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Old 11-15-2011, 05:41 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by elcreative View Post
But the pixel does change at the refresh rate, otherwise you'd have a static image... the light doesn't come from the pixel, it is transmitted through it... and the pixels vary at the refresh rate to give a variable picture... the screen is refreshed at the refresh rate (60, 75 whatever per second) and, whilst the screen doesn't blank between refreshes as CRT did, it still changes at that rate per second...
Nice red herring, but doesn't apply to reading text. Once a pixel is on, it's on. Unless your text is swirling about the screen, it's not going to flicker. Maybe there's the source of your headaches, trying to read moving text?

Edit: I quoted the wrong post. Oops

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