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Old 09-17-2008, 07:16 AM   #132
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Originally Posted by Valloric View Post
The reason our eyes hurt watching any LCD display is because you're basically staring at a light bulb. That's got to hurt, no way around it. You're eyes are not built to take that kind of high luminance for prolonged periods of time. Maybe we'll evolve .
The question is why?
I believe any conventional light bulbs flicker with the speed electrical current is coursing through it (like 50 times per second?). We do not noticing the flickering but it flickers and that's what tires our eyes.
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