Some people, although I'm not one of them, find the occasional full
black flash refresh of e-ink screens distracting.
Not exact matches
Partial page
refresh that can't be turned off is only an advantage if
black flash bothers you more than fuzzy anti-aliasing.
The new Kindles have a «
black flash» screen
refresh each six pages, instead of every page.
Page
refreshes — when the screen
flashes black — occur after every six pages.
A full
refresh — the
black flash that's an ereader staple — happens at each page turn with the PRS - T1 and page turns aren't instant, but it's among the quickest around and on - par with the keyboard» ed Kindle.
Both new models incorporate a trick used on the new Nook Touch: it only
refreshes the e-Ink screen (which causes a brief
black - on - white
flash) every 6 page turns instead of each time.
But it's still expensive to manufacture, only available in
black and white, and suffers from slow screen
refresh rates which affect things like scrolling and video (not possible currently), and leads to the annoying
flash seen when turning pages on ebook readers.
The bonuses of a partial
refresh are that you don't get the unsightly
black flash ereaders are famous for and that it's quicker than a full
refresh.
Black page
refreshes have been eliminated and there's now no full - page
flashing when turning pages.
What's most impressive is the
refresh rate; apparently the Pocketbook 360 Plus uses E Ink's latest Pearl display and a new Freescale processor, which together do away with the
flashing black screen we usually associate with ereaders.
Screen
refreshes (when the screen
flashes black for a second in order to wipe and redraw the E Ink screen) happen less frequently, thanks to a new software trick that only
refreshes the screen when the Kindle thinks it's required.
A new feature with the Kobo Touch is the ability to set how often you want full - page
refresh, the
black flash when turning pages.
For basic interactions like navigating the UI, swiping pages, and rotating the screen, and even typing, it's just a little slower than using a regular touchscreen, other than a quick
flash of
black when the Kindle needs to
refresh the entire panel.
This means that if you don't like the
black flash when turning pages you can turn it off or set it to
refresh once every 3, 5, or 10 pages.
The
black «
flash» of an e-ink screen
refreshing is pretty rare, something that you see only about every three to four page turns as you're reading.
The simulated experience of reading a physical book gets diminished a bit when your screen
flashes black for a split second every time you turn the page (to
refresh those e-ink pixels).
Unless you set the page to
refresh with a
black flash on every page turn, you'll get a progressive bleed through of previous pages interfering with the contrast of the text.
For basic interactions like navigating the UI, swiping pages, and rotating the screen, and even typing, it's just a little slower than using a regular touchscreen, other than a quick
flash of
black when the Kindle needs to
refresh the entire panel.