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Originally Posted by bigmoney
Regarding the boot time, one workaround would be to leave the device always on, I know that the reader does not spend energy when it's not turning pages. Is that really OK to leave the device always on? Does the screen "burn", or the hardware lasts less if we do so?
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Yes, it really is OK to leave the reader always on. The boot process probably expends more energy than reading several hundred pages. Another thing that will save energy is to transfer your current reading projects into the internal memory, as reading from the SD card is also quite energy intensive.
"Screen burn in" applies more to CRT and plasma displays than any other display technology. eInk does not have any similar physical mechanism to cause permanent and unrepairable image retention like CRT and plasma displays have. The eInk display does sometimes leave some after image ghost after a high contrast image has been displayed, but that is just some of the ink particles not being fully rotated. That after image is not permanent, and will disappear with further screen refreshes.