This Color E Ink Monitor Promises It’s (Almost) Fast Enough to Keep Up With YouTube

We’ve seen E Ink devices meant to emulate a smartphone, E Ink displays positioned on the flip side of a laptop lid, and even a folding E Ink tablet. Still, somehow, the Boox Mira Pro color E Ink monitor is the one paper-like screen I’m most intrigued by. The only question left is whether its refresh speed is fast enough to keep up with my browser’s many, many tabs while watching a YouTube video on the side. Boox is known for its e-readers, tablets, and its phone-sized Boox Palma. On the other end, the company’s Mira Pro black-and-white monitor seemed a little too much like a novelty without the option for color. The new, $1,900 Mira Pro with color is an expensive, though promising product that could make staring at your screen easier on the eyes. Color E Ink utilizes ink capsules that get pulled around with an electrical field. Boox’s monitor uses E Ink’s Kaleido 3 display tech that can display 4,096 colors. The display type was created for tablets and other signage, but we’re a bit ... Read full article.