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Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by exhilaration »

DoingIsLearning wrote: post #61
breakfastduck wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No one is going to sell a device that costs significantly more than any other for the same power to provide what 99% of users would consider a sub par/ unusable display. Like seriously can you imagine trying to sell a laptop that is unable to watch any media, play any games and has the refresh rate / perceived performance of a 15 year old tablet. This stuff isn't ready to be a 'main' display yet.

> imagine trying to sell a laptop that is unable to - watch any kind of media - looks 'laggy' Imagine thinking that the consumer market is only for media consumers. There is a whole market of enterprise products out there, and there is certainly a use case for a _work_ laptop which needs no multimedia support. I wouldn't argue that someone buying this machine would only use only this machine. But I know I am not alon…

In addition to the videoconferencing others have brought up, pretty much every Fortune 500 out there has extensive training requirements for their laptop-using employees - that content is a mix of video and slideshows. Those corps are the biggest purchasers of "work" laptops.

For the uninitiated, the training I'm referring to covers everything from sexual harassment to infosec to insider trading to "why you don't really need unions".

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by patentatt »

randomor wrote: post #142

Why hasn’t anyone built a short throw projector for office work(coding) yet? - reflective light just like eink so less eye strain - better refresh rate and latency - better color range Is it the resolution?

Do projectors have less eye strain? That's quite intriguing if so. What if you had a front-projector projecting on an e-ink screen, such that various parts of the screen could be in color/motion mode (e-ink off, projector only), mixed mode (e-ink on, with color overlay for syntax highlighting or the like), or ink only (projector off). That seems like something that's doable with off-the shelf components and software, at least as a POC...

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by fho »

clessg wrote: post #159
fho wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had to look that up ... is that Euphoria ? As stated above, I think that how the code is structured also heavily influences readability. Maybe even more than syntax highlighting. Case in point: I was fortunate enough to work on a Haskell project some time ago ... and one of my colleagues from another team at asked me how I manage to make my code look that concise. No secret there, it is just pretty easy if the lang…

> I had to look that up ... is that Euphoria ? It's Elixir ( https://elixir-lang.org/ ), but wow, Euphoria looks pretty slick too! https://www.rapideuphoria.com/

Ah ... I could have known that ... some of the Haskell enthusiasts around here actually moved on to Elixir some time ago.

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by breakfastduck »

mdp2021 wrote: post #157
ranit wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And these days: if it cannot make video calls it is not a computer for work.

A YouTube search for "Hisense A5 pro cc video call" did not return precise results, but some can be suggestive of the possibilities. See for example Title: Hisense A5Pro CC Review 3- Battery, Videos & Games | Eink Kaleido 1 handling fast scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KqASRsIWVw Some would find those results jawdropping. I presume that Video Calls using E-Ink displays are now much more than possible.

Possible but lackluster

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by jdavis703 »

DoingIsLearning wrote: post #61
breakfastduck wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No one is going to sell a device that costs significantly more than any other for the same power to provide what 99% of users would consider a sub par/ unusable display. Like seriously can you imagine trying to sell a laptop that is unable to watch any media, play any games and has the refresh rate / perceived performance of a 15 year old tablet. This stuff isn't ready to be a 'main' display yet.

> imagine trying to sell a laptop that is unable to - watch any kind of media - looks 'laggy' Imagine thinking that the consumer market is only for media consumers. There is a whole market of enterprise products out there, and there is certainly a use case for a _work_ laptop which needs no multimedia support. I wouldn't argue that someone buying this machine would only use only this machine. But I know I am not alon…

The only time I’ve “needed” to watch video at work has been for cheesy, anti-harassment training showing pre-recorded situations that are obviously illegal.

The other cases are videoconferencing, where someone is basically showing a fairly static powerpoint, sprint planning board, or other, text-heavy content.

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by BostonEnginerd »

girvo wrote: post #103

I adore Boox. My Note 2 is amazing (and keeps getting better and faster note-taking with firmware updates every few months). I’ve ordered a Mira, the 13.3” one, which I think is a more useful size for the type of documents and uses e-ink has. This is super cool though!

Their devices look really neat, but I don't think I can bring myself to buy one until they resolve their GPL violations.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Onyx_Boox/comments/fz4yka/max3_revi...

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by Jeff_Brown »

girvo wrote: post #109
jll29 wrote: post #42

I can't wait until this reaches maturity to get a 11" or so sub-notebook which is quiet, low energy, with a good keyboard for reading and writing (text/code editing, emails, PDF reading of scientific papers). Looked into this a couple of years ago and it was too early, now one could almost design & build that.

The Boox tablets are full android devices and support USB-C connectivity and Bluetooth for keyboards. They even have a clamshell keyboard case/attachment for sale that I have and use with my Note 2 Termux + Termux.Styling set to Black on White is surprisingly powerful, and works better than I expected. Adjusting the refresh rate helps too.

Can it talk to my laptop via bluetooth? That would be rad. I'd use it outdoors, with my laptop running but still folded in my bag.

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by mherdeg »

Someone wrote: post #96

“Remove ghosting with one press” is a feature that they use to sell the device? How bad is the ghosting/how often do you need to press that button?

Seeing the no-ghosts button reminded me that it's very likely my young kids are never going to have the fun of pushing the "degauss" button on a CRT.
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