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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 22, 2014 9:07:02 GMT -5
I just read a few reviews for the Marvel Unlimited app and they aren't good. I would totally go for 60 bucks for a year but who needs the headache of a crashing app?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 9:38:13 GMT -5
Are you on an iPad or Android?
My impression, and this was based on things I read a few months ago, was that they developed it for Apple with Android as an afterthought and it showed. That being said, I'm running KitKat 4.4.2 on my phone and other than issues I mentioned earlier, which are just personal gripes, I've really enjoyed it. I've not had any of the freezing/constant loading issues that I remember reading about, and the two times it crashed I think I can explain. Last night while trying to add all the Inhumans books to my library it did crash twice in the span of a couple minutes. However, I think I was adding stuff way too quickly (I wasn't waiting on the process indicator to disappear). Once I slowed down and let the process of adding one book before trying to add another (it takes maybe 5 seconds at the longest) I had no more issues.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 22, 2014 10:25:33 GMT -5
I have a samsung with an android system 4.2.2 I think.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Sept 28, 2014 3:33:09 GMT -5
Thought I'd bump this to let those that might not be aware know that many more publishers have gotten on the bandwagon with Comixology and now allow digital backups. I was able to download all my issues of The Sixth Gun and IDW comics, to my delight.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2014 9:48:57 GMT -5
To be honest here, I was never, ever was a fan of digital comics because I just find these media somewhat difficult to navigate and not easy to see if you use a Chromebook size PC for your internet needs.
I have read 4-6 comics like this and every time I read one of these in this format; I get lost and it's not the same as reading a good ole comic book in print format. So, as long as they print them - I don't mind buying them. I just want the real McCoy - the Print Fomat.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Sept 29, 2014 6:36:30 GMT -5
I prefer collected editions if given the choice (high quality non-glossy fair like the Kirby Omnibus' and Fantagraphics collections if possible) but I do like stuff like Marvel Unlimited and Comixology for trying out series. I don't go to comic shops anymore, so if I didn't have Comixology, I'd never have a cause for trying new series.
Marvel Unlimited is nice since I can read the material in the Marvel Masterworks as I slowly collect them; I have a bad habit of waiting too long and certain volumes go out of print on me. (I waited too long with a lot of the softcover Masterworks)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2015 0:47:26 GMT -5
I love digital comics, have entire runs of most of the silver age Marvel's. I also have lots of digital trade runs, like the classic Eerie, Creepy, Savage Sword of Conan & Vampirella magazines. I also buy trades & HC's online, more Batman related than anything. I did buy the OMNIBUS volumes 1 & 2 of the Claremont/Cockrum/Byrne X-Men run (GS#1, #94-153 + extras)...not a big fan of the OMNIBUS...books so freakin' huge & heavy!! Since I already own the TPB's of "Dark Phoenix Saga" & "Days of Future Past", I will probably sell the OMNIBUS's on ebay.
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Post by Randle-El on Jan 13, 2015 0:13:03 GMT -5
So I recently got an iPad Air a little while back. I tried out Marvel Unlimited recently and was pleasantly surprised at the user experience. I had previously tried to use it on my Kindle Fire HD 8.9, only to find that it was hard to get a relatively recent version that worked on the Kindle (the app isn't available on the Amazon store, so I had to sideload an older Android version). When I finally got it working, I found the user experience to be pretty terrible, so I gave up.
But Marvel Unlimited on the iPad is completely different experience. Except for a slightly lower scan resolution, it functions a lot like Comixology's reader. I signed up for the full-year subscription, figuring that I'll save money by reading newer (with a lag) Marvel titles digitally, and if I really like a particular series I can get a nice hardcover. I also figure that it'll let me have access to issues that interest me enough that I'd be willing to kill some time reading them, but not enough that I'd want to spend money to acquire them (and take up space in my collection to store them). I'm also looking forward to some bigger reading projects, like a complete read through of Amazing Spider-Man from the start.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 13, 2015 15:07:59 GMT -5
Is that available for laptops as well?
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Post by badwolf on Jan 13, 2015 15:25:13 GMT -5
I can't imagine reading digital comics. I don't read e-books, either. I like to hold them in my hand, see them on the shelves, display them. And yes, I love the smell (especially older newsprint.)
I do buy digital music, but to me that is a completely different kind of experience. The sound reaches your ears the same way regardless.
