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bakura82 · 02-28-2010, 04:26 PM

So, I was thinking about how I think e-Ink works and went to this site to confirm it. They said that, "Electronic ink ... requires no power to maintain an image." If this is true, I was wondering if I could leave my PRS-600 on all the time. My habit it to always turn off electronics, but if I understand this technology right, powering off only removed the elements from the screen and that's it. Is it actually powering off anything else?

All in all, I am just trying to figure out if there is a good reason to shut off the reader. If not, I will probably leave it running. Any experts out there have a thought on this?

Thanks.

02-28-2010, 04:26 PM	#1
bakura82 Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 4736 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Paperwhite	e-Ink Power Consumption So, I was thinking about how I think e-Ink works and went to this site to confirm it. They said that, "Electronic ink ... requires no power to maintain an image." If this is true, I was wondering if I could leave my PRS-600 on all the time. My habit it to always turn off electronics, but if I understand this technology right, powering off only removed the elements from the screen and that's it. Is it actually powering off anything else? All in all, I am just trying to figure out if there is a good reason to shut off the reader. If not, I will probably leave it running. Any experts out there have a thought on this? Thanks.