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da_jane · 10-06-2006, 11:27 AM

I'll post a few pictures later tonight, but Ned, my DH, used the Reader for 15 minutes last night to read the first chapter of the Death Note scanlation. He's read it before on a tablet pc and was very disappointed in the rendering.

He said that half the pleasure of reading Manga is the artwork and with the 4 color grayscale you simply do not get the nuances that you have with the computer pngs that are done in color and in black and white. I think the reduced size doesn't help. He thought having to read the scanlation in landscape mode with just half the picture was worthless and he bemoaned the lack of a backlight.

I am not a Manga fan but the DH is and said he wouldn't be using the Reader and told me to keep it only if <i>I</i> enjoyed it because he wouldn't use it. I couldn't get him to play with it for more than 15 minutes. I will also add one more note about reading in landscape mode. When reading in LM, the page turning buttons are on the top and it is really inconvenient to turn the pages. You essentially have to hold the reader with the left hand at a 90 degree angle from your right hand.

10-06-2006, 11:27 AM	#1
da_jane Evangelist Posts: 405 Karma: 692 Join Date: Sep 2006 Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 \| Kindle Paperwhite \| iPad Mini	Manga mini review I'll post a few pictures later tonight, but Ned, my DH, used the Reader for 15 minutes last night to read the first chapter of the Death Note scanlation. He's read it before on a tablet pc and was very disappointed in the rendering. He said that half the pleasure of reading Manga is the artwork and with the 4 color grayscale you simply do not get the nuances that you have with the computer pngs that are done in color and in black and white. I think the reduced size doesn't help. He thought having to read the scanlation in landscape mode with just half the picture was worthless and he bemoaned the lack of a backlight. I am not a Manga fan but the DH is and said he wouldn't be using the Reader and told me to keep it only if <i>I</i> enjoyed it because he wouldn't use it. I couldn't get him to play with it for more than 15 minutes. I will also add one more note about reading in landscape mode. When reading in LM, the page turning buttons are on the top and it is really inconvenient to turn the pages. You essentially have to hold the reader with the left hand at a 90 degree angle from your right hand.