E-Ink for Productivity: An Introduction

Why HN readers recommended 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.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Technology Connextras

Topic

e-ink productivity devices

Format

demo

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Technology Connections (amazing Youtube channel btw!) has a few videos on using an Onyx Boox Max as a 2nd monitor: [LINK] (Intro) [VIDEO] (2nd channel longer look, mini review) [LINK] (6 months later, tips / tweaks / long term review)

• If you two are serious about this, you'll defintely want to check out Technology Connections' series on e-ink: (quick intro): [LINK] (starting the breakdown): [VIDEO] He talks about that exact concept and moves on to do real-world testing and setup of a very specific tablet …

• Take a look at the Onyx Boox Max series: [LINK] They're 13.3" displays, work with Android and you can use them as an external HDMI display. However, the refresh rate is still poor, not nearly 20-30Hz. The Technology Connections Youtube channel has made two very …