Philips says the monitor is for workers who commonly read a lot of content from their screens. It suggests that the E-Paper display with its lack of harsh backlighting, anti-glare, no flickering, and no blue light will help avoid eye strain. Commonly, users might "view vivid colors on the big screen and read long documents on the E-Paper screen," reckons Philips. In summary, Philips says the dual display will be a boon to productivity, ergonomics, and, thanks to the low power usage of E-Paper, sustainability.
Twisting their head to the side, and at suboptimal viewing distance and angle, for long durations to "read a lot of content"?
How's that going to work for ergonomics and eye strain?
An alternative would be to use it for lower-priority monitoring content (e.g., emails, chats, ops monitoring), which you can bring to the main display when you need to look closely or interact. The e-ink and placement de-emphasizes these distractions, but keeps them in your "peripheral vision" so you can occasionally check them with minimal effort. (Well, that would be the theory or pitch, but you'd have to study the reality and nuances of that.)
If the IPS panel is on while you read on the E-Paper screen, there will be light aimed at your eyes from the left side. That alone will cancel out a good deal of the benefits of reading from a reflective screen. Similar to using a regular display against a daylight lit background, such as an open window.
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Twisting their head to the side, and at suboptimal viewing distance and angle, for long durations to "read a lot of content"?
How's that going to work for ergonomics and eye strain?
An alternative would be to use it for lower-priority monitoring content (e.g., emails, chats, ops monitoring), which you can bring to the main display when you need to look closely or interact. The e-ink and placement de-emphasizes these distractions, but keeps them in your "peripheral vision" so you can occasionally check them with minimal effort. (Well, that would be the theory or pitch, but you'd have to study the reality and nuances of that.)
In addition to what you point out:
If the IPS panel is on while you read on the E-Paper screen, there will be light aimed at your eyes from the left side. That alone will cancel out a good deal of the benefits of reading from a reflective screen. Similar to using a regular display against a daylight lit background, such as an open window.