What device do you fags read manga on? I hate reading while sitting at the computer...

I have a kindle paperwhite and the screen is too small for manga imo.. If it were just a little bigger it'd be perfect

Reminds me of something I did 10 years ago. I had a media player hooked up to my TV which accepted USB input, so I put some H-manga on a USB with the intention of jacking off to it all comfy in my bed with the manga on the big screen. It was kind of a cumbersome experience though and not really as efficient as just reading it off a computer screen.

This. If my library actually held anything worth of value. Look at multiple shelves of Naruto is eye rolling.

Problem in general I have with the Kindles is that they're too small. They need to bring back in the DX.

PC or Samsung Galaxy Tab S2.

I prefer a kindle to phone or PC although the screens are a bit small and it can be a pain to actually get the manga onto the kindle, especially if it's scanlations only found on mangadex or similar.

Fire 10 HD for 80 bucks with a Mangadex APK some pajeet made years ago. I also play fgo with it. Would buy again

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>the virgin broken folding screen
>the chad docked tablet screen

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Jesus fuck that bezel is huge.

i know right, its very immersive

My computer is hooked up to a TV in my bedroom so I read on that while in bed.

>manga on a TV
jfc no wonder you people don't read

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>kindle for manga
been waiting for this thread. you kindle friends know of any websites that push content to your device for you? I use FMD and KCC to download and convert, then transfer files over usb to my device. This works fine, but was wondering if maybe a site exist that's already done the convert, and with a single push of a button it'll email it to your kindle.

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Phsical is best, Kindle is a close second if you have a device that's the right size.

Galaxy tab s 8.4" I found to be the best. Right size to grasp in one hand. High resolution and a beautiful screen. S2 and after have larger side bezels. Regretfully these have a high defect rate and I've gone through four of them in the past 5 years. I ended up bulking up on them when they were at their lowest. Now they are getting up in price.

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Still on my nexus 7. Works good for manga,need to zoom in a bit for comics depending on the source. Pc in case the scans are scaled down, i download them and read on cdisplayex,not comfortable though.

The S2 bezels aren't that much larger, and I prefer the 4:3 aspect ratio.

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My old and trusty 15" 4k laptop, though it's now almost five years old and I'm looking to upgrade it.

Sometimes I read manga on my phone, but since I'm a 4koma fag reading in moon, the text can often get too small for comfort. Constantly zooming and panning sucks, so I end up reading on the laptop.

Might get myself some 4:3 tablet, not considering e-readers because of color pages and slow as fuck navigation. A bit disappointed there are no iPad quality Android tablets with that screen ratio.

>15" 4k
What the fuck?

OP, just get a vertical desktop screen and turn the brightness down.

Are you trying to learn french that way or english ?

size is good but the price performance cant beat the amazon stuff

I've got a fire that's about a ten inch screen. Page size is ideal while it has all the ease of smartphone if I want to read in bed or on the couch

>desktop screen
some of us like to relax in bed or in our favorite chair and read.

it's been years since i've actually sat at my computer and read manga. can't get comfortable.

I've got a paperwhite and I have no real issues with it, at least with raws. Scanlators tend to use really tiny garbage fonts because they're trying to fit words in.

Just use a PC faggot.

I don't even have a desktop computer, I live in a small studio, take my laptop to work, to my home town, etc. Don't really want one either, as indeed I just like to relax on the bed with my laptop.

It's still not too convenient with a horizontal screen, but at least at this resolution there's never any zooming required, at least for raws.

I don't like reading comics on a PC at all either.
I've tried using my kindle to read some but yeah it's too small by just a bit. A very small increase would make a big difference.
There's the lack of color which is just fine for most manga obviously, but some manga do have nice colour editions, like Stone Ocean.

You could use a tablet but that doesn't have the pros of an e-reader.

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Based.

Huawei Mediapad M5 Pro. It's a little heavy and the bezel isn't exactly thin, but it's pretty much the biggest Android tablet that's also cheap enough. Just make sure you turn the brightness down as much as you can to reduce eye fatigue.

The Oasis is bigger.

