If Kindle had big ambitions and a color TV, it would be the Boox Mira Pro Color – the first large color E-Ink monitor for anyone whose LCDs make you cry. It’s a monitor for editors, writers, and those who work 10+ hours a day.
Forget about the shiny OLED panels and ultraviolet LCDs that shine into your pupils at night like a disco ball in the 90s. Here it is Boox Mira Pro Color, the first serious (read: big, colorful and functional) E-Ink monitor, made for people who work, read, code, or write for eight hours a day and want to avoid getting a headache after the third hour.
Don't look at me like that: specs that sound like science fiction on paper
Boox Mira Pro Color is not a toy. It's about 25.3-inch monitor with a resolution 3200x1800, built on Kaleido 3 technology – the latest color e-paper that can display 4096 different shades no need for backlighting. In translation: a monitor that doesn't tire your eyes, even if you stare at it all day.
If you think E-Ink can't refresh fast because you're used to your old Kindle, Boox says, "Hold my e-ink." It has four ways to refresh – from super stable Text Mode to completely usable Video Mode, which actually allows you to watch videos without feeling like you're watching a PowerPoint presentation from 2002.
A design that exudes minimalism and functionality
The Boox Mira Pro Color looks like a zen version of the iMac. Slim, sleek, with a stand that folds rotates, tilts, lifts, and although it doesn't make coffee, it has everything you need: HDMI, mini HDMI, USB-C, DisplayPort, and even built-in speakers (because apparently there are people who want to listen to podcasts via an E-Ink monitor).
Lighting? Of course – two-tone front lighting for reading even at night, without your eyes blinking like the Windows XP screensaver.
Who is this monitor intended for?
No, this is not a monitor for gamers or video editors who need 144 Hz and 1ms response time. The Mira Pro Color is for writers, programmers, students, PDF readers and Excel ninja masterswho are tired of the constant glare of screens.
It is expensive? Yes. $1899 (comparable euros) is not a small amount. But in a world where people pay €1200 for a phone that gets a new “softer” curved edge every six months, this monitor offers something completely different: peace, sustainability, eye health and feeling, to look to the future – with a view to the past (paper, hmmm).
Conclusion: The Boox Mira Pro Color isn't for everyone – and that's okay
This is not a monitor for everyone (those who play games – this monitor is not for you), but for specific audience, who knows what they want. If you're one of them, you've just found your digital Zen garden. But if you don't care about your eyes and you work 10 hours a day in front of a screen...and then good luck with the eye drops.
