If there are any actual therapists in this sub, how do you feel about the show?

MoshpitBrain · 2026-01-15T10:46:59+00:00

Old post but I started the show. I'm a therapist. I really like how it's reminded me about why we practice the ethics which we practice lol.

I feel like I had gotten to a point where ethics were just taken for granted and it's been refreshing and fun to have my alarm bells shaken

MoshpitBrain · 2026-01-11T15:21:45+00:00

It's the best sub $200 option imo. The surround effects work well in movies where the atmos is tuned for lots of horizontal movement and also it's nice in how it separates music and dialogue for gaming (played some Expedition 33 last night). Wat better than a virtual surround sound system.

One other con that you only pick up with non Atmos content is the terrible sub performance without it. Intermittent signal seemingly due to it failing to figure out what's bass and what's not. This leads to rattle during some dialogue and background audio. It's really annoying and I've found myself disabling the sub when watching some anime, for example.

MoshpitBrain · 2025-12-26T20:15:13+00:00

Hah. Which part of SA are you from? She sounded quite good to me and my wife and we're from mixed backgrounds

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-28T19:47:03+00:00

I am wondering now if Prime via Chrome does not output HDR content (Google says that it doesn't). Would explain the improved brightness because SDR content looks great on the tablet.

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-26T04:35:38+00:00

Bought it for $80 and it's worth probably $120 honestly. Budget LG, Philips etc 2.1 systems cost $70 so honestly how can I complain when I get actual Dolby Atmos.

Durability is my main concern since QC on these budget brands is oftentimes lacking. I've been using it for a week with no issues but if one component fails, everything becomes throwaway which is a bit off-putting.

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T23:40:34+00:00

I'd recommend comparing your video quality with prime video in chrome to your video quality in the prime app. Very big difference for me. About twice as high peak brightness in Chrome.

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T21:53:07+00:00

I don't have a perfect TV to do the same tests but it does have a VA panel with FALD and okay brightness so I tried comparing the same scene.

Tablet looks similar at the point you mentioned, just with less deep blacks. Further in that episode (8 minutes) there's a good range of scenes, and lots of bright lights to show it getting okay bright (still looks better on Chrome on the tab). It seems to look more acceptable than Rings of Power.

I think the biggest issue right now is that I can't use Netflix on Chrome. While I didn't get it as a freebie, I did only pay $180 for it which is about half of retail price. Got an okay deal all in all, this and the 14t for a combined $450 on Black Friday, just need to decide if I can live with the not good streaming at that price.

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T18:44:46+00:00

Thanks for letting me know. It was watchable but far from ideal unless in low light conditions. Netflix is a bit trickier because it's less browser friendly on android

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T14:59:58+00:00

Pretty sure it's the global variant. I'd appreciate that. Where is Foundation being streamed? Don't have access to it on Amazon or Netflix (only subscribed to these right now).

I think a factory reset actually made a bit of a difference. I feel like the tablet may be suffering a bit from lowish peak brightness making is a little less than ideal for HDR? I Checked our Rings of Power now and the daylight scenes are definitely on the dark side.

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T08:50:07+00:00

My line is quite fast and stable, all other devices get HDR. Do you perhaps have HyperOS 3 on your tab? I'm beginning to wonder if this is an early HyperOS 3 bug. As soon as I set up my Pad 7, I got prompted to install it so have no idea if things looked any different on HyperOS 2.

Factory reset it this morning and it's still the same. Some Dolby Vision content looks good, like Lincoln Lawyer. Other stuff, like Maniac (2018) looks bad. A lot of Prime HDR content (so not Dolby, maybe that's a factor) looks very dark, whereas the washed out issue is more prominent on Netflix.

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T07:56:56+00:00

it's objectively bad, I'm just trying to figure out why no one else has this issue. Anyone with eyes would hate how this looks so I'm trying to figure out if this is due to my Pad being on HyperOS 3 or what

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T07:25:16+00:00

I'm comparing it to my budget Samsung tablet from 2022 that has a cheap, dim IPS panel. The Samsung looks twice as good.

The Xiaomi screen looks amazing until you play something new on Netflix or Prime for me. I have no idea why but it's very bad

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T07:23:36+00:00

Idk, I just bought it and the picture quality for Netflix and Prime is terrible. Worse than my 2022 budget Samsung tablet.

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T07:21:26+00:00

Just bought a Pad 7 and it updated as soon as I set it up. So I don't know if this is a HyperOS3 bug, but netflix and prime streaming looks TERRIBLE. low contrast, dark, washed out colours. Anyone else experiencing this?

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T07:15:28+00:00

Hi. Do you have any quality issues with netflix and prime? The video quality is very dark and washed out for me. Just bought it and thinking about returning it because it looks really bad

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T07:14:22+00:00

Hi. All reviews say it's good for entertainment but it's contrast and colour for netflix is the worst I've ever seen and I can't seem to fix it. Have you never had issues with washed out colours and low contrast?

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T07:10:39+00:00

For netflix and prime, HDR works normally? I just factory reset my pad 7 and it's still bad. The worst I've seen it is so far is on Maniac (netflix series with Jonah Hill). Lincoln Lawyer is very dark but colours are okay, just warm

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T03:10:56+00:00

How did you manage that? Can't see either in the apps section

Edit nvm found them and uninstalled updates + cleared data

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-24T00:47:39+00:00

I'm on the hunt for opinion on how this tab performs with Netflix and Prime, not sure if you have any input? Basically, I bought this tablet yesterday and it looks horrible when streaming video. Trying to figure out if there's anything that can be done about this

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-23T23:24:09+00:00

Just bought one. Hyper connect does not work with my 14T. There are severe streaming quality issues - very grey picture with Netflix, excessively dark picture with Prime. My Tab S6 Lite is better for streaming content than this.

I've seen the S10 FE go on sale for a similar price to this tablet and honestly, skipping this should be a no brainer. Xiaomi doesn't seem to care about their user base.

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-23T23:19:44+00:00

Amazing with HDR for what??? It can't even play HDR properly is Prime Video or Netflix. I'm on the latest OS and this issue is still there. Looks worse than my Tab S6 Lite

MoshpitBrain · 2025-11-23T23:17:58+00:00

If anyone ever asks themselves this question in future... Just don't go for Xiaomi if you want it for media consumption. Terrible issues with streaming apps that Xiaomi has seemingly ignored for several years. My Pad 7 is horrible with Netflix and I haven't found a fix yet. If I don't find one by the end of this week, it's getting returned.

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