PS4 browser

Yeah but also much more expensive than the PW.

It just hit me, reading glasses might make kindle comic reading much nicer.

iPad since the official apps are often better (Comixology doesn't have double page spread support for manga on android).
That said to get started you should just pick up an android tablet with a high res screen and get Tachiyomi to start off with.

Check what ebook app they have.

How are those likebooks anyways?
Are they only ood for files you put on yourself orr do they play nice with apps like comixology and bookwalker?

>ebook app
Why bother? Everything is available online for free anyway, the problem is not having a good medium to read it with.

My iPhone. Is okay. I used to have 1st gen Nexus 7, which was perfect.

>garbage fonts
What fucking scan group doesn't use a pirated version of wildwords?

>Everything is available online for free anyway
That was in reference to what apps a library offers for lending. Some have comics or a separate comics app.
That said its not true that everything is available for free, there's only a handful of people doing official rips so they don't get everything.

>What fucking scan group doesn't use a pirated version of wildwords?
More to do with the size, most scan groups don't worry about how many words they pack in per bubble since they assume your going to be reading it on a computer. It makes reading on a kindle awkward even though a lot of manga is published in a similar size paperback.

I just blue filter and cut the lights for monitors.
Nothing beats coffee infused pages though.

Onyx Boox Max 2
13.3" e-paper, runs on Android 6.0 IIRC. The benefit of such a large display is viewing two pages at once, just like a traditional book.
Only flaw is that the Chinese put the power button on the bottom for some reason

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Does it do color?

Yes, it can display all the colors you want it to as long as it's black and white.

Very cool

My favourites

I don't think ereaders are necessary for manga, tablet is fine. Meanwhile reading books on a tablet sucks. I think the ease of use with a tablet is worth it despite whatever minimal eye discomfort you might get from it.

Do the "e-ink" or whatever screens look that much better than just an iPad?

Öne more reason to learn Nipponese

No they don't. They're just easier on the eyes, it's like reading a paper book. Less strain on the eyes and no backlight necessary. But that doesn't mean they're crisp, cheap kindles have a rather low DPI.

Oh okay. Makes sense. I turn the blue light filter on mine for black and white manga. I don't think less dpi would be worth it for me

I wish they made Diancie a cross-gen evo for Carbink or something similar instead of a mythical. I like the concept but Carbink get's cucked out of it's gimmick while being a weak single-stage mon that can't evolve while Diancie is a mythical who you can't get outside of giveaway events or use in playthrougs.

my phone. i don’t like reading manga at/on my pc. i read the most before bed.

they look worse. lower dpi and the soc these things run on are literal potatos. the ONLY benefit to using one is if you have defective eyes that suffer from strain at looking at LCD screens. nothing looks better than a hidps display, especially a 120hz panel like on the iPad Pro.

Theyre only good for text.

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pick one thing to do at a time you distracted multitasker.

Kmanga used to do exactly that but now it's dead. You could try using calibre as a library/transfer tool instead of USB. I'm also pretty sure that it has a feature to send books via email to the Kindle once it's already in your calibre library. Although that does mean you'd be adding an extra step to your workflow.

None, manga is for retards who can't understand art.

>manga is for retards
anime*

>12 GB update

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>What device do you fags read manga on?
The paperback version. It doesn't even need to charge.

Pocketbook inkpad 3. Bought it specifically for this purpose, best idea ever. Big enough for anything, fairly responsive, warm light option, sd card slotwhich is essential for manga, plays music via dongle, etc.

You want to throw koreader on it first, that app has all the good settings that you want. The inkpad is big enough to read on portrait if you want, but landscape is super comfy. Just set page overlap to 300px this way you get top/middle/bottom views of the page and don't have any trouble with panels cut in half. Koreader lets you read a bunch of formats including cbz, so you're basically all set.

I've read a bunch of full series on it, read outside in the sun, at night in a dark room, in a caffe, where ever. Awesome for books too, go figure. Battery lasts you forever. If i had to pick one downside it's an occasional glitch, but that's rare and at worst takes a minute to solve via restart, plus recent firmware & koreader updates solved most of the issues anyway.

