10-10-2018, 02:35 PM | #16 |
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Doesn't the kindle have a default light-colored background? Turning the screen all black ought to use MORE power than merely turning the letters black.
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10-10-2018, 03:07 PM | #17 |
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I’m very sensitive to blue light when trying to sleep. I’ve tried it both ways and find white text on black background significantly better on my eyes when reading at night. I only wish it also included the comfort light/amber color lights to pair with the inverted text. Maybe Oasis 3 will include that.
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10-10-2018, 03:12 PM | #18 | |
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The Oasis that has invert black and white mode has a 7in (17.5cm) diagonal screen and was released in autumn 2017. The 6in (15cm) diagonal screen Oasis that came with a battery in the cover is an older model that does not have an invert black and white mode as an option. |
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10-10-2018, 03:18 PM | #19 | |
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Because the flashing is so bad for invert black and white, I turned refresh off to see if that helped. It didn't help enough for invert black and white for me, but I left refresh off because I just did not see any crud. |
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10-10-2018, 03:24 PM | #20 | |
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No one has given any reason for changing to invert mode before putting the Kindle to sleep would save power. I am very skeptical that is true. |
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10-10-2018, 04:10 PM | #21 |
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10-10-2018, 04:35 PM | #22 | |
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This comes up frequently in the Developers forum and the developers refuse to waste any time trying to decode "generation". |
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10-10-2018, 09:53 PM | #23 | |
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I agree that it should not matter which mode it is in before putting it to sleep. At that point there is no screen refresh or front light. One thing that can happen is that the sleeping Kindle will (I think) periodically try to poll Amazon to see if there is content or an update to download (if it is not in Airplane mode). Normally that will not consume a lot of power, but if WiFi signal is weak, or the spectrum is saturated with competing wireless access points (apartment buildings etc.), it can drain power faster because connection gets dropped, it retries etc. It is surprising how variable signal strength can be just moving a few feet, depending on antenna placement, structural features of the building and spectrum contention. So this could account for some variation in overnight battery drain. |
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10-10-2018, 09:55 PM | #24 |
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An eInk screen is bistable. It takes no more power to write black than to write white. The only issue I find with inverted mode is that it shows ghosting with enthusiasm. The few times I've tried reading in inverted mode, I've ended up dropping the page refresh to every 3 pages so more nasty flashes as the screen is written white/black/white which does consume more power.
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I tend to notice and be annoyed by ghosting in either normal or inverted mode. Last edited by DNSB; 10-11-2018 at 11:54 AM. |
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FWIW, I like nightmode. |
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10-11-2018, 07:30 PM | #30 |
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As mentioned in a General Discussions thread, floaters are a lot less noticeable on a screen with a dark background.
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