You can turn
full page refresh on and off from there as well.
These e-readers are fairly similar, as they both employ the same screen technology to eliminate
full page refreshes on page turns and have similar hardware.
Not exact matches
If you tap
on the left or right hand side, you will get a seamless transition and will experience a
full page refresh every six
pages.
The biggest disadvantages of this e-book reader are that you can see each pixel
on the screen, you can see old image after
full page refresh and display is not so white as you can see above.
This is why its hard to play
full motion video
on e-readers because of the
page refresh issue, although companies are experimenting with making e-ink more robust such as Bookeen
If you are just using the stock stuff, under heavy usage you will get a week or so, if you are downloading Android apps, it all depends
on what they are doing (syncing constantly, constant
full page refreshes, etfc)
This allows you to turn the
page without a
full refresh each time (the
page will
refresh at intervals based
on your
page refresh settings, just like when using the buttons).
I just went to test my new Paperwhite to see how often it
refreshes and for some reason now it's doing
full refresh every
page even with partial
refresh turned
on.
But the quality isn't very good because the text is rougher and less dark than with
full page refresh turned
on so it's not going to be very useful for that.
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.
You can side - step the
full refresh by holding down
on the
page turn button, but this is meant for quickly flicking through a book, not reading.
On the other hand,
page refreshes are quick and painless, though you'll see dark
full -
page flashes after every six turns.
The long
refresh times, the flashing, the bad contrast, all of it turned me off of the Sony product entirely, not to mention that by reducing the font size so you can read a
full page at a time, it's a strain
on the eyes.
The
pages can be set to perform a
full refresh on each
page turn so there is no ghosting, but that involves a
full flash of the screen before displaying the new text.
She says that Pixel Qi's displays are actually more readable than e-paper, with «excellent reflectance, high resolution for text, sunlight readability» — just as easy
on the eyes when the backlighting is turned off, but with the key advantages of
full color and fast
refresh, for
pages that update as fast as video.
On the Kobo's latest firmware / software update (actually not sure when they added it), the
full -
page refresh can be controlled.
If you are having problems with sections of the text appearing less bold
on parts of the
page, try switching to
full page refresh.