Can one of the programmers/systems engineers responsible for the Max 2 software write a monitor profile for Windows and/or tweak the software on the Onyx Max 2 so that the Onyx Max 2 works at full resolution over HDMI? These discussions appear to go around and around without any systems engineers or programmers actually reading these posts.
tweak the software on the Onyx Max 2 so that the Onyx Max 2 works at full resolution over HDMI
I suspect the point to correct is in the Onyx firmware, not in any Android application. It should be in the EDID, as per the post from Inudaisho.
I think it is the EDID communicating something like āmax res.: 2104x1560ā, and your desktop following, instructing your graphics card to stick to that (I think).
@mdp you are correct that it is in the āfirmwareā, but all of that firmware is managed by the Max 2 programmers, they control everything on the system.
all of that firmware is managed by the Max 2 programmers, they control everything on the system
Thatās what I meant: I am pretty sure only Onyx can fix that.
(Additional software, the applications - we could have probably taken action ourselves.)
Microsoft says that itās possible to fix the blurriness issue by overriding the EDID. See here: Microsoft: Fix HDMI resolution by overriding EDID
Did anyone try this solution succesfully?
Linux has a similar feature, the Max 2 PRO freezes when setting the correct resolution. It seems you would also want to overhaul the graphics interpolation if you go this route, as greys do not show as an even color in any resolution. Perhaps we need a different refresh rate in this case.
I bought this device as an external monitor ages ago and it looks like a total failure in that regard.
Would love to hear more ideas on fixing this, perhaps trough some Android app or by ripping out the display and controlling it through another drive? I did not research Open Source drivers for e-ink displays.
Bumping this. Is there any other progress on this topic? Has BOOX released any updates? I could not override the EDID and have the reader work correctly and support does not seem to be sufficiently technical to understand the problem.
Have open source drivers been released by accident?
@madnificent This is not an exact reply to your comment, but @mzan had a good workaround at the top of this thread - to use a VNC client. I just tried the Google Chrome Remote Desktop app for Android on my Max2Pro after installing the Chrome Remote Desktop host app on my MacBook and the result is very crisp, better than anything Iāve tried so far.
Thank you for the motivating words. They have led me to effectively use the display.
I have been playing around with VNC as a workaround and the display is nice and crisp in that case. Setup as an extra display is quite a pain and the connection is not as stable as a regular HDMI connection would be.
I have executed the VNC approach in the past with other eink readers and Iām using it now on the Max2 Pro. It is quite a hassle to set up and it is not as stable as should be. The VNC approach proves this display should be on par with the Dasung Paperlike. The current state does not allow me to let others experience the virtue of an eink display nor do I look forward to bringing it outdoors for some joyous work outdoors.
I consider it a workaround to some extent, but not a real solution. Iām not looking forward to switching computers.
This seems to have been fixed in the version before 6.0.1 and got broken in 6.0.1 again. Hence it is possible. Does anyone have a way to flash back the previous version? It was great for the few times I used it.
I donāt mind using adb for flashing an older version if thatās possible and I donāt mind losing all data on the device.