YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoUsing dark mode might be more energy-intensive if the screen is an LCD.message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down15file-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 day agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMike Wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 day agoI 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 day agoRight, OP refers to LCD, which is the older tech that works by selective occlusion.
minus-squareMike Wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoAh. 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.