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Post by rom on Sept 21, 2016 6:55:46 GMT -5
Both CD's & DVD's/Blu-ray's are all physical medium; yes, it's a digital format, but you're still holding something in your hand when you own/collect these. Unlike, for example, listening to music on I-pods (other than the I-pod itself) or streaming movies (other than the device(s) used to stream).
By the same token, CE's like MMW, Omnibuses, are all books that are a physical format - as opposed to reading something on a Kindle, etc. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Sept 21, 2016 7:26:57 GMT -5
You can burn your files on a CD/DVD, if you want. The support they're on, doesn't affect its digital nature. Printed comics are analog, just as VHS, music tapes or books. The physicality of print, is one of the main aspects in its favor, but they aren't equivalent terms. A photocopy is also physical, but it's not the same as "print".
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 21, 2016 8:45:28 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate digital comics. I read from my iPad all the time, it's just the collecting part of the hobby is important to me. I like the hunt and handling the physical item. It makes my experience much more enjoyable. Digital is far easier to access and read , as far as time goes. The books colors on MU jump out at you. No muddiness in the printing which you can have in older comics.
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Post by Ozymandias on Sept 21, 2016 9:18:54 GMT -5
No muddiness in the printing which you can have in older comics. I mainly have printed copies for collecting, but basically read digital. Even when I have the floppy, I don't take it out of the box, it looks better on the screen. MU is great, just not for old comics, even if the colours are washed out, it prefer the original colouring. |
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 21, 2016 10:16:39 GMT -5
I just cannot read comics off a screen. It feels totally unnatural to me and I can't concentrate on what I'm reading.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Sept 21, 2016 10:51:01 GMT -5
New comics are much easier to read on a screen since there isn't nearly as much dialog. I find that I need to be well rested and caffeinated if I'm going to read a few older comics digitally.
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Post by Ozymandias on Sept 21, 2016 12:32:17 GMT -5
There's an easy solution to that problem: resolution (both for the scan as well as the screen).
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 21, 2016 12:49:46 GMT -5
Most of my digital reading is on Comixology, and as far as digital goes, it's tremendous. The colors are solid but not garish. The scrolling is smooth and I * love * having the panels screen size as I read. That's definitely a big high res difference in favor of digital IMO.
Honestly, I sort of had a rebirth of my own the first year or so of reading digital. It was an improved experience.
You don't get the tactile experience, or that wonderful old comics smell.
There are pluses and minuses on both sides.
Having children out of state, I can also give them my log on and they can read my collection online as well instead of me traveling with them, etc.
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Post by brutalis on Sept 21, 2016 13:30:56 GMT -5
Digital gives you more to carry readily and easily available at the touch of the screen but will never replace the joy of holding a real comic in my hands. The slight advantage to digital has been that there are some things i have picked up cheaply and uploaded that i might not have gotten before due to cost or such. I have most of the DC Joker short lived series bought several years ago at 99cents each when at shops they go for outrageous overpricing unless you find a torn up issue every now and then. I bought the CD-ROM of Star Trek and now have the fun of reading all the Gold Key Star Treks, which were impossible to find or afford until recently. With that Star Trek collection, it provides lots of interesting variations of Star Trek from Gold Key, Marvel, DC and Malibu and again price wise it is so much more affordable and i can download it onto multiple platforms like my Kindle, my phone and onto jump drives and on my computer at work for lunch time reading. Wish i could have had the money at the time for the Marvel collections before they became so expensive. I did manage to get 3 Archie ROM's though so i have the complete 1970's runs of Archie, Jughead and Betty and Veronica which is again great light fun reads over and over again anytime i want.
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 21, 2016 13:43:11 GMT -5
I've bought thousands of issues at $ 1 ea, some of them are duplicates of what's buried in my collection. That's fine with me.
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Post by Confessor on Sept 21, 2016 14:53:47 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. I didn't realise that those Marvel DVD collections had scans of the original newsprint. I just assumed that they were the modern TPB versions, on glossy paper with "Marvel Masterworks" style colouring. That's pretty cool that you have access to the original newsprint. Did they include the letters pages, bullpen bulletins, classified ads etc as well? |
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Post by Confessor on Sept 21, 2016 14:59:35 GMT -5
I just cannot read comics off a screen. It feels totally unnatural to me and I can't concentrate on what I'm reading. I can't do it on my laptop or smart phone either, it's just not comfortable or convenient. However, I've always thought that if you had an iPad or similar tablet, those are pretty much ideal for reading digital comics on. Maybe if I tried it I might change my mind, but I can imagine that it's very easy to read comics on them. |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 21, 2016 15:10:12 GMT -5
Phone is horrible though a phablet is better with that little big of xtra room.
Laptop - not so much. Just not feeling it.
Tablet / iPad - perfect
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 21, 2016 18:41:30 GMT -5
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 21, 2016 18:54:12 GMT -5
... I * love * having the panels screen size as I read. That's definitely a big high res difference in favor of digital IMO. But one of the important aspects of comic art is page design - setting up the panels to lead the reader's eye thru the story. This is one of the things that made Jack Kirby stand out - he understood this from the beginning and was designing dynamic pages when most other artists were focusing on the panel as their unit of design. Don't you lose the sense of the page when you see only one panel at a time? |
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