YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 个月前Using dark mode might be more energy-intensive if the screen is an LCD.message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareUsing dark mode might be more energy-intensive if the screen is an LCD.YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 个月前message-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMike Wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 个月前I thought that with OLED screens, and a dark mode that supports it, black pixels are actually not backlit, meaning they use less energy. Is that not right?
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 个月前Right, OP refers to LCD, which is the older tech that works by selective occlusion.
minus-squareMike Wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 个月前Ah. Thanks for pointing that out, @[email protected]. I was considering an OLED screen to be a modern LCD screen.
I thought that with OLED screens, and a dark mode that supports it, black pixels are actually not backlit, meaning they use less energy. Is that not right?
Right, OP refers to LCD, which is the older tech that works by selective occlusion.
Ah. Thanks for pointing that out, @[email protected]. I was considering an OLED screen to be a modern LCD screen.