[Gllug] Two Questions

[Ken Smith]

>Thus the pixel will 
>stay on until it is specifically changed.  However, don't confuse this 
>with "stays on so requires no power"... It still takes electricity to 
>maintain that pixel in that state, at least until they finalize the 
>development of static state LCD screens.  This is not that important 
>anyway as the vast majority of the energy used in an LCD screen is for 
>the backlighting.

Is there any element of flicker in the backlight? As far as I know they are
usually powered by a high frequency inverter. So if that's true then a
unchanging display should be completely flicker/refresh free - shouldn't it?

Ken


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