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Comment by hollerith

13 days ago

But there is less need because LCDs do not flicker (except some designed for videogames that strobe the backlight for some strange reason IIUC).

I know I found the flicker of CRTs annoying even at 60 Hz.

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kragen  12 days ago

Strobing the backlight seems like it would allow you to not illuminate the new frame of video until the liquid crystals have finished rotating, so you only have to contend with the persistence of vision on your retina instead of additionally the persistence of the liquid crystals.

  • hollerith  12 days ago

    My "for some strange reason" was the wrong choice of words. I don't wish to imply that I disapprove of the reason that gaming monitors do it, just that I haven't done the work to try to understand.