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Old 08-22-2012, 11:47 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by Kris777 View Post
"The New York Times explains:


Today's screens are definitely less tiring to look at than older displays, which refreshed the image much less frequently, causing a flicker. Carl Taussig, director of Hewlett-Packard‘s Information Surfaces Lab, said the 120 Hz refresh rate typical of modern screens is much quicker than our eyes can even see."
Tablets don't refresh at 120Hz, but at 60Hz (or thereabouts, some are in the 50sHz). Some TVs, on the other hand, refresh at 120Hz or even 240Hz, though there is some fudging with the numbers as well.
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