On 14 Mar 2003 at 22:41, Matt Grimaldi wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > IMAX screen showing a roller-coaster. I also have > > > been told that there is a subtle 'vibrating' > > > motion to the pixels on a monitor, which would add > > > to eye-confusion, as would > > > not-quite-having-epilepsy. > > > Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > > Actually, refresh rate is the critical factor. Many > > games like to default to 60Hz, but with some drivers > > you can set them to a reasonable default level. > > Sometimes you need to go through the resoloution the > > game uses and set the refresh rate (remember the games > > colour depth as well!). > > I have an extremely difficult time looking monitors set > at 60Hz, especially if the lighting is flourescent lights. > There's must be some sort of interaction between the > flicker rate of the screen and the way that the light > from the flourescent tubes if affected by the AC being > 60Hz as well.
Yes, that can be a factor. If you notice when a TV camera films a computer screen, it nearly allways jumps and flickers badly. That's because the refresh cycles are out of synch. Some people can tolerate 60Hz. I see flickers at 75. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
