I thought the whole big deal about refresh rates on LCDs is that they actually have a florescent light in the back of them that shines through the liquid crystal.

I've noticed that it's less of a big deal with LCDs though...

-Randall


On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Jim Dibb <jimdibb@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think refresh rate applies to LCDs in the 'flicker' sense at all.  Refresh is for scanning (crt) displays that have to keep scanning or the phosphor pixels fade out.

LCD pixels are 'ON' or 'OFF' they don't fade out between refreshes.

I believe the new hype on the 120 or 240 Hz refresh on big lcd tvs is all about motion interpolation, not flicker.  Since the source video framerate is still only 24 or 30 Hz.


On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Richard Klein <richspk@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Steven Greenberg<steve@ssgreenberg.name> wrote:
> I have a Samsung SyncMaster 204B, but it is on a Windows PC.
>
> As for the frequency, 60 Hz is not good in close proximity to
> fluorescent lights.
>
> I had a lot of visual defects in two different units, until I changed
> to 120 Hz(I think).

That's true with CRTs.  I think it may be less important with LCDs.  I
have a SyncMaster 213T at home, and if you use the DVI port you have
no choice but 60 Hz.  I've never noticed any flicker from it.  Most of
the lighting in my apartment is CFLs.

--
Rich
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