View Single Post
island911 island911 is offline
Information Junky
 
island911's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,167
Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi View Post
As far as the whole 50Hz vs 60Hz thing... if you get headaches at 60Hz, 50Hz will probably be far worse for you. It's like video cards and old CRT monitors- 60Hz may give you a headache. 75Hz was far better. now re have refresh rates anywhere from 120 to 600 hz, and you officially cannot notice anymore.

60Hz makes more sense as it's divisible into the minute and hour, and thus the principle used by many old time device timers that didn't have integrated an quartz oscillator.
+1

back in the CRT days I could simply look at a monitor and tell the exact refresh rate (60, 75, 90 100) up to 100hz. -Those each resonated like different frequency truck horns.

Strobing - bad for brain.
__________________
Everyone you meet knows something you don't. - - - and a whole bunch of crap that is wrong.
Disclaimer: the above was 2¢ worth.
More information is available as my professional opinion, which is provided for an exorbitant fee.
Old 04-09-2012, 08:22 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #32 (permalink)