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Re:Onyx Boox Mira Pro is a 25 inch E INK Monitor by mrd3v0 on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:05AM (#27631686)
No mention of the elephant in the room: refresh rate. E-ink displays typically have incredibly low (full) refresh rate, which coincidentally is fine for reading. However for a desktop which may involve a lot of moving elements this seems like a major limitation.
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Re:Onyx Boox Mira Pro is a 25 inch E INK Monitor by rchaud on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:31AM (#27632051)
Boox devices running Android have 3 user-adjustable levels of screen refresh. The higher you go, the more battery it uses, but higher levels let you browse the web relatively well.
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Re:Onyx Boox Mira Pro is a 25 inch E INK Monitor by dogma1138 on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:42AM (#27632177)
And the higher you go the more ghosting you get and the contrast level drops sharply.

They increase the refresh rate by both boosting the voltage and limiting the dynamic range of the screen.

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Re:Onyx Boox Mira Pro is a 25 inch E INK Monitor by beprogrammed on Friday June 25, 2021 @03:35PM (#27635273)
Just need to modify your desktop to work with such a display appropriately, no motion, no quick changes.
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