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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 9, 2015 13:16:07 GMT -5
I can't imagine even attempting a digital read on anything less than my 17" laptop. I can't stand having to scroll. I guess that's why I don't really do digital  |
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Post by Ozymandias on Oct 9, 2015 14:28:32 GMT -5
I can't imagine even attempting a digital read on anything less than my 17" laptop. I can't stand having to scroll. I guess that's why I don't really do digital To avoid scrolling completely (even for double pages), you probably need at least a 17" display, and a 4k one at that. |
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Post by Warmonger on Oct 9, 2015 15:18:10 GMT -5
Don't care for digital at all
I'm firmly old school when it comes to literature in general.
I want the physical copy in my hands.
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Post by The Cheat on Oct 9, 2015 15:19:42 GMT -5
My tablet's just over 13" and double page spreads are fine without zooming for anything not drawn by George Pérez  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2015 15:28:27 GMT -5
I use "Perfect Viewer" on my tablet and have found it to be the best comics reader for tablets. In case anyone is interested or unfamiliar with tablets, below are examples of a comic book page in reading mode Perfect Viewer is also my comic reader of choice, for Android devices (ComicBookLover for iOS, CDisplay 1.8 for PC and Simple Comic for Mac). I use Simple Comic for my Apple Mac ... and with a 23 inch PC that I have ... works great with me! |
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 10, 2015 1:33:21 GMT -5
I've never read a digital comic, nor do I want to. I'm a collector. I need a physical copy.
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Post by Ozymandias on Oct 10, 2015 1:36:58 GMT -5
My tablet's just over 13" and double page spreads are fine without zooming for anything not drawn by George Pérez I usually do my reading on a 13.3" rMBP. Fitting the page horizontally means I have to scroll a little, but zooming is indeed out of the equation, most of the time. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Oct 10, 2015 1:37:46 GMT -5
Perfect Viewer is also my comic reader of choice, for Android devices (ComicBookLover for iOS, CDisplay 1.8 for PC and Simple Comic for Mac). I use Simple Comic for my Apple Mac ... and with a 23 inch PC that I have ... works great with me! So you use a Mac with a PC monitor, is that right? |
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Post by Ozymandias on Oct 10, 2015 1:38:58 GMT -5
I've never read a digital comic, nor do I want to. I'm a collector. I need a physical copy. Digital comics are aimed at readers. If you don't read comics you don't intend to collect, they're not for you. |
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Post by Warmonger on Oct 10, 2015 3:41:49 GMT -5
I've never read a digital comic, nor do I want to. I'm a collector. I need a physical copy. Digital comics are aimed at readers. If you don't read comics you don't intend to collect, they're not for you. Ehhhhh... Paying $10 a month for something like Marvel Unlimited and just reading the "free" stuff that they offer...I can understand that. But I'm totally with impulse when it comes to justifying paying physical retail prices for a digital comic that I don't even really own. And if I'm paying $3.99 for a single issue...then I'm really hoping that it's something at least semi-worthy of tossing into the collection. Even if just for continuity sake. I'm just not overly thrilled about potentially letting that kind of money pile up into possessions that I don't even necessarily own. As has been pointed out before, a service like Marvel Unlimited isn't likely to fold up immediately...but they aren't exactly an "untouchable" along the lines of Apple, Amazon, Netflix, etc either. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2015 3:57:33 GMT -5
As has been pointed out before, a service like Marvel Unlimited isn't likely to fold up immediately...but they aren't exactly an "untouchable" along the lines of Apple, Amazon, Netflix, etc either. Nope, Disney has been around longer than all of those johnny-come-latelies and will likely outlast them all. While I don't know if the Unlimited service is untouchable, others are starting to follow the model-several smaller publishers have banded together (Valiant, Dynamite, Zenoscope, Action Lab, Aspen, Red5, Alterna and more) to offer such a service called Comic Blitz ( story)and I've seen/heard rumors DC might be investigating the possibility of a similar service (for newish releases not their entire backlist). And the company behind Unlimited (i.e. Disney) is more untouchable than any of those companies you named. I like to own certain comics in physical form or in trades, but I am a recent convert to digital. I have subscriptions to Thrillbent and