diff --git a/src/representations.jl b/src/representations.jl
index 0e8d301..6f46e96 100644
--- a/src/representations.jl
+++ b/src/representations.jl
@@ -5,24 +5,72 @@ and a custom plotting recipe
 See ext/UnicodePlotting.jl for extensions based on UnicodePlotting
 =#
 
-function Base.show(io::IO, mime::MIME"text/plain", hv::AbstractHV)
-    println(io, "$(length(hv))-element $(typeof(hv))")
-    return println(io, "mean ± std : $(round(mean(hv), digits = 3)) ± $(round(std(hv), digits = 3))")
-end
+function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", hvs::AbstractVector{<:AbstractHV})
+    println(io, "$(length(hvs))-element $(typeof(hvs)):")
+    r = map(hvs) do hv
+        if typeof(hv) == BinaryHV
+            counts = Dict(e => count(==(e), hv) for e in unique(hv))
+            " $(length(hv))-element $(typeof(hv)) with $(counts[true]) true and $(counts[false]) false"
+        elseif typeof(hv) == BipolarHV
+            counts = Dict(e => count(==(e), hv) for e in unique(hv))
+            " $(length(hv))-element $(typeof(hv)) with $(counts[1]) positives and $(counts[-1]) negatives"
+        elseif typeof(hv) == TernaryHV
+            counts = Dict(1 => count(>=(1), hv), -1 => count(<=(-1), hv), 0 => count(==(0), hv))
+            " $(length(hv))-element $(typeof(hv)) with $(counts[1]) positives, $(counts[0]) zeros, and $(counts[-1]) negatives"
+        else
+            " $(length(hv))-element $(typeof(hv)) with μ ± σ = $(round(mean(hv), digits = 3)) ± $(round(std(hv), digits = 3))"
+        end
+    end
 
-function Base.show(io::IO, mime::MIME"text/plain", hv::Union{BinaryHV, BipolarHV})
-    counts = Dict(e => count(==(e), hv) for e in unique(hv))
-    n = hv isa BinaryHV ? 0 : -1  # negative element
-    println(io, "$(length(hv))-element $(typeof(hv))")
-    return println(io, "1 / $n : $(count(hv.v)) / $(length(hv) - count(hv.v))")
+    if length(r) <= displaysize(io)[1] - 4
+        return print(io, join(r, '\n'))
+    end
 
+    chunksize = displaysize(io)[1] ÷ 2 - 3
+    return print(io, join([first(r, chunksize); " ⋮"; last(r, chunksize)], '\n'))
 end
 
-function Base.show(io::IO, hv::AbstractHV)
-    return print(io, "$(length(hv))-element $(typeof(hv)) - m ± sd: $(round(mean(hv))) ± $(round(std(hv)))")
-end
+function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", hv::AbstractHV)
+    # NOTE: Based off https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/cf40898d56a5b32c6a2e97f61355440df36a7357/base/arrayshow.jl#L363
+    # Fast return for empty hypervectors
+    if isempty(hv) && (get(io, :compact, false)::Bool || hv isa AbstractHV)
+        return println(io, typeof(hv))
+    end
+
+    # 1) show summary before setting :compact
+    if typeof(hv) == BinaryHV
+        counts = Dict(e => count(==(e), hv) for e in unique(hv))
+        print(io, "$(length(hv))-element $(typeof(hv)) with $(counts[true]) true and $(counts[false]) false")
+    elseif typeof(hv) == BipolarHV
+        counts = Dict(e => count(==(e), hv) for e in unique(hv))
+        print(io, "$(length(hv))-element $(typeof(hv)) with $(counts[1]) positives and $(counts[-1]) negatives")
+    elseif typeof(hv) == TernaryHV
+        counts = Dict(1 => count(>=(1), hv), -1 => count(<=(-1), hv), 0 => count(==(0), hv))
+        print(io, "$(length(hv))-element $(typeof(hv)) with $(counts[1]) positives, $(counts[0]) zeros, and $(counts[-1]) negatives")
+    else
+        print(io, "$(length(hv))-element $(typeof(hv)) with μ ± σ = $(round(mean(hv), digits = 3)) ± $(round(std(hv), digits = 3))")
+    end
+
+    print(io, ":")
+
+    # 2) compute new IOContext
+    if !haskey(io, :compact) && length(axes(hv, 2)) > 1
+        io = IOContext(io, :compact => true)
+    end
+    if get(io, :limit, false)::Bool && eltype(hv) === Method
+        io = IOContext(io, :limit => false)
+    end
+
+    if get(io, :limit, false)::Bool && displaysize(io)[1] - 4 <= 0
+        print(io, " …")
+    else
+        println(io)
+    end
+
+    # 3) update typeinfo
+    io = IOContext(io, :typeinfo => eltype(hv))
 
-function Base.show(io::IO, hv::Union{BinaryHV, BipolarHV})
-    n = hv isa BinaryHV ? 0 : -1  # negative element
-    return print(io, "1 / $n : $(count(hv.v)) / $(length(hv) - count(hv.v))")
+    # 4) show actual content
+    recur_io = IOContext(io, :SHOWN_SET => hv)
+    return Base.print_array(recur_io, hv)
 end