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Old 05-15-2009, 01:30 PM   #2025
theDwarf
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Originally Posted by sirbruce View Post
I can't stand 60Hz referesh anymore.
I have been setting my monitors to 72-75+ refresh rates for years and even then try to follow recommended techniques to minimize eyestrain.

To explain to one perso about the flicker (which they didn't otice) I had them move about 20 feet from the monitor and asked if they saw a flicker. They commented with "Wow, they do flicker!" at which point I said "yeah, and that is what I see sitting down in front of it and it takes up most of my field of vision, so I get headaches"

IIRC average human eyes border on just under the 60 refresh and maybe 25% of the population notices a flicker at that rate. For others 80 may not necessarily be fast enough.

So yeah, I agrer understand fully and am aslo one who will not purchase a device with less that 72Hz refresh rates and am looking forwrd to the day when I can purchase E-Ink computer screens for static data (my job requires bit of reading from the screen or printing out way too much paper ... currently I use too much paper).

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