The eyes see a fixed number of frames per second. The appearance of continuity is an illusion, hence the wagon wheel effect. This is very obvious when you swing an artificial light in the dark, you can actually see the jumps.
I used to work in an office with a lot of CRT monitors and sometimes when I coughed they would all appear squiggly for this reason I believe. (Before anybody asks, no, I didn't do a blind test. :^] ) Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz -> Krell KAV-300i (pre bypass) -> PMC AB-1 Dell laptop -> JVC UX-C30 mini system ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57631 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
