How do any of you read your comics? I’m looking for something like a tablet/e-reader that would support either web browsing or adding files without using a proprietary store and color screen. Bonus points if the screen is huge and I can compromise having one that is old, a little slow/low refresh rate and low res.
Currently using a MS Surface which is great but really heavy and slightly clunky. It’s also shared so I have to give it back occasionally.
First time poster, happy to see so many people on Lemmy.
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I use an iPad mini. The sixth generation one is small and bright. I have Panels from the App Store and have all my comics in OneDrive. I did have a Surface Go so I understand the weight thing a bit. Panels works really well. I’ve had other readers and this one stands out.
I use a larger sized (10") Amazon Kindle Fire. It’s really just an inexpensive Android tablet. There’s nothing forcing you to use Amazon’s e-reader software (and whatever Comixology is now).
It’s not a super amazing tablet, mind. They’ve updated it since I got mine as well.
For a bit I tried an eink display but the refresh threw me off and I caved and got a refurbished iPad, got the panels app and now I can’t go back.
Get a firetab 10 and a 500gb sd card. Prime day is next week, it’ll be on sale. It’s a less than $100 option and works great. It’s roughly the size of a comic book, and works great for just reading comics.
I use comicrack to organize the comics, and there’s a few workflows out there that people have made to organize and sort the comics. I can sync it all wirelessly from my pc to my tablet, pretty easy process.
If you do go with the furetab, Id recommend looking into the fire toolbox on xda that helps with some functionality
First of all, welcome to Lemmy!
When confronted to that decision, I ended up thinking that I’d want a tablet that had good image quality, and a screen close enough to that of a comic to be able to see a full page comfortably. When I looked (back in 2020), the tablet market was basically divided into 3: Amazon’s Kindles, iPad and Samsung. Amazon’s are pretty low-cost, which is enough to read comics, but the screen is quite low-quality, and reading comics on a screen instead of paper is already a step-down to appreciate the art. And I prefer to avoid Apple, which left me with Samsung as pretty much the only choice. The Tab A series don’t have AMOLED, and the only advantage the Tab S6 had was to use a stylus (which I wouldn’t have bought, or even used if there had been one sold with).
So I ended up buying a Galaxy Tab S5e. 10.5" is really great to be both light and portable while big enough to display a full comic page, and the super AMOLED screen is amazing. It’s been going strong for 3 years now, and I’ve used it daily to browse the web, watch movies or series, and of course mainly to read comics. When that one gives up, I will look for a similar form factor, unless a good, large enough color e-ink tablet comes out by then, in which case that might be what I’ll pick.
As for usage, I transfer everything through FTP and store the comics in the tablet’s storage. Then I use Perfect Viewer to read them. It’s old and hasn’t been updated in a long time, but I haven’t found any other reader as convenient. I’ve read that Tachiyomi is great to read comics and manga, but it requires a specific folder organization to read comics locally, and I’m not willing to give up mine to use a reader.
