The Mira Pro Color is Boox's first color E Ink monitor
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Refresh is slow, colors are low saturation, and there is ghosting.
It’s also an absolute JOY to use for anything text related once you get past those differences.
For those on MacOS stillcolor [1] is an absolute MUST.
I’m open to any questions!
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Mine is a few years old and newer panels are better, so I would expect this to be pretty good.
I do keep a color calibrated panel running next to it in case I need a video going or something (conference, etc.). But the ghosting is a non-issue for coding once you figure out the settings and limits that work for you.
Of note I spent a chunk of my career working with and programming on a Harris H100 via terminal, and slowing down is a nice little throwback to me.
Here's a video of me reading Hacker News on an eInk phone: https://youtu.be/dvO9ScTdwz8?si=VSjo84qywuq8KHps&t=133
E.g. shortly after your timestamp, https://i.imgur.com/LEl1IHt.png
Ghosted icons everywhere, extremely low contrast black-on-grey top bar.. it's like reading a bad fax in the 80s.
1) Rapidly changing between apps without pressing the manual refresh button is a little unrealistic usage. Also, the ghosting is way less noticeable in person vs the camera recording here. The contrast looks great in person, similar to the contrast of ink of paper.
2) eInk screen technology is way easier on the eyes for me. I can read on it basically continuously. There's no backlight, it's entirely ambiently lit so usage in direct sunlight is easy. The technology works by physically moving ink particles around and looks like ink on paper. there's also optional front lights for use in darker environments but it's usually off.
The top bar is a CSS issue. I forgot to enable the black and white only mode in the einkbro browser. Since I rarely look at top bar it slipped my mind.
Here's what it looks like with black/white mode:
Is there some application that e-ink is so good at that it makes up for the multiple extremely serious disadvantages?
I've since discovered medication that has eliminated the brunt of Migraine, for me, but this would have been an easy purchase to make, for me.
Hoping to reengage and continue my pursuit of a grad degree but we shall see.
The refresh rate is, of course, a different issue
There's no reason you couldn't do a wireless battery powered full-size display. You could get the image over WiFi, maybe Bluetooth, or a custom USB dongle like Logitech.
It would be absolutely killer to have a portable wireless second display with my laptop. E-ink is perfect for that
Slow and inconsistent refresh rate, limited lifetime cycles that you could wear it out in a year or 2 with frequent use.
For those who use their computers mainly to watch movies and play video games, e-ink would not be ideal.
Also the price tag is a non-starter. Maybe it will be cheaper and faster some day.
(or are they actually the same company?)
Hmm, I'm not sure what I'd use something like this for. Might be better as a phone as a follow up to their phone-size Palma e-reader.
Sorry, but how are you evaluating that? You'd get this because you want a non-emissive display, so what other non-emissive displays are you comparing it against?
Yes, if you want better color acuity, refresh rates, or cost-per-inch, you don't want eInk.
I don't think that is news.
Otherwise you are a motorcycle rider calling cars too expensive.