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Based tradchad

Have a vertical 22" monitor next to my main one just for reading and a tablet with an 8.9" screen for when I'm out of my home/want to read on the sofa.

I would have to spend $$$ to read as much manga physically.

I've been using a Kindle but I wish the screen were about 20% larger in each direction. And full 2 page panels don't work very well.

I like the kindle but whenever there are color pages it just doesn't feel right.

Must suck to be poor.

Tachiyomi on a Galaxy Tab A 10.1, it's been awesome. Screen is nice and big, can use it with 1 or 2 hands depending on position. Can do pdf, cbz, etc. Can do music on it, or anime if you wanna watch something away from your computer.
I think a benefit of a tablet over e-readers is you can use apps to automatically upload screenshots/saved pages to file storage/ main computer. I've been using Syncthing and it's nice.

Same

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My nigger

I had a cheap Chinese Windows 8 tablet with 2048x1536 resolution and really liked its form factor and HW for the price, but the only touch-enabled comics apps I could find for Windows were hot garbage and kept pestering for money while they weren't really worth it. If only there was better software, I'd have probably kept using that. Wonder how things are on Windows 10, but I've been hearing Microsoft effectively killed off UWP since nobody cares about touch apps.

I used a TabS at first but changed to TabS2 which i found to be better when reading manga and watching anime. Its light too. Reading doujins on the tablet is always a godtier experience. Are there recommendations for better devices?

>spending thousands of dollars and space when I can read it wherever whenever for free

MangaRock on the iPad

Not too bad though the translations are sometimes hot garbage.

>This is the site I was telling you about, it's called Mangakakalot. It's great.

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>Being poor

Post your manga collection or you're full of shit.

So $1k is like $10 dollars to you?

Dumb question: But what about 2-page spreads? Do you have to flip it horizontally or do you just scroll side to side or something.

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kindle and galaxy tab s4.
amoled for manga is fucking amazing.

Even if I wanted to spend loads of money importing tons of random manga it'd still be less convenient.
Instead I can spend that money on trips to japan.

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I kinda want to get a Surface for the aspect ratio and resolution, but 500+ bucks for a used previous model is kinda steep.

They're automatically cut in 2 with KCC, the program I use to convert .cbz to a mobi. You can choose to instead rotate them but I find that pointless.

tablet for manga and e-reader for light novels is the best desu

How about you make a comfortable battlestation then? I use the PC because I can change music and do stuff in the background without getting up every single time.

zenpad 10, which is fucking broken

My computer using Honeyview.

Surface are a over heating impossible to clean ore repair mess, I really wouldn't recommend getting one second hand

>importing
Must suck to live in a shit country

Well, almost nothing these days is repairable. But I heard about the reliability concerns...

Dunno really, if I didn't have an allergy to iOS I would've just gotten an iPad, but on the Android or Windows side of things it's just lackluster all around, or way too expensive.

haven't touched ebook readers but
progresstech.jp/zenkan/index_en.html
seems interesting enough

e-ink displays look fantastic for properly formatted manga and text.

I'd never go back to reading on LCD shit.

Back when I still regularly played visual novels I toyed with the idea of getting one of those x86 surfaces. But I decided I wasn't crazy enough to blow so much money on a VN machine, even if it's a perfect use case.

Galaxy Tab A 9.7". It's great for saving images with the S-Pen

That's really cool, I like how you can get the cover on it to be the cover of the manga.
But seems very impractical and expensive for what you get. Can only get manga via SD card? No wifi? That's gonna be a major pain to read weekly or switch between manga. The real pages are cool, but I imagine it'd get old quick and would just make the thing thicker, kind of a waste.

A full-sized Android tablet where you can set the back of it to be a screen (to get the cover) would be far superior. Maybe even a tablet with a folding screen so you can hold it like a book and get 2 page spreads.

Same, ended up just playing them on my laptop because a lot of VN engines are too wonky to be playable with only a virtual keyboard, and using a type cover is kinda missing the point of playing on a tablet.

Kirikiri ones are actually playable on Android so I also did that sometimes.

