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1. xyzsparetimexyz · 1790751829 · focus · HN ↗

   Comic books and manga are amusingly amount the least digitizable mediums as you have the choice of good resolution but an unpleasant reading experience with lit screens on a desktop, laptop, tablet or phone and low res or lack of spreads on an e reader. Even more so when you're missing out on colour.

   1. fc417fc802 · 1790758909 · focus · HN ↗

      I find laptops (let alone phones) fairly unpleasant for anything resembling a comic. You really need a 4k monitor at least the size of a physical page. That usually implies portrait orientation, and then a second one for spreads, at which point just give up and use a large format tv. Or better yet just stick to paper.

      I also have this problem with the scientific literature. Tablets let alone ereaders just don't cut it.

      What I've long wished for but it doesn't seem to exist is a high resolution full color epaper tablet the size of a hardcover textbook page with a sub-second refresh time. Not live video or anything, 500 ms or so would be bearable for quickly panning around a document.

      1. seam_carver · 1790778504 · focus · HN ↗

         Indeed, and my kindle scribe 2022 10.3” 64 GB is bigger than a physical manga volume. I couldn’t imagine using anything smaller

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