[KBoards Admin]

This is one of the first google results for 'kindle screen burnin'... so I hope someone has something useful to tell us instead of a bunch of random guess that a priori it shouldn't be possible for e-ink to burn in...

Cummon people, don't randomly speculate unless you know.

I do NOT own an e reader but today at Best Buy I carefully inspected a Kindle, Sony ereader, and Nook. And ALL three had some really nasty e-ink burn in. They also had been powered down to a white screen prior to my playing with them. Sooooo... I don't know why, but consider yourselves warned.

Well... you can find great information in this forum from thousands of Kindle owners, with tens of thousands of hours of Kindle usage.

As you may have noticed, your Google search picked up a thread that has been dormant for 18 months. Your choice of a first post to make here strikes an odd tone, but if you're really interested in e-ink, browse around a bit in the forums and you'll find a wealth of experience and knowledge here.

 

[daveconifer]

Yeah, Harvey, kind of a weird post there, huh?

 

[jhall124]

Does anyone know if there is a risk of burn in on e-ink devices like the Kindle?

I got the idea for this custom screen after earlier seeing a similar one done by another user (tashab). This is not the final version, but a first draft. The final includes contact information.

Does the black background create any stress on the e-ink techonology that should concern me?

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo140/mykereid/kindlescreen_test.jpg[/IMG]]

What happened to the pic?

 

[mooshie78]

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.

 

[Alice Y. Yeh]

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.

I've absolutely experienced this, but when I go to read a book or something, the 'ghost' vanishes. So yes, it's irritating at the time, but it's not a permanent problem. I think.

 

[pidgeon92]

What happened to the pic?

The post you quote is from 2009. The poster probably removed the pic from their photobucket account.