Flickering Curiosity?

N8F8 writes "Why do some people see monitor flicker more readily than others? I happen to be one of the lucky folks who can spot a 60Hz monitor from across the room. Most people seem oblivious to this flicker. Other people can only see it in their peripheral vision. I tried researching an answer and I stumbled on plenty of information about something called 'Critical Fusion Frequency'. There even appears to be quite a bit of research into this phenomena but I couldn't find much information on why flicker perception varies so greatly. Can anyone shed some (flicker-free) light on this?"

Comments

Annoyed by flickr

[geoffspear]

God, please make the endless stream of bad cameraphone pictures go away!

Wait, what's this about refresh rates?

Re:Lucky?

[Neil Blender]

I think he means it in the way that someone might say, "I'm one of those lucky people who have explosive bouts of diarrhea eight times a day."

Re:Fluorescent Lighting?

[AndroidCat]

Sometimes I can really see it when I've been out the night before and it coincides with the frequency of the throbbing of my head.

Monitor Whisperer

[Neck_of_the_Woods]

I can tell you anything you need to know about your monitor. They speak to me, in a very high pitched form of basic.

Let me hold your monitor cord, press my forhead to your screen, or if possible....mount your monitor. I will gleem everything I need to fr..errr everything you need to know from your montior.

I am not a frequency biggot, I like'm fast, slow, flickering, fleckering, high pitched, low pitch...I don't give a damn...just let me have go.

obviously

[jago25_98]

Seeing as I can detect 60hz easily it must clearly be a sign of superior intellect

come on, you thought it