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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 codethief »

samwillis wrote: post #6
h2odragon wrote: post #2

$800 to pre-order. (Corrected: $1800 for the pre-order, $800 for the smaller one) E-ink is one of those great technologies that seems like it has potential but won't "arrive" until after the patents all expire.

This is an interesting old thread about einks business model and parents: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26143779 Some of the early parents have expired but there are a lot of them…

Came here to link to this thread. Also make sure to check out the color e-ink displays by Clearink that the top comment mentions. They are quite impressive. (Unfortunately, I recently heard from the people behind the Supernote tablet that those displays by Clearink are very low in contrast and therefore require lots of ambient light. There goes the dream of color e-ink displays…)

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by codethief »

WesolyKubeczek wrote: post #189

Here are my problems with such devices. I own an Onyx Boox 3 for a year now, I guess I qualify. 1) these screens still have bad contrast compared to a printed page at the same DPI. They mostly compare to yellowed dog-eared 50-year-old books. The dots are also rather fuzzy, so not really comparable to what you get in a decent LCD at the same density. 2) if it comes to desktop use, no OS/environment except classic MacO…

Re 3): Doesn't Android support a black-and-white mode?

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by jonnycomputer »

the_pwner224 wrote: post #188
aarongray wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't speak to e-ink but regarding screen time addiction, I used Gray-Switch ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vegardit.g... ) to turn my phone display black and white, and immediately my phone use decreased by 66%.

This is now built in to newer versions of Android (I think 11+, and AppleOS may also have it).

where would the settings for that be? accessibility?

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by patall »

patagonicus wrote: post #73
patall wrote: post #10

My dad has bought the 25.3'' E ink monitor from Dasung. From what he tells, it does not have a backlight and is itself to dark for his taste outside of middle of the day. Maybe it will be better during summer or in bright condition but sitting further away from these devices may require more than just reflectiveness for some users.

Huh, weird. I got the small Dasung with a backlight, but I almost never use the backlight since avoiding that is one of the reasons I did get an E-Ink screen in the first place. You do need the room to be somewhat well lit, so in the mornings and evenings I'll turn on the overhead lights. Probably slightly harder to read than a book since the background isn't bleached white, but it's close-ish.

I think the difference in this setup is that you sit further away from the large screen than from the small one. And then, it becomes more of an issue. I haven't seen it myself though, only hearsay.

Edit: Also, you are probably not in your late fifties. Eye-sight under low-light definitely decreases with age.

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by WesolyKubeczek »

codethief wrote: post #212
WesolyKubeczek wrote: post #189

Here are my problems with such devices. I own an Onyx Boox 3 for a year now, I guess I qualify. 1) these screens still have bad contrast compared to a printed page at the same DPI. They mostly compare to yellowed dog-eared 50-year-old books. The dots are also rather fuzzy, so not really comparable to what you get in a decent LCD at the same density. 2) if it comes to desktop use, no OS/environment except classic MacO…

Re 3): Doesn't Android support a black-and-white mode?

Internal boox apps are good because they were designed that way. But things from the play store are shite on such screens.

And yes, that’s the android’s idea of how to render color (or maybe it’s the driver, who knows). It’s like Microsoft Paintbrush on mono screens where you got different dithering patterns instead of colors, except worse.

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by patall »

mrjin wrote: post #23
fbn79 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

eInk is not transparent, you canno have backlight. It's objective is to emulate ink on paper.

It might be true you cannot have backlight, but for sure you can have front light. My ~7 years old Kindle paperwhite has that.

I guess that may be what I meant, i.e second 24 of the video.

Re: Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor

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Post by mhitza »

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.

> PDF reading of scientific papers

Unless you have perfect eyesight, at 11" those types of documents won't be a pleasant reading experience. I'm in the market for a good e-ink tablet to fulfill that role, but I don't consider current offerings quite there yet (maybe I have too many criteria in mind, like price, specs, supporting software, hackable if company goes bust, etc).

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