Right now waiting for that one Spanish game console that is about to be released, it won't be any good for manga but I hope it will be a potent VN machine.

I got a Zenpad S8, mostly because of the aspect radio which i don't really remember, but it is really important. Also it has android therefore tachiyomi

also E-readers are not for manga neither PDF, if you want to read a good book/LN or something get a paperwhite, the last generation has inverted colours which i think it's worth.

They're fine for most PDF as long as you put them in landscape mode. Works perfectly for me.

Galaxy S8+ when im away from home. Not ideal but OLED screen is nice.

34 in computer monitor or physical when Im home.

I like their dedication to resolution and image quality with both hardware and the actual files, but I'd rather have publishers make proper HQ digital releases instead. In 2019 a volume of manga that weighs even 500 MB is nothing, we download 100 GB games and stream video in bloody 4k.

That's partially Amazon's fault for insisting on smaller file sizes (otherwise they charge a higher commission), but the publishers I guess either think people don't care or are trying their darndest not to cannibalize paper sales. Even official western publishers are better at digital manga, jeez.

Their entire idea is to sell it to people who usually prefer analog, so that's why it's really weird for us internet people.

Also I guess they're trying to prevent piracy by basically hardcoding manga into the device, though now that they're also planning SD releases in theory (unlikely as it is) someone could try and reverse engineer the format.

It'll be DRM'd out the ass, and will barely sell due to the price.

I can't see a point in the product when you could get a massive E-ink display for cheaper.

If they sold SD cards (with some kind of encryption) for complete series, or gave it internet connection and automatically downloaded manga you subscribed for as it came out, I could see it being much more worth it.

How is someone like amazon needing to care about file sizes?

Galaxy Tab A which I also post on.

Because bandwidth is still an issue, even when you own half the data centers in the fucking world.

If they can release absolute garbage video and picture quality, and 99% of people won't know the difference, and they lose an order of magnitude worth of overhead, they're absolutely going to do it.

If that's the sole problem, publishers should sell two versions and charge slightly more for the high quality. It wouldn't cost them much more to do that. Piracy concerns don't seem relevant either when people still scan physical copies.

Splitting into 2 pages is best, because an artist is never going to put anything important directly on the fold line.
They run Android, so Tachiyomi works well, and supposedly Comixology, although I prefer downloaded files with Comic Screen. 7.8" is perfect for manga and presumably the 10" model is even better.

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I think they are planning on selling SDs, which is certainly better than nothing, but I'd legit pay good money for high quality raw manga delivered over the air. DRM sucks, but at least that would be something.

Their video quality is quite alright actually. I think it's not even bandwidth, but some legacy Kindle infrastructure (and limited storage on the devices) bogging things down for them. Even download speeds for Kindle on Android are pretty garbage by modern standards.

Also they never cared about comics and manga, their restrictions were made for text books with occasional illustrations, and for those they're quite reasonable, there's not much sense in having a 100 MB+ novel, especially when you advertise your device as being capable of holding thousands of books.

Fwiw, Amazon started including separate files with higher quality for some manga/magazine releases. An issue of Dengeki Maoh is nearly a gigabyte, though almost the entire thing ends up being duplicated for no good reason.

I use my PC and put it on the monitor I keep in portrait mode.

that's not the reason. the requirement for small file sizes is to ensure compatibility with the metric shitton of LITERAL POTATOES which make up like 99% of the kindle app installed user base. from their shit $30 android based fire tablets to their years old slow as fuck black and white kindles. when your whole gig is selling digital files HQ isn't what drives sales, it's releasing files that are compatible across the gamut of low end devices that make up your installed base.

I've seen Japanese web music stores do just that - they have MP3 versions for most people and huge FLAC files for those who want uncompressed files, occasionally (but not always) charging higher for them.

Honestly, if the book industry stopped being so anal about DRM and distributing only through Amazon (and Kobo) - though I understand where they're coming from - we could've had a lot of nice options. Most people would be just fine with medium quality releases that they read on phones anyway, faggots like us would've gotten our eye candy.

