Aspect Ratio: to preserve or not to preserve, that is the question

RadicalxEdward · 04-10-2015, 02:16 PM

hi all.

I read books, manga and comics. At the moment they're all on a kindle paperwhite. But i have had an iPad before (it was stolen) and hope to get one again in the future someday. When I'm reading comics/manga on my kindle, I like to have everything fully fit the screen. It just looks better to me than having margins, but i'm quickly realizing that when i go to use a different device i'm going to have this problem all over again.
With video the rules are simple, keep the original aspect ratio (of which there are only a few that are really common) and the device can zoom/stretch if you want it to. But with manga/comics that's not the case you have to just pick one and stick with it. which would be fine if there was a few super common ones, but they come in tons of different aspect ratios it seems.

So what do you guys think? Just convert everything to fit my kindle the way i like, or keep everything the way it already is when i get it and just live with it not fitting nicely (which also means more zooming to read stuff)

theducks · 04-10-2015, 03:59 PM

Maintain

I got a Laserdisc player (way back when

) because it was able to present Widescreen (>4:3) as the director intended.
IMHO Pan & Scan, a common tool used to fit the main focus can ruin the effect the director was going for.

The best example: ET in the opening scene
The man with the keys:
In P&S, you see him walk between 2 trees
In Widescreen him walking between trees in a Dense forrest

With modern HiRes displays, you do not lose clarity with a smaller image height.
Black bars above/below are not evil

Baseballs are ROUND, not oval. No stretch-o-vision for me

HarryT · 04-12-2015, 04:41 PM

Devices also only have a few common aspect ratios. iPads are all 4:3, as are all eInk readers (to the best of my knowledge). Most Android tablets are 16:10.

Phones come in all sorts of weird aspect ratios, but I can't imagine them making good manga viewers.

GeoffR · 04-12-2015, 09:45 PM

I much prefer to keep the aspect ratio of the original image regardless of the screen aspect ratio.

I even go to the trouble of correcting cover images in some cases where the publisher has stretched the original image to 4:3.

04-10-2015, 02:16 PM	#1
RadicalxEdward Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle	Aspect Ratio: to preserve or not to preserve, that is the question hi all. I read books, manga and comics. At the moment they're all on a kindle paperwhite. But i have had an iPad before (it was stolen) and hope to get one again in the future someday. When I'm reading comics/manga on my kindle, I like to have everything fully fit the screen. It just looks better to me than having margins, but i'm quickly realizing that when i go to use a different device i'm going to have this problem all over again. With video the rules are simple, keep the original aspect ratio (of which there are only a few that are really common) and the device can zoom/stretch if you want it to. But with manga/comics that's not the case you have to just pick one and stick with it. which would be fine if there was a few super common ones, but they come in tons of different aspect ratios it seems. So what do you guys think? Just convert everything to fit my kindle the way i like, or keep everything the way it already is when i get it and just live with it not fitting nicely (which also means more zooming to read stuff)

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04-10-2015, 03:59 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,000 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Maintain I got a Laserdisc player (way back when ) because it was able to present Widescreen (>4:3) as the director intended. IMHO Pan & Scan, a common tool used to fit the main focus can ruin the effect the director was going for. The best example: ET in the opening scene The man with the keys: In P&S, you see him walk between 2 trees In Widescreen him walking between trees in a Dense forrest With modern HiRes displays, you do not lose clarity with a smaller image height. Black bars above/below are not evil Baseballs are ROUND, not oval. No stretch-o-vision for me

04-12-2015, 04:41 PM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Devices also only have a few common aspect ratios. iPads are all 4:3, as are all eInk readers (to the best of my knowledge). Most Android tablets are 16:10. Phones come in all sorts of weird aspect ratios, but I can't imagine them making good manga viewers.

04-12-2015, 09:45 PM	#4
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	I much prefer to keep the aspect ratio of the original image regardless of the screen aspect ratio. I even go to the trouble of correcting cover images in some cases where the publisher has stretched the original image to 4:3.

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