I could be wrong on this, but I recall reading that the slow refresh on most eink screens isn't so much a hardware issue as a battery issue. Quick refresh would

I could be wrong on this, but I recall reading that the slow refresh on most eink screens isn't so much a hardware issue as a battery issue. Quick refresh would be pretty pointless on an ereader and be using power for nothing so they're tuned down. This was an old ereader that people managed to hack and get a faster refresh on in 2012: http://liliputing.com/2012/01/hacked-sony-reader-shows-just-how-fast-e-ink-displays-can-be.html http://liliputing.com/2012/01/hacked-sony-reader-shows-just-... There are also people who have run linux on kindles and it looks surprisingly usable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8aFW5wROS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8aFW5wROS4