Techniques for reducing the power consumption of display devices are provided. In one embodiment, a display device includes a timing controller that may control a rate at which frames are refreshed on a display. The timing controller may cause the frames to refresh at different rates, depending on the image data received at the timing controller. For example, if the image data is not static, the frames may be refreshed at a first rate. However, if the image data is static, the frames may be refreshed at a lower, second rate to reduce the power consumption of the display device.