BOOX, the manufacturer of some of the best ereaders and e -ink writing tablets, has just announced its first color PC screen. Called Boox Mira Pro, it uses a 25.3-inch E Ink Kaleido 3 screen that emulates the appearance of paper-a screen technology already in use in several popular ereaeaders, including Kindle Colorsoft and Kobo Libra color.
Like the Ereaders, Mira Pro Frontlyst is instead of having backlighting like LCD screens, with the ability to adjust both brightness and the lystem temperature (warm or cold). There is also a dedicated update button to minimize ghost, which can be a major problem on e-paper screens. This paper -like panel also reduces reflections and glare.
To strengthen its monitor credentials, Mira Pro also has a few built-in speakers and five gates, including USB-C, HDMI, Mini HDMI and DisplayPort. You can also get a Mira Pro version to support the operating system you are using, whether it is Windows, Mac or Linux.
It is about the MIRA Pro’s most important credentials, which is essentially a color version of the black and white Boox Mira launched by 2023.
A light reading
I am an enormous spokesman for the Ereaders because of e -ink screens they use, whether in gray tones or color. For eager readers like me, they are ‘light on the eyes’ so you can read right up until bedtime. Then it wouldn’t be nice if there was a capable e ink PC monitor that doesn’t strain my eyes so much in the approximately eight hours I spend working?
As a photographer, I would not use an E ink screen to edit my photos as the colors would be too soft and unsaturated, but I can definitely see it appropriate in my workflow in the office, which is predominantly as an editor of articles for Techradar. It would replace the aging 24-inch Dell Monitor, which I have currently created in the vertical orientation specifically for editing articles because it has major viewing angle problems.
Checking draft written in a Google document by one of the authors of my team would be great on an e -ink view. I’ve already tried to do it on an e-ink screen, albeit on the 10-inch on BOOX GO 10.3, as it allows me to log in to my Google Drive account. However, it’s not the easiest device to write on (and I can’t write on Google Docs on it), so a dedicated screen that seamlessly connects with my MacBook and other peripheral devices would actually be nice.
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It is the limited use of an e -ink view that makes me question its launch price of $ 1,899.99 / AU $ 2, 499 (approximately £ 1,400). I’m also a little concerned with how well e ink Kaleido 3 display at Mira Pro may have been optimized to show the 4,096 colors in its palette.
While Color Boox Ereaders are good – and I’ve tested many of them – I think Kobo has done a better job of taking advantage of the Kaleido 3 technology to the full. So while Mira Pro may be just enough for my specific use case, I suspect other users would think it is missing.
Furthermore, based on my previous experience with BOOX EREADERS (color or monochrome), the company has not always been able to minimize ghost-except on Boox Palma-despite offering multiple update speeds that can be used per day. Application. Would the update button be better? I can’t say with certainty as I haven’t tried neither Mira nor Mira Pro.
As high as the price can look, especially taking into account the limitations of such a screen, it seems to be right, Sorta on par with EReader prices. For example, 10-inch monochrome e squ out tablets such as 2024 Kindle Scribe and the remarkable 2 will sell for up to $ 400 / £ 370 / AU $ 600, while the color noteworthy paper (which uses a custom version of the newer ink gallery 3-technology) back $ 579 / £ 559 / AU $ 929 with the basic marker. Extrapolating these prices for a 25-inch screen and throwing the cost of the rack and I can see why it is priced so high.
And customers in the US will also have to take into account any customs, so expect to pay more than the stated launch price.
Despite the high price, I would be very excited to have something similar on my desk.
