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I've seen (in kobo documentation) statements that e-ink displays are good for up to about a million refreshes overall. At 75Hz that means a display might last a
by gcanyon 1y ago
I've seen (in kobo documentation) statements that e-ink displays are good for up to about a million refreshes overall. At 75Hz that means a display might last about 4 hours total. Other displays claim up to 10 million, so that would be about a week's worth of regular work.
Is there anything mitigating that issue?
- fdsfdsfdsaasd 1y agoUnless you are switching every pixel with every refresh, the panel will last longer than that. However, it's still a huge limitation on its lifetime.
- graypegg 1y agoThat could still get annoying though, since maybe the middle third of the display is going to get rapidly flipped on + off as you scroll through text/browse around websites. If that part of the display dies, but the outside 2 thirds still works, I think the panel is basically useless anyway.
- ms-menardi 1y agothink in terms of "page-up" and "page-down" instead of scroll-wheel / thumb scrolling and it starts to feel alright.
- notfed 1y agoHmm, has Modos published "max number of refreshes" for their newest display?
- gcanyon 1y agoI emailed Modos and they replied basically that the 1 million or 10 million refresh limits have been pessimistic in their testing — that they have not seen a display significantly “wear out”