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e-ink burn-in

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Me and My Kindle said:
I have noticed a phenomenon they call "ghosting" on the Kindle. When you're playing a game -- Triple Town, for example -- the Kindle's screen can eventually get a residual "ghost" image of something which had been drawn and then erased on some part of the screen.

The good news is, it isn't burn-in. If you leave the screen and come back, the problem goes away altogether. It's apparently got something to do with full screen refreshes vs. partial screen refreshes. I'm actually really impressed by the way the Kindle comes back with a new, clear screen, again and again. Amazon earns nearly $40 billion a year, and apparently they used their money to shop around for the very best possible screen technology.
Yep, ghosting definitely happens. It was worst on the K2 than on my K1 which I found odd. On the K3 I seldom notice it.

But as I understand it, e-ink screens can't have actual burn in since it's just moving particles around rather projecting an image on a screen or turning pixels or nor off (pixel can get stuck) etc.