Marvel Unlimited (a gift form my wife as well as a table for my birthday last summer), plus following links given here I have found a Warren Archive where I can read large chunks of the Warren backlist legally, Elfquest online and other similar services. Comics are an entertainment form-like regular books, movies, music, etc. Some I want to own permanently, others I just want to check out, read and not have to keep any longer. I still buy and read physical comics, but I focus on older stuff I want to get not newer material or stuff I don't need to own physical copies of (or can't afford to), just as some movies I buy on blueray/DVD but many more I rent, some books I buy in hardcover or paperback, others I get from the library to read, some music I buy others I borrow from the library or listen to online music services/radio to hear. I like having the options open to me to own or just read and be done with stuff and access to material I might not otherwise get to read. I won't buy individual digital copies, but I will subscribe to a service like Unlimited, and I have in the past when I was buying new comics traded in my free digital codes on Marvel books to get digital copies and sold/traded the physical copies to get other stuff to read. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2015 6:20:20 GMT -5
I use Simple Comic for my Apple Mac ... and with a 23 inch PC that I have ... works great with me! So you use a Mac with a PC monitor, is that right? This is what I use for my Online Comic Reading and Games too. Apple Mac PCI got it from a friend of mine (for free) and I'm thinking of upgrading it. I use it for just for comic reading, games, some e-mail, you tube, movies, and videos from family and friends. I have a Chromebook for travel, and Acer PC for forums like this one. I have 3 PC's altogether. Crazy! |
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Post by Ozymandias on Oct 10, 2015 7:34:46 GMT -5
So you use a Mac with a PC monitor, is that right? This is what I use for my Online Comic Reading and Games too. Apple Mac PCI got it from a friend of mine (for free) and I'm thinking of upgrading it. I use it for just for comic reading, games, some e-mail, you tube, movies, and videos from family and friends. I have a Chromebook for travel, and Acer PC for forums like this one. I have 3 PC's altogether. Crazy! If number of computer owned, determines your mental stability, you can multiply your level of craziness several times, to get where I am  . So, is it the 1680x1050 or the FullHD Cinema Display? A vertical resolution of 1050 pixels seems on the short side of things, for a comic page, in landscape mode. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Oct 10, 2015 8:26:12 GMT -5
Digital comics are aimed at readers. If you don't read comics you don't intend to collect, they're not for you. Paying $10 a month for something like Marvel Unlimited and just reading the "free" stuff that they offer...I can understand that. I'd say that anyone on a budget, who wants to read all of Marvel's output (without turning his local shop into a library), will get this service's value. But I was talking about the digital format in general, not just a particular way of using it. At the core of my argument, there's a clear distinction between a reader and a collector. Their interests usually overlap, but in the end, you can tell them apart by asking a simple question: would you rather "own" all the comics in your wish list in digital form, or get those you can afford the old-fashioned way? A reader will opt for having them all readily available (even if he can't touch them), but the collector will go with a more explicit form of possession, which implies the ownership of something physical (even if he never finishes the hunt, or maybe because of it). But I'm totally with impulse when it comes to justifying paying physical retail prices for a digital comic that I don't even really own. Well, that one I don't understand, at current market prices. Something like the GIT DVD collections, at around 10 cents a pop, was much more reasonable. And if I'm paying $3.99 for a single issue...then I'm really hoping that it's something at least semi-worthy of tossing into the collection. Even if just for continuity sake. Anything else than TPBs, doesn't make sense to me, nowadays. You save on cover price, space, archiving requirements… I'm just not overly thrilled about potentially letting that kind of money pile up into possessions that I don't even necessarily own. Agreed, be they digital or physical possessions. |
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 10, 2015 8:49:04 GMT -5
I've never read a digital comic, nor do I want to. I'm a collector. I need a physical copy. Digital comics are aimed at readers. If you don't read comics you don't intend to collect, they're not for you. I am a reader as well. Just not of digital comics. Or digital anything, for that matter. |
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