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Post by Randle-El on Jan 13, 2015 17:30:54 GMT -5
Is that available for laptops as well? I believe so, but not as a separate app. You would pay for the service and then read the issues through your web browser. I just prefer to use tablets for reading comics. I can't imagine reading digital comics. I don't read e-books, either. I like to hold them in my hand, see them on the shelves, display them. And yes, I love the smell (especially older newsprint.) I do buy digital music, but to me that is a completely different kind of experience. The sound reaches your ears the same way regardless. I generally prefer print comics to digital as well. When it comes to classic comics (especially comics printed on newsprint before the computer coloring era) or stories that I especially enjoyed and intend to read again, print is the way to go. But I find that digital fills its own particular niche. There are a lot of comics out there that I wouldn't mind reading just to sample or pass the time with, but I wouldn't want to pay the single issue price for. As one example, I just read "Avengers Vs X-Men: Vs", the six-issue companion series to Avengers Vs. X-Men, on Marvel Unlimited. Was this comic art at its finest and most elevated? Heck no. It was six issues of slugfests between Avengers and X-Men, wholly devoid of plot, and basically just an excuse to indulge the age-old nerd debates of "Who would win in a fight between ____ and ___?" This is the type of series that I would absolutely not have paid money to buy single issues for, nor would I have wanted to devote any kind of storage space to keep the floppies. But if I can read it for pennies without worrying about storage in order to kill some time while waiting in the doctor's office? I think digital fills that kind of niche perfectly. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2015 18:07:03 GMT -5
I can't imagine reading digital comics. I don't read e-books, either. I like to hold them in my hand, see them on the shelves, display them. And yes, I love the smell (especially older newsprint.) I'm the same way like you Badwolf! You are not alone!  |
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Post by Confessor on Jan 13, 2015 18:25:41 GMT -5
I can't imagine reading digital comics. I don't read e-books, either. I like to hold them in my hand, see them on the shelves, display them. And yes, I love the smell (especially older newsprint.) I do buy digital music, but to me that is a completely different kind of experience. The sound reaches your ears the same way regardless. Well, ultimately the info reaches you eyes in the same way whether you're reading a physical book or reading a kindle. I think that there's a lot of similarities between the reading a physical floppy comic and listening to music in a physical format -- especially if its an old LP. There's the big size artwork, the production information on the sleeve and record label, the physical interaction with the media in that you have to place it on the turntable, gently lower the stylus down onto the grooves and then get up and turn it over half way through. So yeah, as someone who loves and collects both comics and old LPs, I'd say that there are a lot of similarities. |
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Post by badwolf on Jan 13, 2015 19:04:58 GMT -5
Well, ultimately the info reaches you eyes in the same way whether you're reading a physical book or reading a kindle. I think that there's a lot of similarities between the reading a physical floppy comic and listening to music in a physical format -- especially if its an old LP. There's the big size artwork, the production information on the sleeve and record label, the physical interaction with the media in that you have to place it on the turntable, gently lower the stylus down onto the grooves and then get up and turn it over half way through. So yeah, as someone who loves and collects both comics and old LPs, I'd say that there are a lot of similarities. To me it's not the same at all. As people have mentioned, it is hard to look at a screen for such a long time. For browsing brief internet content it is fine, but I cannot read a book on my computer. (I also don't like watching movies on my computer, but there's less of a difference there.) I understand about album art and info, but you usually aren't looking at it the entire time you're listening, unless you are following along with the lyrics. If I am sitting at the computer, going for a walk, or dancing around in my room the musical experience is basically the same. |
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Post by Confessor on Jan 13, 2015 20:41:29 GMT -5
Well, ultimately the info reaches you eyes in the same way whether you're reading a physical book or reading a kindle. I think that there's a lot of similarities between the reading a physical floppy comic and listening to music in a physical format -- especially if its an old LP. There's the big size artwork, the production information on the sleeve and record label, the physical interaction with the media in that you have to place it on the turntable, gently lower the stylus down onto the grooves and then get up and turn it over half way through. So yeah, as someone who loves and collects both comics and old LPs, I'd say that there are a lot of similarities. To me it's not the same at all. As people have mentioned, it is hard to look at a screen for such a long time. For browsing brief internet content it is fine, but I cannot read a book on my computer. (I also don't like watching movies on my computer, but there's less of a difference there.) I understand about album art and info, but you usually aren't looking at it the entire time you're listening, unless you are following along with the lyrics. If I am sitting at the computer, going for a walk, or dancing around in my room the musical experience is basically the same. It's not the same, no, but it is similar. The physical interaction with the item is a big part of the experience in both cases, I'd say. |
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