lacking
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all premium features. There's no pen option, no fingerprint scanner or so
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But it is one of the cheapest tablets that I can comfortably recommend for Netflix because
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it is capable of displaying Netflix movies in HD resolution. The last tablet on the list is also the cheapest tablet that I can comfortably recommend
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in the 10 inch range. And also it is the cheapest tablet that I can really comfortably recommend for Netflix, and
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that's the Amazon Fire HD10, the current one, but the last generation is okay
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It has a 10.1 inch IPS screen as well, and even though it's very cheap, it is a laminated
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screen with a full-edgedy resolution of 1920 by 1,200 pixels. It does have two speakers, and unlike with Samsung or with the standard iPad, they are
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on opposite sides of each other, so you do hear a real stereo separation, you have real
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stereo sound. Sadly, the speakers are not that amazing, they are worse overall than of the Galaxy tab
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A 10.1. So that's why it's not above the Galaxy Type A, because if you can choose between zero separation
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or better base and a bit fuller sound, I would go for the bit fuller sound
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Now it does have a fantastic battery life of 20 hours in my test
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Again, that's for watching videos locally, but it also means that you will have a pretty
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good runtime when you watch Netflix, when you're streaming movies. It doesn have any premium features Of course it very cheap And yeah that means you won get a fingerprint scanner The performance is fine for gaming Sure but no fingerprint scanner no metal body
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It's a full plastic body. And yeah, two speakers, no pen or so
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One downside of the Amazon Fire Age 10 is that you don't have any Google apps pre-installed
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You can install them, but it might warrant your warranty. Yeah, you have to live with Amazon's interface
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Now you do have very easy access to all content from Amazon and you can use Netflix too
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And yeah, if you want you can install the Google Play Store. I just wouldn't recommend the Play Store installing part for grandparents or so
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It might be a bit too much work. But yeah, the Amazon Fire HG10 is the cheapest tablet I can completely recommend for Netflix
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and it does have a headphone jack. All right, I think these are the best tablets for watching Netflix
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They've got good screens, very nice speakers usually and pretty good. battery lives as well and they are capable of playing Netflix with HD resolution
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Now there are some tablets you might think where are they? Why are they missing? One of them is the Apple iPad Air
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I just don't see the point of the iPad Air. If you want to spend a lot of money for Netflix tablet, you can get the iPad Pro
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And if you want to spend a little bit less, you can get the Samsung Galaxy Type S6 or
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S5E and they have good screens and for speakers. The iPad Air only has two speakers and again they are on one side only so you won't get any
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real stereo separation when watching it normally. You also might have noticed that all Lenovo tablets are missing from this list
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Now I did review pretty much every Lenovo tablet that was released. The last one is this one, the Lenovo tab M10 FHD Plus
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But the thing with the Lenovo tablets is that they don't support Netflix in HD resolution
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They've got a wide-van level of L3, which means you can't watch Netflix in HD
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Not even 1280 by 720, it's below that. So of course, they can't be on a tablet list called the best tablets for watching Netflix with
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They've got some that could be very nice for Netflix like the Lenovo Yoga Smartab, which
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good speakers, it has a good battery life, a very long battery life, and also a very nice
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design with a built-in stand. But with that one, you can't watch Netflix in HD resolution either, so it can't be on
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this list. And the same goes for tablets from Xiaomi or other Chinese manufacturers like Shubi and so on
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they all don't support Netflix with HD resolution. Now if you're getting a Windows tablet, you can watch Netflix in HD
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Of course, you can just use a browser, but the Netflix app supports that too
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However, I wouldn't recommend a Windows tablet purely for content consumption. The speakers are not as good, at least not usually
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The one of the Surface Pro 7, yeah, they're good, but it's a $1,000 tablet or so
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especially with accessories. So, yeah, I can't really recommend that just for watching Netflix
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and for watching Netflix, iPad OS or Android tablet, it's just nicer to navigate for content consumption
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But if you need a Windows tablet for work or so, then sure, you can watch Netflix in HD with
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that one too. Yeah, these are the best tablets for watching Netflix as I still have many of them here
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with me. If you have any questions, please write them down below in the comments and also check out
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the description. There we've got a link to the website, My Nexttablet.com, and there we're always updating
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the list. for the best Netflix tablets. So even if you're watching this in a couple of months or a year, even later, there you can
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always find our current updated list. Again, I review pretty much every tablet that is released almost worldwide and I always check
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Netflix because I've watched Netflix myself and I always test the resolution how high you can
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watch Netflix with it. I'm MJ for My NextTablet.com. Thanks for watching and see you next time
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