Thread: H.264 clip running on standard E Ink panel
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Old 02-16-2011, 10:43 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney View Post
It will also be curious to see what battery life is like doing this. eInk gets huge savings because no power is required to maintain the screen once drawn, and for standard reading, screen refresh is an "every so often" occurrence as you reach the end of a page and go to the next. With video, a lot more screen refresh happens, and I'd expect battery life to drop in consequence.
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I'm curious because it's possible that an eInk screen refreshing at a rate sufficient for video may consume as much energy as an LCD.
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