My boss at my old job was adamant that no one could see a monitor flicker at 60Hz, even though I can very easily and it gives me a headache. Most notably, with a whitebackground the monitor flicker is quite apparent. Still, he insisted I was imagining things, that the human eye could not possible pick up on something refreshing at 60 times a second. In fact, he even went so far as to say the human eye had a refresh rate of 24 fps. Presumably he got that little piece of information from hearing that movies are filmes at around that rate, and thought that meant that was the limit for the human eye.
Furthermore, he also inistsed that humans could not hear high-frequency sounds, such as the ones given off by monitors or televisions. Again, I can. A television that is on emits a very high-pitched squeal that I can feel in my eardrums even more than I can hear it. It sounds like a cicada except much higher pitched. Again, even though I am living proof that it is possible, he refused to believe me.
So, I ask you, minions of ATOT, are you among the few who can discern such things? Gimme a few minutes to work on a poll as I haven't created one since the forums were upgraded.
Furthermore, he also inistsed that humans could not hear high-frequency sounds, such as the ones given off by monitors or televisions. Again, I can. A television that is on emits a very high-pitched squeal that I can feel in my eardrums even more than I can hear it. It sounds like a cicada except much higher pitched. Again, even though I am living proof that it is possible, he refused to believe me.
So, I ask you, minions of ATOT, are you among the few who can discern such things? Gimme a few minutes to work on a poll as I haven't created one since the forums were upgraded.