Black bars in cartoons,... what are they there for?

[blazerazor]

Today I was playing with my cell phones video camera and noticed that when I looked through the cell phone at the tv, I could see black bars on the screen and they appear always on what seemed to be key moments of the cartoon. Wtf are they there for? Subliminal messages?

 

[potato28]

So you can't pirate your own TV...

 

[pulse8]

You're probably seeing the refreshing of the screen.

 

[EGGO]

CRT tv? That's the image refreshing.

 

[lyssword]

60 or 50 hz refresh rate causes flickering on cathode ray tube tv's

 

[Regs]

I was thinking there were african american bars in a cartoon....


God damnit I wasn't afraid to admit so screw you!

 

[DaveSimmons]

Flava