So I lastly purchased a Boox Palma 2 after a 12 months of being too low cost to purchase the Palma 1, and to this point I’m actually impressed with the Palma 2 and it’s fairly probably my favourite Boox gadget ever.
I’m shocked by how a lot smoother it runs than the opposite two Boox gadgets that I purchased and reviewed this 12 months (the Boox Go Colour 7 and Boox Go 10.3), particularly relating to operating third-party apps, and I feel it largely comes right down to the truth that the Palma helps BSR and the others don’t.
BSR stands for Boox Tremendous Refresh Expertise. It’s one thing that Onyx rolled out in 2022 to assist enhance the refresh high quality and efficiency of E Ink screens. It has a drastic impact on display screen refreshing and it helps scale back ghosting as effectively. Battery life takes a little bit of a success with BSR, however it’s well worth the efficiency enhance in some instances.
Whereas reviewing the Kindle Colorsoft and evaluating it to the Boox Go Colour 7, I began to develop into actually irritated with all of the ghosting on the Boox. It’s a lot worse than the Kindle in that regard.
However now that I’ve the Palma 2 with BSR, I observed instantly that ghosting is much less of a difficulty with it. There’s nonetheless some ghosting, however nothing just like the Go Colour 7. Scrolling is quite a bit smoother and fewer jittery as effectively, and the sooner refresh modes are literally usable; on the non-BSR gadgets there’s simply an excessive amount of ghosting.
In case you solely intend to make use of Onyx’s built-in apps, and don’t plan on utilizing the online browser a lot, then you possibly can most likely get alongside simply wonderful with out BSR as a result of the built-in apps are fairly well-optimized, however in the event you’re utilizing third-party apps and steadily browse the online getting a Boox gadget with BSR help goes to make an enormous distinction.
Most of Onyx’s newer gadgets help BSR aside from the Go collection. The Notice Air4 C, the brand new Notice Max, and naturally the Palma all help BSR, together with the Tab collection from final 12 months. I’ve began to bitter on Onyx’s gadget recently due to the ghosting points, however now that I’ve the Palma 2 my emotions have modified. BSR actually does make an enormous distinction.