IMO, it too much and I can get two cheap tablet for the price and even comfy read in bed in the dark, with redmoon.

my computer

It's not just for current use, resolutions that were acceptable 10 years ago look far too small now. At least being prepared for the near future means it will take longer before small size will be noticed. It may not always be possible depending on how the artist works since we will never get higher quality digital files than they may have used, but I know they have to be scanning or working at higher resolutions than we usually get.

A tablet really is perfect size for manga. I've been reading on it for half a decade now.

>22" monitor in portrait
What exactly do you think you're getting out of it? Manga pages aren't bigger than a tablet.

I'm pretty sure resolutions at which manga is mastered for magazine/tank release is several times higher than what we're getting, the paper releases are very sharp. It's probably from 8k to 16k for modern manga, depending on workflows (it's my rough estimation, but I've heard people working on official translations being quite surprised by the absolutely huge files).

If we got manga at vertical 4k, that would make things future-proof for another decade or two, we're fairly close to max sensible resolution with standard screens.

Did anyone try Teclast M89 for manga? It's dirt cheap and I'm thinking of snagging one, I have their identical Windows tablet from a few years ago and it's a good size, but the software is all terrible (it's W 8.1, too), and I'm not a windows dev myself.

Excessively high resolutions are also good if you want to crop part of a page, although that's not something publishers generally want to support either.

You're not wrong. Check some of danke's 500mb scans. I have a 1440p monitor and opening these files and they are several times the screen's size.

I stopped buying physical manga the day the iPad was released in 2010. I used that iPad exclusively for manga for like 7 years before I upgraded. Currently using the value tier 2018 iPad. If I had the coin to waste I would pick up one of the new iPad Pros. I use the device everyday and it's pretty much replaced my laptop.

I've been looking for a device mainly to read light novels written in first person, the thinking man's point of view.

I'm only worried about how illustrations will look.

That could be useful if software for reading manga frame-by-frame takes off, I've seen that for comics, but not really for manga yet.

It's a bloody fantastic device if you can live with iOS, I've bought a couple for relatives, too. I'm an old-school faggot so I need a more flexible OS even if it has other drawbacks, but I wish we had a tablet as good on this side of the ecosystem fence.

kindles are way too small. If they were bigger they'd be perfect for manga.

I've seen other e-readers that are bigger but they usually dont come cheap or are difficult to find

Kindle is more than decent enough for raws. Often inadequate for translated manga though.

These days I cba about using KCC, so I just use Tachiyomi on my 5.5" phone. I read in bed before sleep anyway, so it's close enough to my eyes for comfy reading.

It looks like the typical money-grubbing Japanese being retarded about DRM and ruining a good piece of hardware since you can't load your own titles from SD.

I had a nexus 7 for reading, it died recently so I bought a galaxy tab 4 to replace it and it's perfect it's a bit heavy for reading with one hand but it's honestly a great size for reading.

Note 9 and manga rock. Eventually perfect viewer if I can't find any source with good non burger tl.

>paying for virtual things

It's perfectly fine if it's a purchase and not a rental (which DRM also effectively is).

>

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Galaxy S9+
big enough to read manga and shitpost about it on Yea Forums at the same time using Floen's Clover app ;^)

dumb fuck. the implication from the statement that I haven't bought physical manga since 2010 is that it was no longer necessary since stealing it is so much easier (and now convenient thanks to owning a tablet). read between the fucking lines moron.

I'm just using a 6.3" phone with an OLED screen and Tachiyomi.
you can't beat it

This is my "battle station"
>inb4 mobil poster
>inb4 faggot
How i would taje the photo other wise?

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PC at home. Phone at work.
The Viz and Shonen Jump apps scale the pages to fit your screen so it's much easier to read than a browser app.

6.3" phones are basically the same width as older 5.5" phones, so it's not really any different from any phablet for reading manga.

>is amazed at the high tech feature "image scaling"
>totally worth subscribing to two worthless services

just steal it faggot.

The SJ sub is alright, though a bit pointless if your only using it for current stuff now that mangaplus exists.

>people saying Ipad
people want those device because of the quality of the screen

ipad 5th generation

a cheap ass tablet.