| ▲ | Aurornis 2 hours ago | |
Most of the power in a display goes to the backlight. Going grayscale and low res wouldn't save much at the same level of backlight brightness. | ||
| ▲ | kube-system an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
The Flipper Zero's screen is transflective, I suspect this one is the same. While this technology is possible on larger color displays, it is more common to find these manufactured as small grey-scale screens. They're ideal for battery operated devices because of their low power requirements -- they are legible with the backlight entirely off as long as there is light in the room. Remember these?: | ||
| ▲ | amlib an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Grayscale displays have no subpixels (or just one, depends how you view it) which should allow for more light from the backlight to pass through compared to a color display, thus reducing energy needs for a given brightness. | ||
| ▲ | throwway120385 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
It would if it was a transflective display. | ||
