A method comprising: storing a frame of image data in memory; operating a display device in a standard mode to display images, wherein the standard mode comprises reading one or more frames of image data from the memory to present the images; operating the display device in a static image mode, wherein the static image mode comprises reading the frame of image data from the memory to present the static image; characterized by: comparing a current frame of image data to at least one previous frame of image data; determining that the current frame of image data comprises a static image based on the comparison; responsive to determining that the current frame of image data comprises a static image, modifying the current frame of image data to generate a modified frame of image data comprising generating the modified frame of image data to have less data than the current frame of image data; wherein reading the one or more frames of image data from the memory to present the images comprises reading the one or more frames of image data from a memory device to present the images; wherein storing a frame of image data in memory comprises storing the modified frame of image data in the memory device; and wherein reading the frame of image data from the memory to present the static data comprises reading the modified frame of image data from the memory device. storing a frame of image data in memory; operating a display device in a standard mode to display images, wherein the standard mode comprises reading one or more frames of image data from the memory to present the images; operating the display device in a static image mode, wherein the static image mode comprises reading the frame of image data from the memory to present the static image; characterized by: comparing a current frame of image data to at least one previous frame of image data; determining that the current frame of image data comprises a static image based on the comparison; responsive to determining that the current frame of image data comprises a static image, modifying the current frame of image data to generate a modified frame of image data comprising generating the modified frame of image data to have less data than the current frame of image data; wherein reading the one or more frames of image data from the memory to present the images comprises reading the one or more frames of image data from a memory device to present the images; wherein storing a frame of image data in memory comprises storing the modified frame of image data in the memory device; and wherein reading the frame of image data from the memory to present the static data comprises reading the modified frame of image data from the memory device. comparing a current frame of image data to at least one previous frame of image data; determining that the current frame of image data comprises a static image based on the comparison; responsive to determining that the current frame of image data comprises a static image, modifying the current frame of image data to generate a modified frame of image data comprising generating the modified frame of image data to have less data than the current frame of image data; wherein reading the one or more frames of image data from the memory to present the images comprises reading the one or more frames of image data from a memory device to present the images; wherein storing a frame of image data in memory comprises storing the modified frame of image data in the memory device; and wherein reading the frame of image data from the memory to present the static data comprises reading the modified frame of image data from the memory device.