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mrmikel · 08-26-2013, 01:45 PM

For e-ink readers, what you want does not work well. The screen is not constantly refreshed but is put up one whole screen at a time. Between changes of screen it uses little power. What you want is a power guzzler for these readers. I assume tablets with their LED/LCD screens can do this better.

08-26-2013, 01:45 PM	#2
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	For e-ink readers, what you want does not work well. The screen is not constantly refreshed but is put up one whole screen at a time. Between changes of screen it uses little power. What you want is a power guzzler for these readers. I assume tablets with their LED/LCD screens can do this better.