Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!alchemy!orb From: orb@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (Randolph Turner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: will polarized plastic stop flicker Message-ID: Date: 28 Jan 91 11:19:38 GMT References: <1991Jan28.001411.9857@aucs.AcadiaU.ca> Organization: Alchemy International, Ithaca, N.Y. Lines: 21 880274d@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Ralph Doncaster) writes: > Does anyone know if clear polarized plastic will stop the flicker from interl > I know tinted polarized sunglasses work well, but I don't know if it is mainl > -- > +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > |Ralph Doncaster | > |880274d@AcadiaU.CA 330 CHI, Acadia U., Wolfville, NS B0P 1X0 542-3010 | > |UUCP: {uunet|watmath|utai}!cs.dal.ca!aucs!880274d BITNET: 880274d@Acadia | After working in an Optics shop for the last year, I would speculate that the improvements you see in the flicker are due to the "tinting" of thge sunglasses. Optical coatings can slow down certain wavelengths (or frequencies) of light while allowing other wavelengths to pass through untouched. This would tend to reduce the amount of flicker you see in interlace mode. As for polarizing, I don't see how that would have much effect. Later, Randy