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From: BILLW@SU-SCORE.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Interlaced monitor
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Date: Sat, 14-Sep-85 08:23:00 EDT
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From: William "Chops" Westfield 


Yeah.  If interlaced displays cause unacceptable flicker, then how
come comercial television isn't bother by this?

I think it boils down to the following:

 1) TV pictures are low contrast - almost the entire screen is
    emiting some light.
 2) TV pictures are moving.
 3) TV Pictures have pretty low resolution - no way does your TV
    have 640 horizontal dots in a typical picture.

So, for ful screen animated graphics, Id expect the Amiga to perform
OK using an interlaced display, but it probably wouldn't be a good
idea for text.  (hmm.  We have some displays here that use interlacing.
Maybe Ill try hooking up a monitor without high persistance phosphor,
and see how it looks...)

BillW