This is more of an abstract question, brought about by the idea of placing subliminal images within an application. After reading a bit of research on the topic, I'm thinking that a 5 msec image display is ideal. But, looking at the current hardware capabilities, I'm not sure that can be produced.
Displays: CRT monitors typically (according to wikipedia) won't offer a better 'response time' (based upon refresh rate) than 12.5 ms. LCDs might go into the 5 ms range, but that varies, and the manufacturer ratings are sometimes inflated.
Video Cards: I really have no idea about these things, but I'm under the impression the inhabitants of this forum do. I don't even know the specific spec names to look up.
Software: I'm not sure the display / windowing / UI software would allow this fine of a control over the display. Would working with software closer to the video card (i.e. OpenGL v Java) maybe offer the level of control I'm looking for? In the code I can have the image displayed for only one frame, or one call to draw/paint, or even make it expire after a timer reaches 5 msec, but I cannot be certain, given all of the other limitations, that such code will result in 5 msec display.
Any opinions? TIA.
Displays: CRT monitors typically (according to wikipedia) won't offer a better 'response time' (based upon refresh rate) than 12.5 ms. LCDs might go into the 5 ms range, but that varies, and the manufacturer ratings are sometimes inflated.
Video Cards: I really have no idea about these things, but I'm under the impression the inhabitants of this forum do. I don't even know the specific spec names to look up.
Software: I'm not sure the display / windowing / UI software would allow this fine of a control over the display. Would working with software closer to the video card (i.e. OpenGL v Java) maybe offer the level of control I'm looking for? In the code I can have the image displayed for only one frame, or one call to draw/paint, or even make it expire after a timer reaches 5 msec, but I cannot be certain, given all of the other limitations, that such code will result in 5 msec display.
Any opinions? TIA.
