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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2015 6:43:49 GMT -5
For me, when I read digital on anything other than my computer, I cannot see the art properly. I feel like I'm not getting the full effect because I'm looking at it on a smaller screen. Also, reading a physical paper book, forces me to get away from digital things. When I read a book, I am not on my phone, computer, kindle, or ANY digital anything, where a good chunk of my day is spent glued to one of those things. It is happy escape for me. No one is talking to me, asking anything of me, demanding anything of me, or needing my attention in anyway. It's just my book and me.
Also, I want paper copies of things. I can and do read some things digitally. But for older comics, that are typically lengthier, I do not want to sit on my computer and flip through 36 + pages. I don't trust digital. It's why I buy all my music albums on CD or vinyl and not just buy the MP3 digital format version. I want to know if my computer, music player, or phone dies, I still have a hardcopy of albums.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 11, 2015 6:48:59 GMT -5
It's still a concept that I can't get used to. If I don't physically have an item, I don't own it. The #1 advantage to digital is that you do't worry about storage space.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Nov 11, 2015 6:49:06 GMT -5
Well, for me its also about health & confort : the more I can avoid to have light projected ino my eyes the better. For so many hings I can't avoid it, but with comics I can. And as Wildfire put it, the societal context is a big draw as well.
One last thing I already mentioned is the "totem" factor : I have all y books on shelves, so they all are visual interfaces in my surroundings, either inspirationnal or reminders of potentials, which I would never get with an I-Pad library.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Nov 11, 2015 6:54:15 GMT -5
I don't trust digital. It's why I buy all my music albums on CD or vinyl. hehe... So many CDs I have that are experiencing playing difficulties if playing at all after 15 years. I'd rather byu a FLAC than a CD nowadays, but thankfully, vinyl takes care of all my musical needs. |
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Post by rom on Sept 19, 2016 12:38:21 GMT -5
Well, I'm old-skool and will never consider reading comic books on a digital device. It will only be in physical books (typically collected editions) for me.
I feel the same way about music - I primarily listen to music on CD & only purchase music on CD.
That all being said, I do sometimes stream movies/TV shows. However, I strongly prefer physical media if I want to own this material - i.e., DVD's & Blu-ray's. |
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Post by RikerDonegal on Sept 19, 2016 15:08:46 GMT -5
I'm fine with digital, and a lot of what I read is digital. I very, very rarely purchase single issues anymore. It's always collections. I adore the Marvel Essentials line, for example and have almost all of them. Moving on to Marvel Epic Collection now. Frequently (such as in the last two weeks with Avengers and Defenders runs from the 70s) I go and pull out the original single issues and sit and read them. Bottom line: as long as I can read the comic somehow I don't care how I do it, but the collector in me loves to fill my shelves with collections  |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 19, 2016 16:12:15 GMT -5
I was the same way up until getting re-married and not having them stored for easy access.
We're looking at probably moving to a newer house with more storage in the next year or so and I'll resume getting some paper here and there, but mostly I'm buying, reading, and enjoying digital.
Kinda like DC and Marvel, I've always liked both.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Sept 19, 2016 16:53:44 GMT -5
I have one shelf in a bookshelf in our lounge for inside use. I had a package arrive with 5 comics, and my lady says she'll have to start culling her books to make room. Lack of space is my reality too.
However as much as I love physical comics, especially old ones, I love reading them on my tablet, the colours really pop, and I dont have to muck around unbagging and rebagging the book. Just plain lazy in my dotage.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Sept 19, 2016 18:30:52 GMT -5
Well, for me its also about health & confort : the more I can avoid to have light projected ino my eyes the better. For so many hings I can't avoid it, but with comics I can. And as Wildfire put it, the societal context is a big draw as well. One last thing I already mentioned is the "totem" factor : I have all y books on shelves, so they all are visual interfaces in my surroundings, either inspirationnal or reminders of potentials, which I would never get with an I-Pad library. You make a good point. I read my digital comics on a laptop (still don't have an ipad) and I've had to adjust the brightness of my screen from the graphics control panel to make it more comfortable to read. The standard brightness settings are just too bright for my eyes at 38, I'm afraid. I have the setting save, so I switch back and forth depending on if I want to read or watch videos. |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 19, 2016 23:17:45 GMT -5
If I didn't have my iPad, I probably would not read, or would read very little, on my PC, despite having a very good wide screen monitor.
The iPad is practically perfect for digital comics.
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 19, 2016 23:49:45 GMT -5
I happen to have the cd-rom versions of Avengers and FF. I enjoy having them and downloading it onto my iPad and the bonus is that I'll always have that resource to have on case my electronics fail me.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Sept 20, 2016 0:17:09 GMT -5
I happen to have the cd-rom versions of Avengers and FF. I enjoy having them and downloading it onto my iPad and the bonus is that I'll always have that resource to have on case my electronics fail me. I have all the Marvel DVD-ROM's that were released. I wish Marvel would have at least finished releasing Daredevil, Thor, Dr. Strange and a few other of the essential characters before canceling the line. I love having access to the original newsprint, colors and letter pages. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 20, 2016 5:55:49 GMT -5
Yeah, another company had the rights to produce those cd-Roms. I doubt Marvel will have it done again. Maybe the tech is old anyway. The digital format is more popular than the cd format is these days.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Sept 20, 2016 7:00:54 GMT -5
I'm sure they were a daunting tasks creating in the first place. Marvel has long had digital scans of their Marvel Masterworks material and that's all the pull from nowadays on Marvel Unlimited. That's the main reason you won't see certain older runs until a trade comes out.
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Post by Ozymandias on Sept 21, 2016 5:53:52 GMT -5
I feel the same way about music - I primarily listen to music on CD & only purchase music on CD. CD's are also digital, Vinyl would be better for the analogy. I'm sure they were a daunting tasks creating in the first place. Marvel has long had digital scans of their Marvel Masterworks material and that's all the pull from nowadays on Marvel Unlimited. It was tedious: scan, crop, adjust white point; repeat. MU is useless for old comics, the new colours are just plain horrible. The DVD's are low res, for today's standard, but they're still a much better option. |
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