Alright let's say I had a CRT monitor which is displaying 720p and 1080p material, and let's say I can only send that monitor a 60hz signal, how bad is the flicker going to be on that monitor? Is it going to be painfully noticeable and headache inducing? Is it going to be kind of noticeable and a minor annoyance? Or will it be hardly noticeable?
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60hz on a CRT? How bad will it be?
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At 75Hz or higher, only a few sensitive individuals notice flicker on a CRT.
At 60Hz or less, most people do notice flickering.
In between, it varies at what point people notice flickering. Some people are more sensitive than others to it. Almost everyone notices the difference between 60Hz and 75Hz.
At 60Hz or less, most people do notice flickering.
In between, it varies at what point people notice flickering. Some people are more sensitive than others to it. Almost everyone notices the difference between 60Hz and 75Hz.
It usually depends on the individual and the brightness of colors that are shown on the screen IMO.
On monitors with PCs showing many static white or bright pages like web pages, word processing or spreadsheet documents, 60hz can be agonizing. With a lot of moving content like video games, TV, or movies, it's not nearly as bad I find.
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On monitors with PCs showing many static white or bright pages like web pages, word processing or spreadsheet documents, 60hz can be agonizing. With a lot of moving content like video games, TV, or movies, it's not nearly as bad I find.
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I'm currently using 60hz on a old CRT for light xbox 360 gaming at 720p. Previously I was using an FW900 (may it rest in pieces). I only notice the flicker when viewing menu screens. I'm someone that used to run Quake2 at 150hz, so my tolerance for flicker is pretty low. I don't experience any headaches, but I do tend to limit gaming time to about 1 hour. I also wear glasses which would likely amplify any headache symptoms.
It depends on your personal tolerance for such things.
Be sure not to put it in a room lit by fluorescent lighting or anything which is itself flashing at 60Hz. Indirect incandescent lighting only and you might be fine.
Do you have trouble watching a CRT television? That's a 60Hz CRT.
Be sure not to put it in a room lit by fluorescent lighting or anything which is itself flashing at 60Hz. Indirect incandescent lighting only and you might be fine.
Do you have trouble watching a CRT television? That's a 60Hz CRT.
Right but that's different because it's interlaced. Isn't flicker considerably more noticeable in progressive resolutions? Sounds like I'd be fine other than still content regardless though. This is really the last issue standing between me and replacing my 32" Sharp Aquos with a GDM-FW900.
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It depends on the display (some tubes let the image decay faster and thus have an elongated dark period) and your own ability to see the flicker.
I wont use 60Hz on a CRT for anything other than system testing, its horrible for me.
I wont use 60Hz on a CRT for anything other than system testing, its horrible for me.
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It depends on the monitor and your eyes, but if you have an average monitor, and average eyesight, it will look bad. If you have a fantastic monitor, and/or below average eyesight, it may not be bothersome.
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60hz on my old CRT was unusable, it hurt my eyes but I never used it long enough to give me a headache. 75hz was fine and I couldn't notice a thing.
Newer CRTs have 'faster' phosphors, meaning that they fade quicker. That's why with old CRTs you can run them at 60 Hz no problems for hours on end (as I did ), while with somewhat modern (late 90s) CRTs 60 Hz is generally a painful and nauseating experience.
), while with somewhat modern (late 90s) CRTs 60 Hz is generally a painful and nauseating experience.My Viewsonic A90f+ is spectacular at 75 Hz and up but I've been trapped in safemode at 60 Hz during it's dying throes the past week-and-a-half and web browsing for a new rig has had me reaching for the ibuprofen. When it still ran games, if I played any at 1600x1200 it wasn't too bad at all in dark games but anything bright and it was murder and I'd go crawling back to 1024x768 at 100 Hz.
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60hz/ CRT? The words....head ache inducing, come to mind.
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A CRT at 60Hz for browsing, programming, etc...is awful. However, for video, the FW900 anyway, performed fantastically at that refresh, both progressive and interlaced. Even watched some HDTV at 48Hz progressive (driven from my scaler), which was also pretty cool...
(Some of the original HD satellite receivers had 60Hz VGA outs. One of these combined with an FW900 made an incredible TV, which, inch for inch, looked much better than the plasma, lcds, etc., for several years. Still does compared to many of them I suppose...)
(Some of the original HD satellite receivers had 60Hz VGA outs. One of these combined with an FW900 made an incredible TV, which, inch for inch, looked much better than the plasma, lcds, etc., for several years. Still does compared to many of them I suppose...)