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Old 07-31-2011, 08:51 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Pistos View Post
I'm no expert on the matter, but my guess is that it is simply because it takes power to change the shade of a pixel. When the Kobo doesn't do a full refresh, it only "clears" the necessary pixels, leaves alone the necessary pixels, and then darkens the necessary pixels for the text of the new page. That is always fewer pixel flips than shading the whole screen, then clearing out the pixels to show the text of the new page.
Yes, it no doubt uses less energy, but I can't imagine the difference is substantial.
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