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Originally posted by WillowIX:
1280*1024 works best for me. Especially with big icons so the text becomes somewhat normal. I use 85Hz on my monitor at this moment. Just a question on the Hz topic. What´s the frequency of a lamp? They flicker as well do to the AC. Anyone know?
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The US uses 60 Hz AC Current, Europe and I think Canada use 50 Hz AC current. Nikola Tesla chose 60 Hz for the very reason of avoiding flicker. The human eye can resolve images at a rate of about 30-32 Hz. The light varies in intenseity over a single cycle like this: Off, On+, Off, On-, Off. So the light is not on all the time. Using a frequency faster than 30 Hz gives the illusion of the light being constantly on and f > 60 (Which relates to Nyquist sampling theory in the digital realm) decreases the flicker effect and decreases eye strain.
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