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Originally Posted by Alexandros
Well, i can only support what Rizla said about the use of an e ink reader as a device for writing text/ use as a secondary screen.
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So to make a long story short, it would be very useful for people like me, to see a video about the performance of the Onyx Boox Max in a2/quick mode with a keyboard (even a BT one with no lag). Remember for this kind of use quick refresh is more critical than best quality.
If it could also work as a secondary display (there are relevant android apps) that would be really great.
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I have tried once A2 for text editing (the shipment firmware of the i86, 1.7.1, suffered from video update jitter), but the video becomes too messy. On the other hand, I find the responsiveness on normal "EPD update mode", in well behaving firmwares, adequate (subjective).
(BY THE WAY: there is a possibility that the current firmwares allow for more modes than "standard" and A2... I cannot check right now. They could be forced at least programmatically)
About the secondary display - I plan to test with VNC, but before I do I am trying to solve the basic matter of having some software that forces screen refresh the right way. I am "halfway through it" (currently trying to get a responsive icon in the statusbar. Little time...). Fact is, you can surely replicate your screen, but if you cannot force refresh when needed you will get some effect, "messy" as per above, that only reductively could be called "ghosting".
Amongst the ways to achieve that, I would do the same I do on my standard "Onyx tablet + Keyboard" setup: I call an instant refresh-forcer application through a keyboard shortcut such as [Command]+[R] ; the keyboard shortcut is created una tantum through the quicklaunch, or com.android.settings.quicklaunch.QuickLaunchSettin gs (sorry, I do not have the full command here).