Can you see a CRT flickering at 60hz?

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea good thing its the end of crt era. no more rows and rows of 60hz crts at schools/librarys work places etc. horrifying stuff. its like the old luddites just accept it as normal

yeah, but now we have rows and rows of LCDs all in a non-native resolution.

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: CadetLee
I can't recall how many times I've 'fixed' monitors wherever I happened to be...

LOL, I'm also a compulsive refresh rate fixer.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea good thing its the end of crt era. no more rows and rows of 60hz crts at schools/librarys work places etc. horrifying stuff. its like the old luddites just accept it as normal

yeah, but now we have rows and rows of LCDs all in a non-native resolution.

Agh..yeah. When I switch our 15" LCDs to 1024x768, people keep calling me over to "fix" their monitor (back to 800x600). :|

Originally posted by: Mermaidman

Originally posted by: CadetLee
I can't recall how many times I've 'fixed' monitors wherever I happened to be...

LOL, I'm also a compulsive refresh rate fixer.

*click-click-click*

"Is that any better?"

"...no."

*shrug* "Okay then."

Tends to go that way, doesn't it..

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Anything below 85Hz on a CRT annoys me!

QFT. hello eyestrain!

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I can tell the difference between 60Hz and 70Hz but it doesn't look like a strobe light, if that's what you mean.

 

[clickynext]

Definitely. I can see a difference between even 85 and 100, but nothing beyond that. I know people who claim to not be able to see flickering at 60, though.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Yes

 

[timosyy]

Has to be over 75Hz

Anything under 60Hz actually makes my moniter emit a high pitched whine after a while.

 

[lyssword]

60 hz makes my eyes really tired, 85 is great

 

[Staples]

Easily. 85hz is acceptable but even something like 75hz is pretty noticeable to me.

 

[Compton]

60hz makes me ill. Before I got my LCD, I used to run my CRT at 100hz.

 

[cmv]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
this poll won'y be accurate becuase all the atot computer nerds want to claim they are 1337 and make use of their super powerful video cards

Except even the most ancient POS video card can do 72 Hz.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Good god, I can even tell 85 hz.

It hurts so bad. 85hz gave me huge headaches. I used to run at 100hz all the time and even then it's not uber...

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
I've met people who can't see a flicker at 60hz and they tried to convince me that it's impossible for humans to see it.


To me, 60 hz is absolutely horrid and I'll actually break into a sweat and get sick if I look at it for too long. Even 75 hz is nasty. 85 is ok, but I can still detect a flicker from the corner of my eye.

Tell them to set the refresh rate at either 60Hz or 85Hz when you're not looking, and you'll come back and guess. Repeat until they are convinced.

85 is high enough for me...right now I'm running an LCD, though. I still kinda miss my 21" Trinitron CRT...best monitor EVER!

 

[MDE]

Yes, it drives me absolutely nuts right after I get a headache.

 

[Special K]

Anything below 85 Hz will eventually give me a headache. Whenever I work on someone else's computer for the first time, assuming they have a CRT, the refresh rate is almost always set to 60 Hz. How they can stand to use that is beyond me. Either they don't notice or they must be dealing with some serious headaches.

 

[RGN]

Yes, but my co-worker does not. He always bitches about headaches too.

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Anything below 85Hz on a CRT annoys me!

 

[amicold]

Yes 60 hz is nuts.

Sometimes I can even see 100hz and that is nowhere near as annoying.

 

[Exsomnis]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Anything below 85Hz on a CRT annoys me!

 

[Frostwake]

Originally posted by: Special K
Anything below 85 Hz will eventually give me a headache. Whenever I work on someone else's computer for the first time, assuming they have a CRT, the refresh rate is almost always set to 60 Hz. How they can stand to use that is beyond me. Either they don't notice or they must be dealing with some serious headaches.

Yeah, i dont get it either... and the worse is you tell them "how can you stand 60 hz refresh rate?" and change it to 85+ right in front of them and they STILL dont see any difference

 

[Vinfinite]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Anything below 85Hz on a CRT annoys me!

 

[dabuddha]

Yep

 

[Tu13erhead]

CRT? What's that?

 

[Aharami]

yeap. bothers the hell outta me