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armanleftarm · 08-28-2018, 06:22 PM

Hey everybody,

I've got distraction/device addiction issues and in the past switching to EPD displays has helped me resolve this (in the case of a phone). Much of my computer workflow is on Linux, vim, LaTeX, and coding, and just about everything else requiring colour is not necessary.

I've read through many pages of the thread here, Onyx Boox as a monitor. But many are people talking about Max Carta and VNCing over USB, or problems that have come up but were erroneous (eg having redshift/flux enabled), etc. So it's a bit much to navigate and doesn't answer questions for the owner-to-be.

There's a YouTube user (that is a user here I believe) by the name of MD P, who claims to do much the same as I'm intending, using the Onyx Boox Max 2 as a sole/primary monitor for the same purposes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idjhuxzjD5Q&t=72s

I've thought about Dasung, but it's more expensive, and the slightly higher framerate doesn't justify the loss of ereader/tablet capability and I've heard the glass screen (with included 'anti-glare' film) is a bad design feature.

I'm really set on stowing away my desktop monitor, laptop and going exclusively EPD through HDMI for (i) my desktop and (ii) as a laptop when combined with a in-keyboard all-in-one pc.

I'm not concerned about the cursor framerate because I use i3 window-manager (so I usually get around with keyboard hotkeys, minimal-to-no mouse usage).

For people that have experience with extended use of Onyx Boox Max 2 primarily as a monitor, what should I know going in? What's the expected battery life when used in this manner? Will the screen quality dither with time if I do more refresh-demanding applications like video?

08-28-2018, 06:22 PM	#1
armanleftarm Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2015 Device: KPW1	Newbie question: Onyx Boox Max 2 used primarily as SOLE monitor Hey everybody, I've got distraction/device addiction issues and in the past switching to EPD displays has helped me resolve this (in the case of a phone). Much of my computer workflow is on Linux, vim, LaTeX, and coding, and just about everything else requiring colour is not necessary. I've read through many pages of the thread here, Onyx Boox as a monitor. But many are people talking about Max Carta and VNCing over USB, or problems that have come up but were erroneous (eg having redshift/flux enabled), etc. So it's a bit much to navigate and doesn't answer questions for the owner-to-be. There's a YouTube user (that is a user here I believe) by the name of MD P, who claims to do much the same as I'm intending, using the Onyx Boox Max 2 as a sole/primary monitor for the same purposes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idjhuxzjD5Q&t=72s I've thought about Dasung, but it's more expensive, and the slightly higher framerate doesn't justify the loss of ereader/tablet capability and I've heard the glass screen (with included 'anti-glare' film) is a bad design feature. I'm really set on stowing away my desktop monitor, laptop and going exclusively EPD through HDMI for (i) my desktop and (ii) as a laptop when combined with a in-keyboard all-in-one pc. I'm not concerned about the cursor framerate because I use i3 window-manager (so I usually get around with keyboard hotkeys, minimal-to-no mouse usage). For people that have experience with extended use of Onyx Boox Max 2 primarily as a monitor, what should I know going in? What's the expected battery life when used in this manner? Will the screen quality dither with time if I do more refresh-demanding applications like video? Last edited by armanleftarm; 08-28-2018 at 07:27 PM.