The Mira Pro Color is Boox’ first color E Ink monitor
E Ink offers several advantages to display technologies like LCD and OLED, including a screen that reflects light instead of emitting it, so it’s potentially easier on the eyes for prolonged use. Still, large E Ink panels are expensive. The Mira Pro Color is only 25.3-inches in size but is priced at $1,899.99. Boox also says its Mira Series of E Ink monitors only ship from China and “some countries may levy tariffs on the imported goods.” If you’re having one shipped to the US, it could cost you a lot more.
While devices like the Remarkable Paper Pro use E Ink’s more advanced Gallery 3 screen technology that can display over 50,000 colors, its slow refresh rate makes it problematic for desktop computing tasks like browsing the web. The Mira Pro Color instead uses a 3,200 x 1,800 E Ink Kaleido 3 panel that can only display a limited palette of 4,096 different colors. Its refresh capabilities also can’t match the best LCD or OLED screens, but Boox offers four customizable display modes balancing image quality and performance that’s fast enough to watch videos.
The Mira Pro Color features front lighting similar to what’s found in e-readers with the option to adjust the color temperature to warmer hues at night. It’s also got a pair of speakers, a dedicated refresh button on the side to remove ghosting, and five ports including HDMI, mini HDMI, USB-C, and DisplayPort.
If you’re a gamer, photo or video editor, or someone who uses their desktop monitor for watching TV and movies, the Mira Pro Color isn’t for you. But if you spend your days editing text, writing, or crunching numbers in spreadsheets in a space with plenty of light, an E Ink monitor might be worth considering, particularly if you find yourself frequently dealing with eye strain.
