@thomasfuchs Screen frequency was a massive issue for those of us in front of monitors for long periods. Most nights I'd get headaches from the effect. Now we get 100Hz+ refreshing.
@alisonw FWIW good CRTs started to reach 120Hz and higher about 25 to 30 years ago in the mid-to-late 90s (my 90s 17" Eizo could go up to 160Hz depending on resolution iirc).
LCD screens now are available with up to 500Hz (mainly a gaming thing).
@thomasfuchs I read the copy as saying the image on screen decays more slowly. That is, not refresh rate or display lag, but lag of the decay of the projected image.
So, I think, it’s saying that the next frame will arrive just as the previous frame is decaying from the glass, so there will not be a blank spot.
@lkanies yes, but phosphor doesn't just turn off, it's decaying slowly. this means that these monitors must have extreme ghosting issues, even more so than other monitors at that time (which already had huge issues)
@lkanies Look at the decay here (IBM monochrome monitor for original IBM PC). This is not a special effect, these characters are only shown at a single brightness and either on or off... https://youtu.be/otKjytMZfLs?t=956
@thomasfuchs sorry, I was too distracted by his accent, and by the fact that he kept pointing at his glass monitor with a screwdriver.
But yeah, I vaguely recall that. Just never had to deal much with it, thankfully.
I was the guy going around the office after hours testing the convergence on people’s trinitrons, because I noticed it and no one else did so I would always steal the best ones