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Originally Posted by shadders
I want to buy an 9.7 or 10" android tablet, primarily for viewing DC/Marvel comics, but after a lot of web research- I still don't know which aspect ratio is best for viewing comics on a tablet.
Options seem to be:
4:3 (this is the same as the iPad)
16:9
16:10 (most android tablets seem to have this)
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I worked out the numbers for this a while ago, and came up with this:
- Standard US comic ratio is 1.53
- This is right in the middle between 4:3 (1.33) and 16:9 (1.78). 16:10 (1.6) is clearly the best match.
- A double-page spread is 1.31, for which 4:3 is clearly the best match.
- A double-page spread is only really readable on a very high-resolution screen like the iPad 3, it is marginal as to whether is readable on an iPad 1/2.
Edit: Depending on how you hold your tablet, you might prefer to have the extra space on the top/bottom or on the sides.