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From an eye strain point of view, the big distinction between an LCD and a CRT at the same refresh rate is that the LCD’s backlight is on continuously; a CRT fl
by JonathonW 9y ago
From an eye strain point of view, the big distinction between an LCD and a CRT at the same refresh rate is that the LCD’s backlight is on continuously; a CRT flickers at its refresh rate. 60 Hz flicker is easily visible, and, at least for me, isn’t particularly comfortable to look at (I used to crank the refresh rate up on my monitors for this reason).
LCD monitors with PWM-dimmed backlights can have the same problem, but they usually run at higher frequency. I still run non-PWM monitors for my daily work, though.