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E-Ink for Productivity: An Introduction

Technology Connextras · demo · Watch on YouTube

Consumer devices & gadgetsProductivity & self-improvement

What it is

Technology Connections gives first impressions of using an Onyx Boox Max2 e-ink tablet for productivity, including using it as an external display. He shows what the device can and cannot do.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it, with its companion video, as an honest hands-on account of e-ink devices as monitors, including their slow software and limits.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Technology Connections (amazing Youtube channel btw!)”

    Intro to using an Onyx Boox Max as a second monitor

    dave7, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Has any progress been made on large format E-ink displays?”

  2. “But I found it extremely informative.”

    Real-world testing of an e-ink tablet as external display

    scrollaway, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea?”

  3. “The Technology Connections Youtube channel has made two very interesting videos”

    Shows caveats of Onyx Boox as external display: poor software, slow CPU

    deng, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “Reasonably priced color e-ink display”

  4. “that you might find interesting”

    Demonstrates using modern E-Ink displays for basic browsing

    ainar-g, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “Electrochromic nanostructures with high chromaticity and superior brightness”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: e-ink, onyx boox, e-paper, external display, gadget review

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