I really hope this is some kind of battle against an actual enemy, and not heroes v heroes. One is my favorite kind of team up, and the other is the worst plot device in superhero comics.
I knew this would be something that might cause issues in the future for print type media. While higher resolution means bigger screen and a better video/photo experience. The key factor is having the material at that high of a resolution in the first place. Currently the quality goes down because the screen has to expand/enlarge or blowup the image to fit the resolution.
I have a friend with the New iPad and has to use a font modifier to make it large enough to read ebooks. I'm curious if the comic companies are going to do anything for their digital comics. Either enlarge the resolution they are using or have the comic reader apps automatically adjust the resolution (zooming). I personally have a Nook Color and the resolution is great and I don't care for the current file size (mb) of the comics and would hate for a higher resolution to take up more space on my SD card.
ComiXology has already updated most of their comics to reflect the larger resolution of the iPad. They already had larger versions on their website for viewing in a browser on a computer. Comics went from about 20MB to around 30MB as a result, but look markedly better on the higher resolution screen.
In addition, it's an option you can enable. If you don't want the higher quality, larger images, you don't have to download them.
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