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I'd disagree entirely. As mentioned in my other comment, I have an e-ink tablet on a stand on my desk[1], and I think it looks stunning, especially contrast wise. It has that "real physical object" kind of aesthetic, that is virtually irreplaceable if you want a thing of beauty.

It doesn't glow in low light, and it's only increasingly visible as Ambient light gets brighter. Those are features for a static thing to look at in my book.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Onyx_Boox/comments/jem97h/most_of_m...




I mean, if you don't care about your "white" being closer to a dull orange and having, typically, 4 shades of grey, I guess.

eInk is great for text, but lousy for anything even resembling art.


That orange glow was actually terrible white balance because of the context I took the photos. I Should have corrected those pictures, that orangy hue is not how it looks.

And if cartoons, graphic novel panels, newspapers rendered on e-ink don't seem like "anything even resembling art" to you that's fine. It's the most subjective thing in the world, but there are a lot of people who do.

My photos were not meant to be representative of the peak of how good the screen can look, else I'd have taken them again.

[edit: typo]




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