On Tue, 13 May 2003, Miguel A Paraz wrote: > The anti-aliasing helps with eyestrain.
could be subjecive. > I'm on a 17" Compaq S710 monitor. if your monitor has on-screen display (OSD) controls, you maybe able to see in realtime the vertical refresh rate it is currently doing. it's measured in Hz as in the number of times the monitor repaints the screen per second. usually, the good range for most ppl is within 72Hz to 85Hz. higher than that, the human eye cannot disitinguish anymore. lower than this is usually the cause for eyestrain. parang strobe-light effect na nakaka-buwiset. how can you objectively tell if the vertical refresh rate is nowhere good for your own eyes? look at your monitor (displaying a white page) using your peripheral vision: 1) focus your eye at the center of the monitor 2) then turn your head in place 45 degrees to the left or right. at this point, parang naka silip-manok ka na sa monitor. you can still indirectly see with the corner of your eyes the monitor display. this is your peripheral vision at work. because the peripheral vision is more sensitive to motion/movements, it can notice a slow and bad refresh rate. if the refresh rate is slow, your monitor will register a "flickering" white with your periphery. 3) configure X to use the next higher refresh rate for the video mode. (but i dont know how to do this anymore. though i know that Riva TNT2 cards can do 72Hz+ at 1024x768 res. but the monitor must also support it. meron ding video bandwith ang mga monitor eh.) afaik, since LCD does not use CRT technology, refresh rates is not a problem? pera lang nga ang katapat non. pong _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
