Review: Spectacular and inexpensive
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2012
One thing the new iPad is great for is magazines.The TV Guide is gorgeous to look at. I never thought I would say that. Every single page has perfect layouts, crisp fonts, topnotch writing, and great pictures. This is not true of many magazines I've looked at.  TV Guide, though perhaps the least expensive subscription, comes off looking the most polished.One thing they should do is offer Region breakdown. Basically, Four different versions, varying by time region. The current version lists Eastern and Pacific grid. I'd like a version with just Central. Like many people, I have the TVGuide site bookmarked, with a custom grid. The magazine grids look much better. There are not many pages of ads in the digital version, like one ad every 15 pages.For every day of programming, there are a few pages of highlights for that day.  In addition, there are numerous articles about news in the world of television. The issue I perused for this review had a long article about Mad Men which included some surprisingly stunning pictures. You might assume I am not not used to the iPad yet, but I've looked over hundreds of magazines, and thousands of books, sites, and textbooks, and these were the sharpest layouts I've seen in awhile.This is not the butcher paper grocery shelf digest I remember.  This is something High Def.  Highly recommended.