B&N has disabled full
screen page refreshes when you are reading a book.
Not exact matches
I want to see the
page turn speed and
screen refresh rate in real - time.
Your
screen will
refresh after every chapter instead of every six
pages.
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.
To
refresh the
screen while reading, tap near the top of the
screen to display the toolbar, and then tap anywhere on the
page.
This is neither the staticity of the
page or the dynamism of the constantly
refreshing page on the
screen.
Amazon says its updated Silk Web browser includes an new HTML 5 rendering engine, a
refreshed start
page, and both full -
screen and vertical reading modes for text - heavy
pages.
You can turn
pages as fast as you wish on a Kindle (actually one of the complaints about the device has been that
screen refresh is a little slow, but let's ignore that quibble) without ever worrying about this eReader bursting into flames.
One of the cool aspects is when you install a NoRefresh app, which disables the
refresh rate that you see when you turn
pages or when you activate many popular
screen functions.
Power is not generated unless the
screen is being
refreshed in some capacity, whether its turning a
page or accessing the settings menus.
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.
Instead of
refreshing the
screen instantly, like most e-readers, it
refreshes things in the background when you are idle, reading a particular
page, or browsing the internet.
Sadly, on an e-Ink
screen they are underwhelming due to animated
page turns and the e-ink
refreshing on these turns equates to 3 to 6 seconds it takes for a
page to turn.
I have been tempted to buy a Kindle Touch but that would mean maintaining another device and I really don't like the way the
screen looks on the Kindle when the
page refreshes.
The Nook also gets rid of a small annoyance in other devices: a tendency for the
screen to go black and
refresh itself after several
pages.
Normally I don't like this setting on E Ink because it causes more ghosting and afterimages, but the
screen refreshes fully on the InkBook when using inverted text so that's not a problem — every
page looks clear.
Screen contrast between the text and the background should be improved as well as screen refresh rate for faster page turns — it depends on the processo
Screen contrast between the text and the background should be improved as well as
screen refresh rate for faster page turns — it depends on the processo
screen refresh rate for faster
page turns — it depends on the processor too.
If you have ever used an e-ink
screen before, whenever you turn a
page there is a full
page refresh.
The only time power is being drawn is when a full
page refresh occurs or if you are interacting with the
screen.
While turning
pages the electronic paper
refreshes the
screen which leads to a blink for precisely a split second.
The low - power
screen also only uses electricity when you
refresh the
page, so it should get up to 5 days of battery life from the device's 400mAh battery.
Some e-readers have a six
page refresh rate to cut down on
screen flickering between
page turns.
True, you can't change orientation and very occasionally you'll get some image bleed from a previous
screen (but very rare if you set to
refresh every
page turn) and I'm had to hard restart once (but that is in line with the myriad of other electronic products I have.
they would first need at least one of the following for me to buy another one: - Natural lighting (for reading at night)- higher
screen to bezel ratio - higher ppi - faster
refresh rate when changing
pages - then water proofing
This allows for faster
page turns and the ability to turn
pages in a digital book, without the need of constant
screen refreshes.
6)
Screen refreshes properly only with button
page turns (if I understand correctly) I like tactile buttons, so I would be fine if that is the only way to turn
pages.
The problem, is that Carta is over two years old and I think people want to see higher resolution
screens and the true elimination of full
page refreshes.
You also mentioned
page - turn options and full -
screen refreshes.
As you saw, you have the option of choosing how often to
refresh the
screen, to minimize ghosting without having the distraction of a complete
refresh on every
page.
Then, there's that magical
page flip where the
screen is fully
refreshed, and all those residual artifacts are wiped away.
But the new generation of E Ink
screens are said to potentially be able to read up to 100
pages without having to
refresh the entire
screen.
i wanted to know that will the kobo aura HD get the new features like low flash
screen technology (
page refresh after every 100
pages) and pinch to zoom with a software update or is it just for kobo aura.pls reply
so it caches them and when you switch
screens to either go to the home
page or a settings option or shopping that's when the
refresh happens So depending on how many
pages you have cached generally determines the amount of
refresh flash and quickness to other
screen options, like shopping or readouts or wherever else you are going.
Depending on how much text or images appear on a
page, you can get through about six turns before the
screen blips and
refreshes.
About the only noticeable difference in terms of software is they made it so the
screen never does a full
page refresh when reading.
There's also an option to make the
screen refresh at every
page turn, although some rivals like the Kobo eReader Touch give you much more control over the
refresh cycle.
The latest devices have been optimized for fast
page refreshes and touch operation, but generally you're still waiting a half a second or so for the
screen to flip over to the next
page, menu, or what have you.
The new Kindles have a «black flash»
screen refresh each six
pages, instead of every
page.
The one issue with the
refresh technology is that sometimes a
page won't fully
refresh, and so there's a little ghosting from the previous
screen on the new one.
Interestingly, Kobo says they've been working with E Ink to reduce how often the
page needs to
refresh, thus lessening the frequency of
page refreshes on the Aura's
screen, but they are not using E Ink's new upcoming
screen tech that is supposed to be an upgrade from Pearl.
Onyx also added the ability to force a full
page screen refresh by holding down the menu button — it works fast and comes in handy when text gets fuzzy or the
screen gets too messy with afterimages when using certain Android apps.
The Kobo Touch has a 6 - inch E Ink Pearl
screen with infrared touch, 1 GB of usable memory, an SD card slot, web browser, notes, highlights, bookmarks, partial
page refresh, dictionary look up, social network sharing, reading awards, and it supports Adobe DRM for ePub and PDF as well HTML, TXT, RTF, CBZ, CBR, MOBI, and PRC formats.
Page refreshes — when the
screen flashes black — occur after every six
pages.
Grayscale eInk displays have extremely sharp text and extremely long battery life, because they only send power to the
screen when changing
pages, but they are grayscale right now and their
refresh rates are a bit slow.
Keep in mind that this has a capacitive touch
screen, literally more than double the on
screen pixels to
refresh every
page turn, the new pressure - sensitive buttons, and the haptic feedback.
Page Refresh Shortcut — Press and hold the menu button to force a full screen refresh at a
Refresh Shortcut — Press and hold the menu button to force a full
screen refresh at a
refresh at anytime.
I get that it's a big
screen and they're trying to conserve as much battery life as possible and all that, but consumers have just started getting used to E Ink
screens in their products now that the
refresh rate is comparable to a
page turn in a book.
Page turns are fast and unobtrusive, thanks to the Aura HD's caching ability that reduces full - screen, all - black E Ink page refreshes to every six page tu
Page turns are fast and unobtrusive, thanks to the Aura HD's caching ability that reduces full -
screen, all - black E Ink
page refreshes to every six page tu
page refreshes to every six
page tu
page turns.
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.
Our inclination was to drag them down as we would on a computer
screen, but
pages didn't scroll smoothly and had to
refresh to show new content, making it hard to predict how far down a
page would scroll.